FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: August 20, 2007

Contact: Curt Cassell (ccassell@socon.org)

 

Appalachian State Preseason #1 in FCS Coaches Poll

 

SPARTANBURG, S.C. --- Two-time defending national champion Appalachian State received 27 of a possible 28 first-place votes in the preseason Coaches Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) poll. Coach Jerry Moore’s Mountaineers posted a 14-1 record in 2006 and open the 2007 campaign at Michigan on Sept. 1.

 

Montana received 656 votes and is ranked second in the preseason poll. Massachusetts, which advanced to the championship game in 2006, received one first-place vote and is ranked third.

 

North Dakota State, New Hampshire, Youngstown State, James Madison, Illinois State, Northern Iowa and Furman round out the rest of the top 10.

 

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).

 

The poll is available on the newly-created FCS web page that features the poll, conference scores and standings, and features on FCS programs and players. The Southern Conference will oversee the poll and maintain the web site.

 

FCS Coaches Poll (Aug. 20, 2007)

1.   Appalachian State (27)            699

2.   Montana                             656

3.   Massachusetts (1)            612

4.   North Dakota State         609

5.   New Hampshire               559

6.   Youngstown State            550

7.   James Madison                 477

8.   Illinois State                      471

9.   Northern Iowa                  424

10. Furman                              416

11  Southern Illinois               406

12. McNeese State                  365

13. Portland State                  313

14. Cal Poly                              302

15. Wofford                               265

16. Hampton                            242

17. Eastern Illinois                 203

18. Tennessee-Martin            202

19. South Dakota State         198

20. Coastal Carolina              191

21. Delaware                            172

22. Montana State                 168

23. Sam Houston State         130

24. Yale                                     76

25. Princeton                           50

 

Others Receiving Votes: San Diego 40, Central Arkansas 37, UC Davis 32, Lehigh 27, Alabama A&M, 24, Stephen F. Austin 22, South Carolina State 21, Texas State 20, North Dakota 20, Liberty 16,Towson 11, Jacksonville State 10, Lafayette 9, Eastern Kentucky 8, Delaware State 7, Villanova 6, Richmond 5, Penn 4, Southern Louisiana 4, Charleston Southern 4, Western Illinois 4, Harvard 3, Holy Cross 3, Duquesne 3, Maine 2, Georgia Southern 2, Monmouth 1

 

For more information, contact Curt Cassell (ccassell@socon.org) at 864-591-5100.