2019 Conference Preseason Polls

[Professor Chaos]

It's that time of year where the preseason polls start to trickle in. I find them useful when researching my own preseason top 25 ballot so I'll compile a list of them all as they come out.

Big Sky (media) (https://bigskyconf.com/documents/2019/7/15//7_15_Preseason_Polls_Release.pdf?id=6300)
1. Eastern Washington 536 (25)
2. UC Davis 510 (13)
3. Weber State 472 (4)
4. Montana State 417
5. Montana 396 (1)
6. Northern Arizona 302
7. Idaho State 285
8. Idaho 248
9. Cal Poly 196
10. Portland State 178
11. Southern Utah 160
12. Sacramento State 125
13. Northern Colorado 90

Big Sky (coaches) (https://bigskyconf.com/documents/2019/7/15//7_15_Preseason_Polls_Release.pdf?id=6300)
1. Eastern Washington 140 (10)
2. UC Davis 127 (2)
3. Weber State 124
4. Montana 104 (1)
5. Montana State 100
6. Northern Arizona 88
7. Idaho State 72
8. Idaho 65
9. Cal Poly 56
10. Portland State 42
11. Sacramento State 40
12. Southern Utah 38
13. Northern Colorado 19

Big South (http://bigsouthsports.com/news/2019/7/21/kennesaw-state-voted-2019-preseason-football-favorite.aspx?path=football)
1. Kennesaw State 134 (14)
2. Monmouth 122 (5)
3. Charleston Southern 79 (1)
4. Campbell 73
5. Gardner-Webb 67
6. Hampton 64
7. Presbyterian 21
*North Alabama is not eligible for the Big South Championship

CAA (https://caasports.com/news/2019/7/22/james-madison-picked-to-capture-caa-football-championship-in-2019.aspx)
1. James Madison 238 (20)
2. Towson 217 (3)
3. Maine 201 (1)
4. Elon 164
5. Delaware 162
6. Stony Brook 151
7. New Hampshire 109
8. Rhode Island 104
9. Villanova 84
10. Richmond 62
11. William & Mary 58
12. Albany 34

Ivy League (https://ivyleague.com/news/2019/8/8/yale-named-league-favorite-in-2019-football-preseason-poll.aspx)
1. Yale (9) 119
2. Dartmouth (2) 111
3. Princeton (4) 107
4. Harvard (1) 93
5. Penn 67
6. Columbia (1) 61
7. Cornell 29
8. Brown 24

MEAC (https://meacsports.com/news/2019/7/25/meac-announces-2019-football-predicted-order-of-finish.aspx)
1. North Carolina A&T State (12)
2. Bethune-Cookman (1)
3. Florida A&M (2)
4. Howard
5. North Carolina Central (1)
6. South Carolina State
7. Norfolk State (1)
8. Morgan State (1)
9. Delaware State)

MVFC (https://valley-football.org/documents/2019/7/29//2019_MVFC_Preseason_Poll.pdf?id=68)
1. North Dakota State 392 (32)
2. South Dakota State 348 (4)
3. Illinois State 289 (3)
4. Indiana State 279 (1)
5. UNI 266
6. South Dakota 176
7. Youngstown State 153
8. Western Illinois 128
9. Southern Illinois 89
10. Missouri State 80

NEC (http://www.northeastconference.org/news/2019/7/24/fb-19-preseason.aspx?path=fball)
1. Duquesne (7)
2. Sacred Heart (1)
3. Central Connecticut State
4. Wagner
5. Bryant
6. Saint Francis
7. Robert Morris
8. Long Island

OVC (http://ovcsports.com/news/2019/7/18/jacksonville-state-picked-as-2019-ohio-valley-conference-football-favorites.aspx)
1. Jacksonville State 126 (14)
2. Southeast Missouri 115 (4)
3. Eastern Kentucky 98
4. Austin Peay 70
5T. Murray State 61
5T. Tennessee State 61
7. UT Martin 60
8. Eastern Illinois 35
9. Tennessee Tech 22

Patriot League (http://patriotleague.org/news/2019/7/29/patriot-league-football-preseason-honors-announced-7-30-19.aspx)
1. Colgate 72 points (12)
2. Holy Cross 58 (2)
3. Georgetown 51
4. Fordham 39
5. Lehigh 38
6. Lafayette 21
7. Bucknell 15

Pioneer League (http://www.pioneer-football.org/news/archives/2019/1473/defending-champion-san-diego-again-edges-dayton-in-pfl-preseason-coaches-poll/)
1. San Diego 79 (7)
2. Dayton 66 (2)
3. Drake 64
4. Marist 52
5. Davidson 48
6. Stetson 44
7. Butler 37
8. Jacksonville 30
9T. Morehead State 15
9T. Valparaiso 15

SoCon (media) (https://twitter.com/SoConSports/status/1153349460996628481)
1. Wofford 253 (21)
2. Furman 229 (6)
3. ETSU 187 (2)
4. Mercer 146
5. Chattanooga 134
6. Samford 125
7. The Citadel 111
8. Western Carolina 88
9. VMI 32

SoCon (coaches) (http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=211807503)
1. Wofford 63 (7)
2. Furman 55 (1)
3. ETSU 44 (1)
4. Chattanooga 40
5. Mercer 34
6. Samford 33
7. The Citadel 22
8. Western Carolina 21
9. VMI 12

Southland (https://www.southland.org/news/2019/7/18/nicholls-voted-to-top-spot-in-2019-football-preseason-poll.aspx)
1. Nicholls 200 (20)
2. Central Arkansas 154
3. UIW 150 (1)
4. Sam Houston State 146
5. Lamar 123
6. McNeese 114
7. Abilene Christian 112 (1)
8. Southeastern Louisiana 71
9. Stephen F. Austin 63
10. Northwestern State 56
11. Houston Baptist 211

SWAC (https://swac.org/news/2019/7/16/swac-announces-2019-preseason-all-swac-football-teams.aspx)
East
1. Alcorn State 92
2. Alabama A&M 70
3. Jackson State 61
4. Alabama State 47
5. Mississippi Valley State 30

West
1. Southern 90
2. Prairie View A&M 78
3. Grambling State 74
4. Texas Southern 34
5. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 24

[JSUSoutherner]

OVC:
1. JSU
2. Everyone Else





Also OVC media day will be 7/22.

[CenMEBlackBearFan]

OVC:
1. JSU
2. Everyone Else


Also OVC media day will be 7/22.

After what we did to JSU in the playoffs not sure if that is more a reflection JSU or Everyone Else?xpeacex

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Fix that quote Black Bear.

[Sammy94]

Southland:



(First-place votes)
Total




Nicholls (20)


200




Central Arkansas


154




UIW (1)


150




Sam Houston State


146




Lamar


123




McNeese


114




Abilene Christian (1)


112




Southeastern Louisiana


71




Stephen F. Austin


63




Northwestern State


56




Houston Baptist


21

[Daytripper]

Southland:



(First-place votes)
Total




Nicholls (20)


200




Central Arkansas


154




UIW (1)


150




Sam Houston State


146




Lamar


123




McNeese


114




Abilene Christian (1)


112




Southeastern Louisiana


71




Stephen F. Austin


63




Northwestern State


56




Houston Baptist


21




Not terrible. ACU is underrated. Also, if Nicholls wins the conference again, Rebowe is gone.

[JSUSoutherner]

Sam Houston State ranked lower than Incarnate Word.


What a time to be alive. xlolx

[Daytripper]

Sam Houston State ranked lower than Incarnate Word.


What a time to be alive. xlolx

Still have to play the games. Nice trolling attempt, though.

[Redbird 4th & short]

Southland:



(First-place votes)
Total




Nicholls (20)


200




Central Arkansas


154




UIW (1)


150




Sam Houston State


146




Lamar


123




McNeese


114




Abilene Christian (1)


112




Southeastern Louisiana


71




Stephen F. Austin


63




Northwestern State


56




Houston Baptist


21




I predict it will be a complete scrum at top of Southland this year ... this will either cause some cream to rise to top or it will be a war of attrition among a bunch of pretty good teams. Reminds me of 2010 in MVFC ... on last weekend, WIU beat UNI. But if UNI had won like they were favored to do, our conference of 9 teams would have finished with UNI 7-1 first place, YSU 1-7 last place, and all 7 other teams tied for 2nd at 4-4 .. iamagine coming up with tie breaker for 7 teams !!!!!



2010 MVFC football standings




v
t
e



Conf


Overall


Team

W

L




W

L



#19 Northern Iowa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Northern_Iowa_Panthers_football_team) $^

6
–
2




7
–
5



#17 Western Illinois (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Western_Illinois_Leathernecks_football_team) ^

5
–
3




8
–
5



#9 North Dakota State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_North_Dakota_State_Bison_football_team)^

4
–
4




9
–
5



Indiana State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_State_Sycamores_football)

4
–
4




6
–
5



Illinois State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_State_Redbirds_football)

4
–
4




6
–
5



South Dakota State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota_State_Jackrabbits_football)

4
–
4




5
–
6



Missouri State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_State_Bears_football)

4
–
4




5
–
6



Southern Illinois (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Southern_Illinois_Salukis_football_team)

4
–
4




5
–
6



Youngstown State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngstown_State_Penguins_football)

1
–
7




3
–
8

[Outsider1]

I predict it will be a complete scrum at top of Southland this year ... this will either cause some cream to rise to top or it will be a war of attrition among a bunch of pretty good teams. Reminds me of 2010 in MVFC ... on last weekend, WIU beat UNI. But if UNI had won like they were favored to do, our conference of 9 teams would have finished with UNI 7-1 first place, YSU 1-7 last place, and all 7 other teams tied for 2nd at 4-4 .. iamagine coming up with tie breaker for 7 teams !!!!!



2010 MVFC football standings




v
t
e


Conf


Overall


Team

W

L




W

L



#19 Northern Iowa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Northern_Iowa_Panthers_football_team) $^

6
–
2




7
–
5



#17 Western Illinois (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Western_Illinois_Leathernecks_football_team) ^

5
–
3




8
–
5



#9 North Dakota State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_North_Dakota_State_Bison_football_team)^

4
–
4




9
–
5



Indiana State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_State_Sycamores_football)

4
–
4




6
–
5



Illinois State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_State_Redbirds_football)

4
–
4




6
–
5



South Dakota State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota_State_Jackrabbits_football)

4
–
4




5
–
6



Missouri State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_State_Bears_football)

4
–
4




5
–
6



Southern Illinois (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Southern_Illinois_Salukis_football_team)

4
–
4




5
–
6



Youngstown State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngstown_State_Penguins_football)

1
–
7




3
–
8





The SLC has some potential for similar records this year, should be interesting. The closer the season gets the harder it is getting for me to predict anything.

[JSUSoutherner]

Still have to play the games. Nice trolling attempt, though.I love when stating an observed fact is 'trolling'

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[Professor Chaos]

Added the OVC in the original post.

http://ovcsports.com/news/2019/7/18/jacksonville-state-picked-as-2019-ohio-valley-conference-football-favorites.aspx

1. Jacksonville State 126 (14)
2. Southeast Missouri 115 (4)
3. Eastern Kentucky 98
4. Austin Peay 70
5T. Murray State 61
5T. Tennessee State 61
7. UT Martin 60
8. Eastern Illinois 35
9. Tennessee Tech 22

[Professor Chaos]

Added the SoCon to the original post.

http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=211807503

Media:
1. Wofford 253 (21)
2. Furman 229 (6)
3. ETSU 187 (2)
4. Mercer 146
5. Chattanooga 134
6. Samford 125
7. The Citadel 111
8. Western Carolina 88
9. VMI 32

Coaches:
1. Wofford 63 (7)
2. Furman 55 (1)
3. ETSU 44 (1)
4. Chattanooga 40
5. Mercer 34
6. Samford 33
7. The Citadel 22
8. Western Carolina 21
9. VMI 12

[JSUSoutherner]

Added the OVC in the original post.

http://ovcsports.com/news/2019/7/18/jacksonville-state-picked-as-2019-ohio-valley-conference-football-favorites.aspx

1. Jacksonville State 126 (14)
2. Southeast Missouri 115 (4)
3. Eastern Kentucky 98
4. Austin Peay 70
5T. Murray State 61
5T. Tennessee State 61
7. UT Martin 60
8. Eastern Illinois 35
9. Tennessee Tech 22
Murray State and EIU should be swapped.

[Professor Chaos]

Added the CAA in the original post.

https://caasports.com/news/2019/7/22/james-madison-picked-to-capture-caa-football-championship-in-2019.aspx

1. James Madison 238 (20)
2. Towson 217 (3)
3. Maine 201 (1)
4. Elon 164
5. Delaware 162
6. Stony Brook 151
7. New Hampshire 109
8. Rhode Island 104
9. Villanova 84
10. Richmond 62
11. William & Mary 58
12. Albany 34

[clickclack]

Albany is a disgrace...how much more of Greg Gattuso running this program into the ground? Greg, you've already hit ground and been digging...enough already!

https://media3.giphy.com/media/w2spEHAltsCU8/giphy.gif

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Added the CAA in the original post.

https://caasports.com/news/2019/7/22/james-madison-picked-to-capture-caa-football-championship-in-2019.aspx

1. James Madison 238 (20)
2. Towson 217 (3)
3. Maine 201 (1)
4. Elon 164
5. Delaware 162
6. Stony Brook 151
7. New Hampshire 109
8. Rhode Island 104
9. Villanova 84
10. Richmond 62
11. William & Mary 58
12. Albany 34

I wish I could get some odds on 'Nova finishing 9th and UNH finishing 7th. I feel both are grossly underrated.....

[Professor Chaos]

Added the Big South to the original post.

http://bigsouthsports.com/news/2019/7/21/kennesaw-state-voted-2019-preseason-football-favorite.aspx?path=football

1. Kennesaw State 134 (14)
2. Monmouth 122 (5)
3. Charleston Southern 79 (1)
4. Campbell 73
5. Gardner-Webb 67
6. Hampton 64
7. Presbyterian 21
*North Alabama is not eligible for the Big South Championship

[Schism55]

You are ALL over this Prof. Well done good sir xthumbsupx

[Professor Chaos]

Added the NEC to the original post.

http://www.northeastconference.org/news/2019/7/24/fb-19-preseason.aspx?path=fball

1. Duquesne (7)
2. Sacred Heart (1)
3. Central Connecticut State
4. Wagner
5. Bryant
6. Saint Francis
7. Robert Morris
8. Long Island

[smilo]

I wish I could get some odds on 'Nova finishing 9th and UNH finishing 7th. I feel both are grossly underrated.....

UNH 100%. Nova....ehhhh, probably ahead of Rhode Island, but are we really that far ahead of Richmond and William & Mary? I think this is the right spot +/- 2 until we are more than a one dimensional offense, if that.

[WestCoastAggie]

Here is the MEAC predicted order of finish for 2019 (first-place votes in parentheses):

1. North Carolina A&T State (12)
2. Bethune-Cookman (1)
3. Florida A&M (2)
4. Howard
5. North Carolina Central (1)
6. South Carolina State
7. Norfolk State (1)
8. Morgan State (1)
9. Delaware State

https://meacsports.com/news/2019/7/25/meac-announces-2019-football-predicted-order-of-finish.aspx

[Professor Chaos]

Here is the MEAC predicted order of finish for 2019 (first-place votes in parentheses):

1. North Carolina A&T State (12)
2. Bethune-Cookman (1)
3. Florida A&M (2)
4. Howard
5. North Carolina Central (1)
6. South Carolina State
7. Norfolk State (1)
8. Morgan State (1)
9. Delaware State

https://meacsports.com/news/2019/7/25/meac-announces-2019-football-predicted-order-of-finish.aspx
Thanks! Weird to see teams like Norfolk St and Morgan St with 1st places votes yet voted 7th and 8th in the consensus. I'd assume coaches/writers are not allowed to vote for their own team so the 1st place votes get spread out a bit more but those votes seem pretty "out there".

[Redbird 4th & short]

Thanks! Weird to see teams like Norfolk St and Morgan St with 1st places votes yet voted 7th and 8th in the consensus. I'd assume coaches/writers are not allowed to vote for their own team so the 1st place votes get spread out a bit more but those votes seem pretty "out there".
Too weird .. both finished 4-7 last year, though Morgan St was 4-4 in conf and beat NC A&T ... they probably formed alliance and voted for each other. NC A&T is vulnerable this year .. lost a lot and teams will look to pounce on them. They struggled at times last year and lost a lot from that team. Not sure how they've done on transfer front, but that conference will see some changes at top.

[Go Green]

It's that time of year where the preseason polls start to trickle in. I find them useful when researching my own preseason top 25 ballot so I'll compile a list of them all as they come out.

Ivy League
Not released yet (should be out on 8/8)



The Columbia blog released its Ivy picks yesterday.

http://culions.blogspot.com/2019/07/one-sentence-forecasts.html

Looks about right to me.

[WestCoastAggie]

Too weird .. both finished 4-7 last year, though Morgan St was 4-4 in conf and beat NC A&T ... they probably formed alliance and voted for each other. NC A&T is vulnerable this year .. lost a lot and teams will look to pounce on them. They struggled at times last year and lost a lot from that team. Not sure how they've done on transfer front, but that conference will see some changes at top.

We will have transfers from FBS App State and other FBS programs, and a few receivers from D2 that made their conference all-conference lists.

We stocked up aplenty in this year’s transfer market.

[Mike296]

We will have transfers from FBS App State and other FBS programs, and a few receivers from D2 that made their conference all-conference lists.

We stocked up aplenty in this year’s transfer market.

Good transfers don’t always mean good results

[WestCoastAggie]

Good transfers don’t always mean good results

Agreed. Luckily, we've had a recent streak of FBS transfers coming in from App State, UNC, Coastal Carolina, and South Carolina and contributing rather well for us over the past 3 seasons. This year already appears that streak will continue.

FBS transfers Rover Antoine Wilder (USC), RB JaMaine Martin (Coastal Carolina), DE Jermaine McDaniel (App State), DT Justin Nwachukwu (Northern Illinois), DB Richie Kittles (Florida Atlantic), and RB/WR/Returner Korey Banks (South Carolina) will play huge minutes for us this year. That doesn't include ECU transfer Kingsley Ifedi coming in and adding QB depth. Most importantly, all of these kids are on track to graduate either this year or in 2020 (McDaniel is on track to graduate in 2021).

[Professor Chaos]

Added the MVFC to the original post.

https://valley-football.org/documents/2019/7/29//2019_MVFC_Preseason_Poll.pdf?id=68

1. North Dakota State 392 (32)
2. South Dakota State 348 (4)
3. Illinois State 289 (3)
4. Indiana State 279 (1)
5. UNI 266
6. South Dakota 176
7. Youngstown State 153
8. Western Illinois 128
9. Southern Illinois 89
10. Missouri State 80

[Redbird 4th & short]

Makes a lot of sense this year ... only surprise maybe is WIU at 8th. But I have no idea what they have coming back this year and hearing more chatter about USD and YSU being better this year than last ... so if true, someone has to drop. Otherwise, all makes a lot of sense. Will note this poll had ISUb finishing last a year ago ... they sure flipped the script thanks to their QB transfer Boyle.

Everything else is right in line with what I and many people have been thinking.

Noting SDSU, ISUr, ISUb all have a lot returning on both sides of ball .. UNI has fair amount coming back too. NDSU is probably the most vulnerable they've been since .. oh I dont know ... uh .. 2014, after they lost coaches and many studs from 2013 ... some of you might recall how 2014 worked out for them. ISUb also has a lot returning, though won't sneak up on teams like last year when they were picked to finish 10th in this poll. UNI has enough back to be a contender. So when you combine all these factors, including good vibes coming from YSU and USD .... MVFC looks to be very strong this season .. could be a repeat of 2014 and 2015.

Right now, I see the top 5 below all looking to content in top 20, possibly 3 teams in top 12, plus couple others knocking on top 25 door. But the MVFC grind always takes a toll on a couple teams and they slip as season progresses.

1. North Dakota State (32) ........................392
2. South Dakota State (4)..........................348
3. Illinois State (3)......................................289
4. Indiana State (1) ....................................279
5. UNI............................................... ...........266
6. South Dakota.........................................176
7. Youngstown State .................................153
8. Western Illinois......................................128
9. Southern Illinois......................................89
10. Missouri State..........................................80

[crusader11]

2019 Patriot League Preseason Poll
1. Colgate, 72 points (12 first-place votes)
2. Holy Cross, 58 (2)
3. Georgetown, 51
4. Fordham, 39
5. Lehigh, 38
6. Lafayette, 21
7. Bucknell, 15

[Go Green]

2019 Patriot League Preseason Poll
1. Colgate, 72 points (12 first-place votes)
2. Holy Cross, 58 (2)
3. Georgetown, 51
4. Fordham, 39
5. Lehigh, 38
6. Lafayette, 21
7. Bucknell, 15

Has Georgetown ever been picked that high?

[Professor Chaos]

Added the Pioneer League to the original post:

http://www.pioneer-football.org/news/archives/2019/1473/defending-champion-san-diego-again-edges-dayton-in-pfl-preseason-coaches-poll/

1. San Diego 79 (7)
2. Dayton 66 (2)
3. Drake 64
4. Marist 52
5. Davidson 48
6. Stetson 44
7. Butler 37
8. Jacksonville 30
9T. Morehead State 15
9T. Valparaiso 15


Only those late risers in the Ivy League are left and they don't announce until next week.

[crusader11]

Has Georgetown ever been picked that high?

No.

[Go Green]

No.

Good for them. If Colgate stumbles, Georgetown has as good a chance to win the PL as anyone. Would be a nice story if they did.

[crusader11]

Good for them. If Colgate stumbles, Georgetown has as good a chance to win the PL as anyone. Would be a nice story if they did.

Georgetown went 5-6 (4-2) last season despite being outside by 60 points.

They averaged a shade under 17 points in PL games last year, yet still managed to go 4-2.

I'm not sold on them just yet.

[Go Green]

They averaged a shade under 17 points in PL games last year, yet still managed to go 4-2.



You'd be surprised how many Princeton guys on the Ivy board genuinely believe that a 14-9 game was a dominating blowout.

:)

[DEX]

Too weird .. both finished 4-7 last year, though Morgan St was 4-4 in conf and beat NC A&T ... they probably formed alliance and voted for each other. NC A&T is vulnerable this year .. lost a lot and teams will look to pounce on them. They struggled at times last year and lost a lot from that team. Not sure how they've done on transfer front, but that conference will see some changes at top.


By my count we have 20 transfers on the roster, however I would still tend to agree with your assessment.

[Professor Chaos]

Bump.

So how did your preseason conference voters do? Doesn't look like anyone did that well predicting their conference's final standings. xlolx

EDIT: I guess the Ivy League did do pretty well... those guys are also smarter than the rest of us though.

[ST_Lawson]

MVFC Preseason:

1. North Dakota State 392 (32)
2. South Dakota State 348 (4)
3. Illinois State 289 (3)
4. Indiana State 279 (1)
5. UNI 266
6. South Dakota 176
7. Youngstown State 153
8. Western Illinois 128
9. Southern Illinois 89
10. Missouri State 80

MVFC Actual Result:
1. NDSU - same
2. UNI - +3
3. ILSU - same
4. SDSU - -2
5. SIU - +4
6. USD - same
7. INSU - -3
8. YSU - -1
9. MSU - +1
10. WIU - -2

So, SIU and UNI exceeded expectations pretty well. INSU was a decent bit lower than expected. Everyone else within two spots of predicted.

[SCPALADIN]

SoCon (media) (https://twitter.com/SoConSports/status/1153349460996628481)
1. Wofford 253 (21)
2. Furman 229 (6)
3. ETSU 187 (2)
4. Mercer 146
5. Chattanooga 134
6. Samford 125
7. The Citadel 111
8. Western Carolina 88
9. VMI 32

SoCon F (https://twitter.com/SoConSports/status/1153349460996628481)inal Standings
1. Wofford =
2. Furman =
3. Chattanooga +2
4. The Citadel +3
5. Samford +1
6. VMI +3
7. Mercer -3
8. Western Carolina =
9. ETSU -6

[Lorne_Malvo]

MVFC Preseason:

1. North Dakota State 392 (32)
2. South Dakota State 348 (4)
3. Illinois State 289 (3)
4. Indiana State 279 (1)
5. UNI 266
6. South Dakota 176
7. Youngstown State 153
8. Western Illinois 128
9. Southern Illinois 89
10. Missouri State 80

MVFC Actual Result:
1. NDSU - same
2. UNI - +3
3. ILSU - same
4. SDSU - -2
5. SIU - +4
6. USD - same
7. INSU - -3
8. YSU - -1
9. MSU - +1
10. WIU - -2

So, SIU and UNI exceeded expectations pretty well. INSU was a decent bit lower than expected. Everyone else within two spots of predicted.

I think it would be really close if key injuries would not have happened on several teams.

[ST_Lawson]

I think it would be really close if key injuries would not have happened on several teams.

Yeah, can't really predict that stuff. Most teams have at least one or two key injuries in a season, but it's how the "next man up" does that makes a big difference.

[UAalum72]

2019 CAA FOOTBALL PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
(Selected by a vote of Head Coaches and Media Relations Directors)


1) James Madison (20 first-place votes) 238
2) Towson (3 first-place votes) 217
3) Maine (1 first-place vote) 201
4) Elon 164
5) Delaware 162
6) Stony Brook 151
7) New Hampshire 109
8) Rhode Island 104
9) Villanova 84
10) Richmond 62
11) William & Mary 58
12) Albany 34

Final
1) JMU 8-0
2) Albany 6-2 (+10)
3) Nova 5-3 (+6)
4) UNH 5-3 (+3)
5) Towson 4-4 (-3)
6) Maine 4-4 (-3)
7) Elon 4-4 (-3)
8) Richmond 4-4
9) Delaware 3-5 (-4)
10) W&M 3-5 (+1)
11) Stony Brook 2-6 (-5)
12) URI 0-8 (-2)

[Lorne_Malvo]

2019 CAA FOOTBALL PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
(Selected by a vote of Head Coaches and Media Relations Directors)


1) James Madison (20 first-place votes) 238
2) Towson (3 first-place votes) 217
3) Maine (1 first-place vote) 201
4) Elon 164
5) Delaware 162
6) Stony Brook 151
7) New Hampshire 109
8) Rhode Island 104
9) Villanova 84
10) Richmond 62
11) William & Mary 58
12) Albany 34

Final
1) JMU 8-0
2) Albany 6-2 (+10)
3) Nova 5-3 (+6)
4) UNH 5-3 (+3)
5) Towson 4-4 (-3)
6) Maine 4-4 (-3)
7) Elon 4-4 (-3)
8) Richmond 4-4
9) Delaware 3-5 (-4)
10) W&M 3-5 (+1)
11) Stony Brook 2-6 (-5)
12) URI 0-8 (-2)


Yikes!

[Catbooster]

Thanks for reminding us, PC.



Big Sky (media) (https://bigskyconf.com/documents/2019/7/15//7_15_Preseason_Polls_Release.pdf?id=6300)
1. Eastern Washington 536 (25)
2. UC Davis 510 (13)
3. Weber State 472 (4)
4. Montana State 417
5. Montana 396 (1)
6. Northern Arizona 302
7. Idaho State 285
8. Idaho 248
9. Cal Poly 196
10. Portland State 178
11. Southern Utah 160
12. Sacramento State 125
13. Northern Colorado 90

Big Sky (coaches) (https://bigskyconf.com/documents/2019/7/15//7_15_Preseason_Polls_Release.pdf?id=6300)
1. Eastern Washington 140 (10)
2. UC Davis 127 (2)
3. Weber State 124
4. Montana 104 (1)
5. Montana State 100
6. Northern Arizona 88
7. Idaho State 72
8. Idaho 65
9. Cal Poly 56
10. Portland State 42
11. Sacramento State 40
12. Southern Utah 38
13. Northern Colorado 19


Actual:

1T Weber 7-1 9-3 (+2,+2)
1T Sac State 7-1 9-3 (+11,+10)
3T MSU 6-2 9-3 (+1,+2)
3T UM 6-2 9-3 (+2,+1)
3T EWU 6-2 7-5 (-2,-2)
6T UCDavis 3-5 5-7 (-4,-4)
6T PSU 3-5 5-7 (+4,+4)
6T Idaho 3-5 5-7 (+2,+2)
9T NAU 2-6 4-8 (-3,0)
9T ISUo 2-6 3-9 (-2,-2)
9T SUtah 2-6 3-9 (+2,+3)
9T Cal Poly 2-6 3-8 (0,0)
9T NColorado 2-6 2-10 (+4,+4)

Really odd that there are only 4 different conference records among 13 teams. It makes the difference between predicted and actual misleading - for instance Northern Colorado did end up at the bottom (using non-conf record as tie-breaker) but they tied for 9th place so it reads as +4.

[NOLA]

Southland (https://www.southland.org/news/2019/7/18/nicholls-voted-to-top-spot-in-2019-football-preseason-poll.aspx)
PRESEASON
1. Nicholls 200 (20)
2. Central Arkansas 154
3. UIW 150 (1)
4. Sam Houston State 146
5. Lamar 123
6. McNeese 114
7. Abilene Christian 112 (1)
8. Southeastern Louisiana 71
9. Stephen F. Austin 63
10. Northwestern State 56
11. Houston Baptist 211

ACTUAL
1. Nicholls — =
1. Central Arkansas — +1
3. Southeastern Louisiana +6
3. Sam Houston — +1
5. McNeese — +1
6. ACU — -1
6. UIW — - 3
8. NSU — +2
8. SFA — +1
10. HBU — +1
11. Lamar — -6