AGS Pre-Season Poll Results

Here are the results from the 2010 AGS Pre-Season Poll:

Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25

(First place votes in parenthesis), Points
1. Villanova (81) 2344
2. Montana (7) 2106
3. Appalachian St. (2) 1965
4. William & Mary (3) 1909
5. Southern Illinois (1) 1825
6. New Hampshire 1644
7. Elon 1578
8. Richmond 1414
9. South Dakota St. 1359
10. South Carolina St. 1352
11. Stephen F. Austin 1218
12. Northern Iowa 1028
13. McNeese St. 1011
14. Eastern Washington 1002
15. Delaware 885
16. James Madison 871
17. Jacksonville St. 720
18. Weber St. 639
19. Liberty 582
20. Furman 491
21. Eastern Illinois 480
22. Montana St. 377
23. Cal Poly 319
24. Pennsylvania 277
25. Holy Cross 262


Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Prairie View A&M (43), Texas St. (41), Northern Arizona (36), Massachusetts (31), Maine (30), Colgate (25), Wofford (22), Eastern Kentucky (20), Lafayette (19), UC Davis (17), Chattanooga (15), Illinois St. (15), Florida A&M (14), Georgia Southern (14), North Dakota St. (13), Central Arkansas (11), Youngstown St. (11), Harvard (10), Lehigh (10), Stony Brook (10), Southeastern Louisiana (9), Albany (8), Grambling St. (7), Dayton (5), Missouri St. (5)

SLC thoughts...

Stephen F. Austin should be in the top 10. Not sure how they fell outside of the top 10, especially by 100 points. They'll have to prove their worth.

McNeese has a new starting quarterback and while they seem to reload, I just have a hard time believing they are worth of a top 15 spot. I would put them in the 15-25 range without a problem.

TxSt-San Marcos is just about right in their spot in the ARV. I think they have potential, but they are also a team that can fall flat. There is the lingering QB issue and until proven otherwise, interested to see how the running backs fare, especially if QB is not sharp.

Central Arkansas has some reputation and to see them get votes is not surprising. They have had a successful transition, though surprised to see them ahead of Stony Brook, who should be favored to compete for the Big South title.

Southeastern Louisiana is grossly underrated. The fact they are the #5 team in the SLC based on the AGS preseason poll is not something to be proud of as far as an AGS poll voter goes. I would've thought they would have at least been in the top 30. We'll see...

Seems pretty good, little surprised ISU red only had 15 votes.

Can't wait for the UNI-SFA game should be a real test for the Panthers.

LU is only slightly lower than I would have expected...I had us at least in the top 15 but definitely there is a lot of chance to move up in that first four game stretch (especially with the Ball State and JMU games back-to-back

Good number of Participants for the pre-season poll over a holiday weekendxthumbsupx

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Lehigh (10)

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Originally Posted by TexasTerror

Southeastern Louisiana is grossly underrated. The fact they are the #5 team in the SLC based on the AGS preseason poll is not something to be proud of as far as an AGS poll voter goes. I would've thought they would have at least been in the top 30. We'll see...

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I would have to agree. SE Louisiana I read up on and seems to be legit shot for an at-large bid this year. Should be a good race in the SLC.

As SO many of us are unsure where teams will fall next season, many seem to vote on last year's results disregarding graduations (Holy Cross losing Randolph?)

Hey, its only JUNE 1st!

The only one I really scratch my head about is Weber State at No. 18. Don't they have Cameron Higgins coming back, and are still fresh off a playoff appearance? Maybe Top Ten is a little too much to ask for, but certainly a solid 10-15 doesn't seem unreasonable.

Oh yeah, and Colgate NO QUESTION is a Top 25 team. They should be in the poll at 25 - at LEAST - in front of Holy Cross.

My top 6 seemed to agree with everyone else for the most part...a bit of a different order but all there! I am satisfied with the top half of the poll, its still hard to determine the lower half at this point but seems pretty fair to me. I still think maybe Maine should have received more consideration.

SC State at #10? Over SFA, UNI, McNeese, JMU, etc.?

I can seriously see them mowing thru the MEAC, end up at 9-2 (1 conf loss and GA Tech), having a 1st round game at Furman/Elon/Richmond/W&M, and losing. It's the same story every year...