College Sporting News FCS Preseason Poll

[Matt]

College Sporting News 2012 FCS Preseason Top 25

1. North Dakota State

2. Sam Houston State

3. Georgia Southern

4. Montana State

5. James Madison

6. Appalachian State

7. Towson

8. Old Dominion

9. Northern Iowa

10. Montana

11. Lehigh

12. Eastern Washington

13. Delaware

14. New Hampshire

15. Wofford

16. Stony Brook

17. Youngstown State

18. Illinois State

19. Maine

20. Eastern Kentucky

21. Central Arkansas

22. Indiana State

23. Liberty

24. Murray State

25. Stephen F. Austin

Others receiving votes: Bethune-Cookman, Harvard, Chattanooga, Grambling State, Norfolk State, Southern Illinois, Villanova, Jacksonville State.

[Let'sGoHawks!]

Respect must be earned.

[fightingsioux4life]

Preseason polls are meaningless. It's what we do on the field in our first Big Sky season that will matter.

[geaux_sioux]

The only reason ndsu is #1 is because the voters mixed them up with us

[Teeder11]

It is funny, though, that UND (even after the UND-NDSU confusion was presumably ironed out among voters ) was being ranked in the low 20s in the poll. And now, with a stronger team -- at least on paper-- UND has fallen off the radar. Lends credence to the theory that these poll mean nothing in the pre-season.

[Goon]

It is funny, though, that UND (even after the UND-NDSU confusion was presumably ironed out among voters ) was being ranked in the low 20s in the poll. And now, with a stronger team -- at least on paper-- UND has fallen off the radar. Lends credence to the theory that these poll mean nothing in the pre-season.

I tend to think they are fun to read when you're doing your morning reading.

[Matt]

For those of you that played, here's a question. When a poll comes out, and your team is ranked #6 instead of #4. Does that mean something to you? Not really. It's pre season and a lot of ranked teams have to play each other.

Now, if your team receives ZERO votes, coming off a conference championship, you think that has no meaning? Hell yes that means something to me. It means a helluvalot of voters don't think much of my team. By extension they don't think much of me, or my achievement from last year. It means I want to remedy that by shoving a football down the throat of every opponent, and voter.

Maybe I'm alone in that thinking. I don't know.

[VMeister]

For those of you that played, here's a question. When a poll comes out, and your team is ranked #6 instead of #4. Does that mean something to you? Not really. It's pre season and a lot of ranked teams have to play each other.

Now, if your team receives ZERO votes, coming off a conference championship, you think that has no meaning? Hell yes that means something to me. It means a helluvalot of voters don't think much of my team. By extension they don't think much of me, or my achievement from last year. It means I want to remedy that by shoving a football down the throat of every opponent, and voter.

Maybe I'm alone in that thinking. I don't know.

Seems like alot of polls and many of them just have rubes voting. Couldn't even tell you which ones are "legitimate".Finish up September 4-1 and the votes will be there.

[Cratter]

I didn't see UND on the list so it's pretty inaccurate.

[darell1976]

I am suprised that Cal Poly didn't get any votes.

[mg2009]

I am suprised that Cal Poly didn't get any votes.

agreed. They are one of the three teams that i seem to be much higher on than everyone else, along with sbu and ysu. I would put them in the 15th or so range.

[bincitysioux]

Cal Poly will definately be a playoff team this season.................

[darell1976]

Cal Poly will definately be a playoff team this season.................

I picked them to battle MSU for the conference title. CP's conference schedule doesn't have any Montana's on it. Although they do have to come to Grand Forks.