Sam Houston State No. 19 in NCAA Div. I-FCS poll
9/24/2007 1:00:00 AM | Football
HUNTSVILLE ? Following a 39-3 loss to FBS Oklahoma State on Saturday, the Sam Houston State football dropped four spots in the polls this week. Voters for both the FCS Coaches Poll as well as the Sports Network Poll moved the Bearkats from No. 15 to No. 19.
Tow other Southland Conference schools are in the rankings this week as well. McNeese State remains in the top 10 (FCS No. 7, SN No. 6) and Nicholls State makes a move up (FCS No. 18, SN No. 17) following a bye.
Montana holds onto the No.1 spot in the FCS Coaches Poll. Montana beat Weber State, 18-10, to keep its undefeated season alive. Montana received 668 points and 18 of 28 first place votes.
Also garnering first place votes were North Dakota State in second with 649 points and four first place votes, Massachusetts in third with five first place votes and 638 points and McNeese State in seventh with one first place vote and 536 points. Northern Iowa, Appalachian State, Southern Illinois, Wofford, James Madison and Youngstown State round out the top 10.
The biggest leap in the poll came when Richmond, who was No.25 in last week's poll, jumped 10 spots to No.15 after beating No.11 New Hampshire 45-38.
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 oversees the poll and maintain the web site.
The Kats have been ranked as high as No. 14 this season. Their only two losses of the year have come at the hands of Oklahoma State and No. 3 North Dakota State. The Bearkats open SLC play this weekend when they take on Central Arkansas at Bowers Stadium.
| FCS Coaches Poll | Sports Network Poll |
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1. Montana (4-0) (18) |
1. Montana Grizzlies (52) 4-0 2. Northern Iowa Panthers (23) 5-0 3. North Dakota State Bison (19) 4-0 4. Massachusetts Minutemen (11) 4-1 5. Appalachian State Mountaineers (2) 4-1 6. McNeese State Cowboys (7) 4-0 7. Southern Illinois Salukis (2) 5-0 8. Wofford Terriers (3) 4-1 9. James Madison Dukes 4-1 10. Youngstown State Penguins 4-1 11. Delaware Blue Hens 5-0 12. Hofstra Pride 4-0 13. Montana State Bobcats 3-1 14. Richmond Spiders 3-1 15. New Hampshire Wildcats 2-2 16. Eastern Illinois Panthers 3-2 17. Nicholls State Colonels 3-1 18. Yale Bulldogs 3-0 19. Sam Houston State Bearkats 2-2 20. Delaware State Hornets 3-1 21. Hampton Pirates 3-1 22. Western Illinois Leathernecks 23. Illinois State Redbirds 24. Cal Poly Mustangs 3-2 25. Southern Jaguars 5-0 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Southern (40), Lafayette (39), Grambling State (37), Georgia Southern (36), San Diego (32), Furman (28), Eastern Washington (22), South Dakota State (22), Lehigh (18), Alabama A&M (17), South Carolina State (13), Elon (11), Drake (6), Portland State (6), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5), Eastern Kentucky (5), William & Mary (5), Alabama State (4), Norfolk State (4), Tennessee Tech (4), UC Davis (3), Missouri State (2), Princeton (1). | Others receiving votes: The Citadel 261, Eastern Washington 180, Georgia Southern 118, Lehigh 109, Furman 86, South Carolina State 75, Grambling 65, Alabama A&M 57, Lafayette 54, San Diego 52, Elon 47, Eastern Kentucky 31, Portland State 26, Princeton 19, Villanova 17, Drake 16, Gardner-Webb 10, Tennessee Tech 7, Norfolk State 5, South Dakota State 5, Towson 5, Missouri State 3, Northwestern State 3, UC Davis 3, Alabama State 2, Morgan State 1, Northern Arizona 1. |
| SAM HOUSTON NCAA RANKINGS HISTORY | |
1986 Nov. 14 15th Nov. 21 14th Nov. 29 11th 1987 Sept. 5 13th Sept. 12 10th Nov. 14 20th Nov. 21 16th 1991 Sept. 14 17th Sept. 21 12th Sept. 28 11th Oct. 12 8th Oct. 19 6th Oct. 26 5th Nov. 2 5th Nov. 9 10th Nov. 16 8th Nov. 23 13th Nov. 30 12th 1994 Oct. 2 24th Oct. 9 18th Oct. 16 25th 2000 Sept. 4 24th Sept. 11 20th Oct. 16 22nd Nov. 13 21st Dec. 1 21st 2001 Sept. 10 22nd Oct. 1 25th Oct. 8 19th Oct. 15 15th Oct. 22 12th Oct. 29 18th Nov. 5 18th Nov. 12 14th Nov. 19 13th Dec. 20 7th |
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