Division 1-AA Preseason Poll

Here is a preseason poll that I will not complain about. The reason you ask?? Because D1-aa has a playoff to settle their national title. It doesn't rely on people's votes or computer formulas to determine the best two teams to play in a "title" game. Last years Champion Appalachian State holds the top spot in the poll while semi-finalist, Furman holds the fifth spot. Briefly looking at the top 25 you will see a few teams on there that play division 1a teams. UC Davis upset Stanford last year while Youngstown State held its own against Pitt for a quarter. The Penguins travel to Happy Valley this year on Sept 9. The preseason poll is below.

1 Appalachian State (68) 2 UNH (14) 3 Montana (5) 4 Northern Iowa (3) 5 Furman (1) 6 Cal Poly (3) 7 Youngstown State 8 James Madison 9 Illinois State 10 UMass 11 McNeese State 12 Georgia State 13 Hampton 14 Eastern Illinois 15 Richmond 16 Delaware 17 Southern Illinois 18 Texas State 19 North Dakota 20 Eastern Kentucky 21 UC Davis 22 Montana State 23 Grambling State 24 Nicholls State 25 Coastal Carolina OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Eastern Washington 307, Colgate 292, Idaho State 244, South Carolina State 233, Lafayette 228, Western Kentucky 179, Brown 149, Lehigh 100, Harvard 96, Portland State 92, Hofstra 91, Northwestern State 68, Southeastern Louisiana 37, Weber State 29, Alabama A&M 27, William & Mary 25, Jacksonville State 24, Missouri State 18, Penn 17, Southern 14, Chattanooga 13, Stephen F. Austin 12, Mississippi Valley State 11, South Dakota State 10, Wofford 9, Jackson State 8, Western Illinois 8, Alcorn State 7, Western Carolina 7, Murray State 6, Maine 5.