SCSU now ranked in three major polls
By THOMAS GRANT JR., T&D Senior Sports Writer Tuesday, October 28, 2008South Carolina State now has a presence in all three polls used by the Football Championship Subdivision to determine postseason berths.
Propelled by Saturday’s 35-13 thumping of previously-ranked Hampton, South Carolina State entered both the Sports Network and AnyGivenSaturday.com Top 25 FCS polls for the first time this season.
The Bulldogs entered the Sports Network poll at 22nd and 23rd in the AGS poll.
Meanwhile, a week after debuting in the FCS Coaches Poll, S.C. State (6-2, 4-0) moved up four places to 20th. In the Sheridan Black College Football poll, S.C. State remained at number two behind Division II school Tuskegee.
Also moving up the polls was Wofford which moved up to 3rd in the Sports Network and AGS polls, but remained at 5th in the Coaches Poll.
Fellow Palmetto State school Furman also remained ranked in the polls despite its loss this past weekend.
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION
COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES POLL
1. James Madison
2. Appalachian State
3. Cal Poly
4. Northern Iowa
5. Wofford
6. Montana
7. Richmond
8. New Hampshire
9. Central Arkansas
10. Villanova
11. Southern Illinois
12. Elon
13. Weber State
14. Western Illinois
15. Massachusetts
16. McNeese State
17. Liberty
18. Northern Arizona
19. William and Mary
20. South Carolina State
21. Furman
22. Lafayette
23. Tennessee-Martin
(TIE) 24. North Dakota State
Harvard
SPORTS NETWORK TOP 25
COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
1. James Madison
2. Appalachian State
3. Wofford
4. Cal Poly
5. Northern Iowa
6. Montana
7. Villanova
8. Richmond
9. New Hampshire
10. Elon
11. Central Arkansas
12. Western Illinois
13. Weber State
14. Southern Illinois
15. Massachusetts
16. William and Mary
17. Liberty
18. Furman
19.. Northern Arizona
20. McNeese State
21. Lafayette
22. South Carolna State
23. Harvard
24. Tennessee-Martin
25. Tennessee State
ANY GIVEN SATURDAY TOP 25 POLL
(First place votes in parenthesis), Points 1. James Madison (96) 2543 2. Appalachian St. 2403 3. Wofford (3) 2270 4. Cal Poly (2) 2233 5. Northern Iowa 2004 6. Richmond 1950 7. Montana 1877 8. Villanova 1796 9. Southern Illinois 1617 10. New Hampshire 1560 11. Weber St. (1) 1552 12. Elon 1460 13. Central Arkansas 1419 14. Western Illinois 1335 15. Massachusetts 1084 16. William & Mary 912 17. Furman 779 18. Lafayette 644 19. McNeese St. 618 20. Liberty 614 21. Northern Arizona 558 22. Harvard 427 23. South Carolina St. 395 24. Tennessee-Martin 239 25. South Dakota St. 151 T&D Senior Sports Writer Thomas Grant Jr. can be reached by e-mail at tgrant@timesanddemocrat.com or by phone at 803-533-5547. Discuss this and other stories on-line at TheTandD.com.
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