COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Tech completed
a sweep of the national Football Championship Subdivision final
polls Monday, earning a 19th place finish in the USA Today/Coach's
Poll and placing 21st in The Sports Network/Fathead.com listing.
Yesterday, Tech was listed 16th in the College Sports Madness.com
poll.
The Golden Eagles, who finished the year 7-4 overall after
winnning a share of the Ohio Valley Conference championship and
reaching the FCS Playoffs for the first-time in school history, are
the highest ranked OVC team in all three of the polls.
Slipping into the polls, just behind Tech on both charts,
Eastern Kentucky was listed 24th in The Sports Network/Fathead.com
poll and 21st in the USA Today Coach's Poll. Jacksonville State was
listed high among other teams receiving votes in both polls. Tech,
JSU and EKU were tri-champions of the league.
North Dakota State, which captured the FCS Championship game with a
17-6 victory over Sam Houston State, jumped from fourth to the top
spot in every final poll. The Bisons finished the year 14-1. Sam
Houston, which suffered its only loss of the year in the title
game, also finished 14-1 and placed second.
The Sports Network/Fathead.com Poll
Team (First-place votes) 2011 Record Points Previous Rank
1. North Dakota State Bison (125) 14-1 3125 4
2. Sam Houston State Bearkats 14-1 2998 1
3. Montana Grizzlies 11-3 2801 5
4. Georgia Southern Eagles 11-3 2795 3
5. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 11-2 2466 6
6. Northern Iowa Panthers 10-3 2455 2
7. Montana State Bobcats 10-3 2387 7
8. Maine Black Bears 9-4 2105 13
9. Towson Tigers 9-3 2058 8
10. Old Dominion Monarchs 10-3 2009 10
11. New Hampshire Wildcats 8-4 1869 11
12. Appalachian State Mountaineers 8-4 1825 9
13. Wofford Terriers 8-4 1651 12
14. Central Arkansas Bears 9-4 1411 15
15. James Madison Dukes 8-5 1307 17
16. Harvard Crimson 9-1 996 16
17. Delaware Blue Hens 7-4 961 14
18. Stony Brook Seawolves 9-4 957 22
19. Norfolk State Spartans 9-3 829 19
20. Illinois State Redbirds 7-4 694 18
21. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 7-4 669 21
22. Jackson State Tigers 9-2 523 20
23. North Dakota Fighting Sioux 8-3 371 23
24. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 7-5 298 NR
25. Liberty Flames 7-4 215 24
Others receiving votes: Albany 214,
Jacksonville State 151, San Diego 74, Furman 59,
Grambling State 48, Bethune-Cookman 44, Alabama State 42, Drake 37,
Duquesne 26, Southern Utah 21, Portland State 21, Cal Poly 20,
Eastern Washington 19, William & Mary 13, Murray State 12,
Tennessee State 8, South Dakota 8, Youngstown State 7, Georgetown
6, Alabama A&M 5, Brown 5, Chattanooga 4, South Carolina State
3, Stephen F. Austin 2, Indiana State 1
NCAA FCS Coaches Final Poll (January 9, 2012)
Team (No. 1 Votes)
Record
Points
Last
Week
1. North Dakota State (25)
14-1
625
4
2. Sam Houston State
14-1
600
1
3. Georgia Southern
11-3
563
2
4. Montana
11-3
555
5
5. Northern Iowa
10-3
482
3
6. Lehigh
11-2
473
6
7. Montana State
10-3
470
7
8. Maine
9-4
445
13
9. Towson
9-2
380
9
10. Old Dominion
10-3
367
10
11. Appalachian State
8-4
357
8
12. New Hampshire
8-4
336
12
13. Wofford
6-2
326
11
14. James Madison
8-5
278
19
15. Central Arkansas
9-4
273
15
16. Stony Brook
9-4
200
24
17. Harvard
9-1
199
14
18. Norfolk State
9-3
158
22
19. Tennessee Tech
7-4
152
20
20. Delaware
7-4
143
16
21. Eastern Kentucky
7-5
136
NR
22. Illinois State
7-4
122
17
23. Albany
8-4
89
NR
24. Jackson State
9-2
85
18
25. Liberty
7-4
57
23
Others Receiving Votes: North
Dakota (32); Jacksonville State (20); Indiana
State (19); Massachusetts (14); Portland State (14); San Diego
(23); South Carolina State (15); Drake (14); South Dakota (12);
Furman (10); William & Mary (10); Bethune-Cookman (7);
Grambling State (7); Murray State (7); Eastern Washington (6);
Alabama State (4); Florida A&M (4); Southern Utah (3); Brown
(2); Youngstown State (2).