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Football
UNI Ranked No. 4 in Preseason FCS Coaches Poll
Spartanburg, S.C. - The University of Northern Iowa football team is ranked No. 4 in the preseason FCS Coaches' poll. Three-time defending FCS national champion Appalachian State received more preseason praise as the Mountaineers were selected the unanimous No. 1 team in the country in the FCS Coaches Preseason Poll. ASU received all 24 first-place votes in collecting 600 total points. After a 10-1 record in its final season in the Great West Conference, North Dakota State, now in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, came in at No. 2. Rounding out the top 10 were James Madison, UNI, Massachusetts, Richmond, Montana, Delaware, Eastern Washington and McNeese State. Three conferences dominated the polls as the newly renamed Missouri Valley Football Conference, formerly Gateway, and the Colonial Athletic Association each had six teams. The Southern Conference was close behind with five teams. The Missouri Valley Football Conference teams ranked were North Dakota State (2), UNI (4), Southern Illinois (11), Youngstown State (12), South Dakota State (20) and Western Illinois (22). The CAA had four teams in the top 10 with James Madison leading the way at No. 3 with Massachusetts (5), Richmond (6) and Delaware (8) also in the top 10. New Hampshire came in at No. 16, while Villanova registered at No. 19. The SoCon was led by Appalachian State at No. 1, with Wofford (13), Elon (15), Georgia Southern (17) and The Citadel (23) also ranked. The FCS Coaches Poll is based exclusively on a voting panel of head coaches in the FCS under the cooperation of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and is administered by the Southern Conference. 2008 FCS Coaches Preseason Poll (August 21, 2008) Team (1st votes) 2007 Record Points 2007 Final Ranking 1. Appalachian State (24) 13-2 600 1 2. North Dakota State 10-1 527 9 3. James Madison 8-4 513 7
4. Northern Iowa 12-1 508 5 5. Massachusetts 10-3 488 6 6. Richmond 11-3 456 4 7. Montana 11-1 444 12 8. Delaware 11-4 419 2 9. Eastern Washington 9-4 393 8 10. McNeese State 11-1 366 11 11. Southern Illinois 12-2 329 3 12. Youngstown State 7-4 320 17 13. Wofford 9-4 316 10 14. Cal Poly 7-4 275 NR 15. Elon 7-4 247 23 16. New Hampshire 7-5 231 14 17. Georgia Southern 7-4 185 18 18. Eastern Illinois 8-4 182 15 19. Villanova 7-4 148 NR 20. South Dakota State 7-4 135 22 21. Eastern Kentucky 9-3 105 13 22. Western Illinois 6-5 67 NR 23. The Citadel 7-4 60 NR 24. Harvard 8-2 42 20 <>25. Central Arkansas 6-5 41 NR Other receiving votes (points in parentheses): Fordham (40), Northern Arizona (40), Delaware State (36), Liberty (33), Yale (32), Jacksonville State (30), South Carolina State (27), Sam Houston State (24), Montana State (23), Hampton (22), Hofstra (18), Furman (13), Holy Cross (9), San Diego (8), Grambling State (7), UT Martin (6), Towson (5), Coastal Carolina (5), North Dakota (5), Maine (4), Weber State (4), Jackson State (4), UC Davis (3), Dayton (2), Florida A&M (1), Prairie View A&M (1), Missouri State (1). |
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