COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The nationwide panels of voters have added
to the drama for this week's Ohio Valley Conference matchup when
Tennessee Tech visits Jacksonville State on Saturday. The Golden
Eagles (4-2/3-1 OVC) are ranked 19th this week in The Sports
Network/Fathead.com poll and 25th in the FCS Coach's Poll.
Jacksonville State (5-2/4-0 OVC) is listed 14th and 13th in the two
Top 25 charts.
Tech was idle last week, but still managed to climb in both polls.
The Golden Eagles jumped from 23rd to 19th in the Coach's Poll, and
returned to the other poll after dropping just outside of the Top
25 a week earlier. Tech has had two weeks to rebound from a 42-40
loss to Tennessee State, and looks to make it two straight againt
the Gamecocks. Tech used a thrilling fourth-quarter rally to snare
a 35-24 victory over JSU last year.
The Gamecocks, meanwhile, are coming off a 38-14 loss at FBS foe
Kentucky.
Kickoff for the contest, which is Homecoming for Jacksonville
State, is set for 3 p.m. CDT. The game will be shown on ESPN3, and
can also be followed on the Golden Eagle Sports Network.
The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top-25 College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous Rank |
---|---|---|---|
1. Georgia Southern Eagles (131) | 7-0 | 3,930 | 1 |
2. Northern Iowa Panthers (17) | 6-1 | 3,768 | 2 |
3. North Dakota State Bison (10) | 7-0 | 3,602 | 3 |
4. Montana State Bobcats (1) | 7-1 | 3,548 | 4 |
5. Appalachian State Mountaineers | 5-2 | 3,153 | 6 |
6. Sam Houston State Bearkats | 7-0 | 3,104 | 7 |
7. Lehigh Mountain Hawks | 6-1 | 2,850 | 8 |
8. Maine Black Bears | 6-1 | 2,830 | 9 |
9. James Madison Dukes | 5-2 | 2,515 | 11 |
10. New Hampshire Wildcats | 5-2 | 2,340 | 13 |
11. Montana Grizzlies | 6-2 | 2,334 | 12 |
12. Wofford Terriers | 5-2 | 2,289 | 5 |
13. Towson Tigers | 6-1 | 2,214 | 15 |
14. Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 5-2 | 2,112 | 10 |
15. Old Dominion Monarchs | 6-2 | 1,497 | 21 |
16. Alabama State Hornets | 6-1 | 1,305 | 19 |
17. South Dakota Coyotes | 5-3 | 930 | 25 |
18. William & Mary Tribe | 4-4 | 896 | 14 |
19. Jackson State Tigers | 6-1 | 863 | 23 |
20. Indiana State Sycamores | 5-3 | 622 | 17 |
21. Delaware Blue Hens | 4-4 | 513 | 16 |
22. Illinois State Redbirds | 5-3 | 496 | NR |
23. Liberty Flames | 5-3 | 480 | NR |
24. Harvard Crimson | 5-1 | 388 | NR |
25. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles | 4-2 | 345 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Central Arkansas 303, Massachusetts 300, Richmond 297, Furman 256, Chattanooga 231, North Dakota 203, Cal Poly 200, Eastern Washington 141, Norfolk State 139, Brown 136, Albany 90, Jacksonville 79, Texas State 56, Alabama A&M 48, San Diego 29, Samford 27, Penn 23, Florida A&M 20, Southern Utah 20, Portland State 19, Georgetown 18, Sacramento State 16, Stony Brook 14, South Dakota State 12, UT Martin 12, Southern Illinois 10, Elon 10, Eastern Kentucky 8, McNeese State 6, Bethune-Cookman 5, South Carolina State 5, Duquesne 4, The Citadel 4, Youngstown State 3, Holy Cross 3, Northwestern State 2, Drake 1, Lafayette 1. |
FCS Coaches Poll (I-AA): Week 9
Rank | Team | Record | Pts | Last Week |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Georgia Southern (27) | 7-0 | 697 | 1 |
2. | Northern Iowa (1) | 6-1 | 666 | 2 |
3. | North Dakota St. | 7-0 | 622 | 5 |
4. | Montana St. | 7-1 | 618 | 3 |
5. | Appalachian St. | 5-2 | 577 | 6 |
6. | Lehigh | 6-1 | 528 | 7 |
7. | Sam Houston St. | 7-0 | 510 | 10 |
8. | Montana | 6-2 | 476 | 9 |
9. | Wofford | 5-2 | 451 | 4 |
10. | James Madison | 5-2 | 438 | 11 |
11. | New Hampshire | 5-2 | 421 | 12 |
12. | Maine | 6-1 | 403 | 14 |
13. | Jacksonville St. | 5-2 | 393 | 8 |
14. | Towson | 6-1 | 348 | 17 |
15. | South Dakota | 5-3 | 276 | 19 |
16. | Old Dominion | 6-2 | 234 | 22 |
17. | Jackson St. | 6-1 | 211 | 20 |
18. | Indiana St. | 5-3 | 141 | 16 |
19. | Tennessee Tech | 4-2 | 131 | 23 |
20. | Delaware | 4-4 | 127 | 13 |
21. | William & Mary | 4-4 | 119 | 15 |
22. | Alabama St. | 6-1 | 107 | NR |
23. | Harvard | 5-1 | 105 | NR |
24. | Liberty | 5-3 | 82 | NR |
25. | North Dakota | 4-3 | 62 | 18 |