Sporting News 2009 Preview: FCS edition
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:43 am
Sporting News predicts what will be a Richmond Spiders repeat national championship season. Here are their Top 25:
1) Richmond
2) Appalachian State
3) Villanova
4) Northern Iowa
5) Montana
6) Southern Illinois
7) Weber State
8) New Hampshire
9) Elon
10) James Madison
11) Central Arkansas
12) William & Mary
13) Eastern Washington
14) Maine
15) Cal Poly
16) Massachusetts
17) Montana State
18) Wofford
19) McNeese State
20) Georgia Southern
21) Northern Arizona
22) Colgate
23) Samford
24) Jacksonville State
25) South Carolina State
Conference Predictions:
Big Sky
1) Montana
2) Weber State
3) Eastern Washington
4) Montana State
5) Northern Arizona
6) Portland State
7) Northern Colorado
8) Sacramento State
9) Idaho State
Big South
1) Liberty
2) Coastal Carolina
3) Gardner-Webb
4) Stony Brook
5) VMI
6) Charleston Southern
7) Presbyterian
Colonial/North
1) New Hampshire
2) Maine
3) Massachusetts
4) Hofstra
5) Rhode Island
6) Northeastern
South
1) Richmond
2) Villanova
3) James Madison
4) William & Mary
5) Delaware
6) Towson
Great West
1) Cal Poly
2) UC Davis
3) North Dakota
4) South Dakota
5) Southern Utah
Ivy League
1) Harvard
2) Penn
3) Yale
4) Brown
5) Princeton
6) Columbia
7) Cornell
8) Dartmouth
MEAC
1) South Carolina State
2) Florida A&M
3) Bethune-Cookman
4) Hampton
5) Norfolk State
6) Morgan State
7) Delaware State
8) North Carolina A&T
9) Howard
Missouri Valley
1) Northern Iowa
2) Southern Illinois
3) Western Illinois
4) South Dakota State
5) North Dakota State
6) Youngstown State
7) Missouri State
8) Illinois State
9) Indiana State
Northeast
1) Albany
2) Monmouth
3) Sacred Heart
4) Central Connecticut State
5) Robert Morris
6) Wagner
7) Duquesne
8) St. Francis (PA)
Ohio Valley
1) Jacksonville State
2) Tennessee-Martin
3) Eastern Kentucky
4) Murray State
5) Eastern Illinois
6) Tennessee State
7) Austin Peay
8) Southeast Missouri State
9) Tennessee Tech
Patriot League
1) Colgate
2) Holy Cross
3) Lafayette
4) Lehigh
5) Fordham
6) Bucknell
7) Georgetown
Pioneer
1) Jacksonville
2) Dayton
3) San Diego
4) Drake
5) Butler
6) Morehead State
7) Davidson
8) Valparaiso
9) Campbell
10) Marist
SoCon
1) Appalachian State
2) Elon
3) Wofford
4) Georgia Southern
5) Samford
6) Furman
7) The Citadel
8) Western Carolina
9) Chattanooga
Southland
1) Central Arkansas
2) McNeese State
3) Texas State
4) Northwestern State
5) Nicholls State
6) Southeastern Louisiana
7) Stephen F. Austin
8) Sam Houston State
SWAC/East
1) Jackson State
2) Alabama A&M
3) Alabama State
4) Mississippi Valley State
5) Alcorn State
West
1) Grambling State
2) Prairie View A&M
3) Southern
4) Arkansas-Pine Bluff
5) Texas Southern
1) Richmond
2) Appalachian State
3) Villanova
4) Northern Iowa
5) Montana
6) Southern Illinois
7) Weber State
8) New Hampshire
9) Elon
10) James Madison
11) Central Arkansas
12) William & Mary
13) Eastern Washington
14) Maine
15) Cal Poly
16) Massachusetts
17) Montana State
18) Wofford
19) McNeese State
20) Georgia Southern
21) Northern Arizona
22) Colgate
23) Samford
24) Jacksonville State
25) South Carolina State
Conference Predictions:
Big Sky
1) Montana
2) Weber State
3) Eastern Washington
4) Montana State
5) Northern Arizona
6) Portland State
7) Northern Colorado
8) Sacramento State
9) Idaho State
Big South
1) Liberty
2) Coastal Carolina
3) Gardner-Webb
4) Stony Brook
5) VMI
6) Charleston Southern
7) Presbyterian
Colonial/North
1) New Hampshire
2) Maine
3) Massachusetts
4) Hofstra
5) Rhode Island
6) Northeastern
South
1) Richmond
2) Villanova
3) James Madison
4) William & Mary
5) Delaware
6) Towson
Great West
1) Cal Poly
2) UC Davis
3) North Dakota
4) South Dakota
5) Southern Utah
Ivy League
1) Harvard
2) Penn
3) Yale
4) Brown
5) Princeton
6) Columbia
7) Cornell
8) Dartmouth
MEAC
1) South Carolina State
2) Florida A&M
3) Bethune-Cookman
4) Hampton
5) Norfolk State
6) Morgan State
7) Delaware State
8) North Carolina A&T
9) Howard
Missouri Valley
1) Northern Iowa
2) Southern Illinois
3) Western Illinois
4) South Dakota State
5) North Dakota State
6) Youngstown State
7) Missouri State
8) Illinois State
9) Indiana State
Northeast
1) Albany
2) Monmouth
3) Sacred Heart
4) Central Connecticut State
5) Robert Morris
6) Wagner
7) Duquesne
8) St. Francis (PA)
Ohio Valley
1) Jacksonville State
2) Tennessee-Martin
3) Eastern Kentucky
4) Murray State
5) Eastern Illinois
6) Tennessee State
7) Austin Peay
8) Southeast Missouri State
9) Tennessee Tech
Patriot League
1) Colgate
2) Holy Cross
3) Lafayette
4) Lehigh
5) Fordham
6) Bucknell
7) Georgetown
Pioneer
1) Jacksonville
2) Dayton
3) San Diego
4) Drake
5) Butler
6) Morehead State
7) Davidson
8) Valparaiso
9) Campbell
10) Marist
SoCon
1) Appalachian State
2) Elon
3) Wofford
4) Georgia Southern
5) Samford
6) Furman
7) The Citadel
8) Western Carolina
9) Chattanooga
Southland
1) Central Arkansas
2) McNeese State
3) Texas State
4) Northwestern State
5) Nicholls State
6) Southeastern Louisiana
7) Stephen F. Austin
8) Sam Houston State
SWAC/East
1) Jackson State
2) Alabama A&M
3) Alabama State
4) Mississippi Valley State
5) Alcorn State
West
1) Grambling State
2) Prairie View A&M
3) Southern
4) Arkansas-Pine Bluff
5) Texas Southern
