2019 PRE-SEASON POLLS HERO SPORTS FCS TOP-25 RANKINGS Pre-Season -- Team 1. JAMES MADISON BIG SKY CONFERENCE (Coaches) OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE 2. NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1. Eastern Washington (10)...... 140 1. Jacksonville State (14)...... 126 3. UC DAVIS 2. UC Davis (2)...... 127 2. Southeast Missouri (4)...... 115 4. MAINE 3. Weber State...... 124 3. Eastern Kentucky...... 98 5. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 4. Montana (1)...... 104 4. Austin Peay...... 70 6. JACKSONVILLE STATE 5. Montana State...... 100 5. Murray State...... 61 7. EASTERN WASHINGTON 6. Northern Arizona...... 88 Tennessee State...... 61 8. WOFFORD 7. Idaho State...... 72 7. UT Martin...... 60 9. ILLINOIS STATE 8. Eastern Illinois...... 35 10. TOWSON 8. Idaho...... 65 11. WEBER STATE 9. Cal Poly...... 56 9. Tennessee Tech...... 22 12. ELON 10. Portland State...... 42 13. NICHOLLS 11. Sacramento State...... 40 14. MONTANA STATE 12. Southern Utah...... 38 PATRIOT LEAGUE 15. FURMAN 13. Northern Colorado...... 19 1. Colgate (12)...... 72 16. CENTRAL ARKANSAS 2. Holy Cross (2)...... 58 17. YALE BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE 3. Georgetown...... 51 18. INDIANA STATE 4. Fordham...... 39 19. CHATTANOOGA 1. Kennesaw State (14)...... 134 5. Lehigh...... 38 20. SAM HOUSTON STATE 2. Monmouth (5)...... 122 6. Lafayette...... 21 21. ALCORN STATE 22. KENNESAW STATE 3. Charleston Southern (1)...... 79 7. Bucknell...... 15 4. Campbell...... 73 23. PRINCETON 5. Gardner-Webb...... 67 24. EASTERN KENTUCKY 25. THE CITADEL 6. Hampton...... 64 PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE 7. Presbyterian College...... 21 1. San Diego (7)...... 79 2. Dayton (2)...... 66 CAA FOOTBALL 3. Drake...... 64 4. Marist...... 52 1. James Madison (20)...... 238 5. Davidson...... 48 2. Towson (3)...... 217 6. Stetson...... 44 3. Maine (1)...... 201 7. Butler...... 37 4. Elon...... 164 8. Jacksonville...... 30 5. Delaware...... 162 9. Morehead State...... 15 6. Stony Brook...... 151 Valparaiso...... 15 7. New Hampshire...... 109 8. Rhode Island...... 104 9. Villanova...... 84 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE 10. Richmond...... 62 1. Wofford (7)...... 63 11. William & Mary...... 58 2. Furman (1)...... 55 12. UAlbany...... 34 3. ETSU (1)...... 44 4. Chattanooga...... 40 5. Mercer...... 34 MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 6. Samford...... 33 1. North Carolina A&T State (12) 7. The Citadel...... 22 2. Bethune-Cookman (1) 8. Western Carolina...... 21 3. Florida A&M (2) 9. VMI...... 12 4. Howard 5. North Carolina Central (1) SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE 6. South Carolina State 7. Norfolk State (1) 1. Nicholls (20)...... 200 8. Morgan State (1) 2. Central Arkansas...... 154 9. Delaware State 3. UIW (1)...... 150 4. Sam Houston State...... 146 5. Lamar...... 123 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE 6. McNeese...... 114 1. North Dakota State (32)...... 392 7. Abilene Christian (1)...... 112 2. South Dakota State (4)...... 348 8. Southeastern Louisiana...... 71 3. Illinois State (3)...... 289 9. Stephen F. Austin...... 63 4. Indiana State (1)...... 279 10. Northwestern State...... 56 5. UNI...... 266 11. Houston Baptist...... 21 6. South Dakota...... 176 7. Youngstown State...... 153 8. Western Illinois...... 128 SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 9. Southern Illinois...... 89 EAST 10. Missouri State...... 80 Alcorn State...... 92 Alabama A&M...... 70 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE Jackson State...... 61 Alabama State...... 47 1. Duquesne (7) Mississippi Valley State...... 30 2. Sacred Heart (1) WEST 3. Central Connecticut Southern...... 90 4. Wagner Prairie View A&M...... 78 5. Bryant Grambling State...... 74 6. Saint Francis Texas Southern...... 34 7. Robert Morris Arkansas-Pine Bluff...... 24 8. Long Island
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