STATS (Formerly TSN) 2015 Preseason FCS Top 25

[Professor Chaos]

http://thesouthern.com/news/local/ndsu-starts-at-no-in-stats-preseason-poll-siu-receives/article_e702f4d8-bd23-50a0-836b-76eaaeb1c253.html

1. North Dakota State 3671 (144)
2. Illinois State 3423 (3)
3. Sam Houston State 3264
4. Villanova 3249
5. Coastal Carolina 2900
6. Eastern Washington 2830
7. Jacksonville State 2705
8. Chattanooga 2590
9. New Hampshire 2570
10. Northern Iowa 2212
11. Montana State 2038
12. James Madison 1766
13. Montana 1710
14. Youngstown State 1662
15. Liberty 1623
16. South Dakota State 1390
17. Eastern Kentucky 1073
18. Richmond 1016
19. Southeastern Louisiana 791
20. Fordham 663
21. Indiana State 635
22. Idaho State 627
23. Harvard 620
24. Stephen F. Austin 554
25. McNeese State 440

Others receiving votes: Eastern Illinois (431) , William & Mary (225) , Cal Poly (189) , Alcorn State (144) , South Carolina State (126) , North Carolina A&T (108) , Northern Arizona (74) , Western Carolina (65) , Bethune-Cookman (56) , Sacred Heart (46) , Charleston Southern (40) , Samford (38) , Southern Illinois (26) , Western Illinois (23) , Jackson State (19) , Jacksonville (16) , Lehigh (15) , Delaware (14) , Bryant (11) , San Diego (10) , Bucknell (9) , Northwestern State (9) , Lamar (9) , Towson (8) , Dartmouth (6) , Grambling State (6) , Central Arkansas (6) , Yale (5) , Southern University (4) , Wagner (3) , Duquesne (2) , Maine (2) , Mercer (2) , Missouri State (1) , Tennessee State (1) , Furman (1) , Abilene Christian (1) , South Dakota (1) , North Carolina Central (1)

[Professor Chaos]

Surprised to see NDSU as nearly a consensus preseason #1 in this poll. The usual suspects so far this preseason like Montana St and Youngstown St seemed to have made the biggest jump since the final poll of last season.

[eiu1999]

I can get on board with this one.

[Grizzlies82]

Surprised to see NDSU as nearly a consensus preseason #1 in this poll.

It just seems wrong. They have one good season, and win what... like 7 games in a row, and everyone is fawning over the buffs.
Even if they sort of look like the Green Bay Packers it still seems wrong. Get some perspective people!

[Daytripper]

Everybody should pick one darkhorse out of ORV who you think could make a run to at least the semis....I say: Northwestern State

[ngineer]

Wow, Lehigh got 15 votes. A lot of talent, but very untested. Not sure what some people are seeing.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Wow, Lehigh got 15 votes. A lot of talent, but very untested. Not sure what some people are seeing.

A bit of respect. Hopefully last year was just an aberration. I'm really excited about the offense! The defense still remains the obvious question mark. CCSU can't come soon enough! Neither can Temple-Penn State for that matter!!