SFA Ranked 16th In Sports Network Poll
8/16/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 16, 2004
NACOGDOCHES, Texas -- The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack football team is ranked 16th in the nation in a preseason poll conducted by The Sports Network. The `Jacks open the season Sept. 2 against Henderson State. The initial Sports Network poll of the season ranks defending national champions, Delaware at number one, followed by Southern Illinois, Montana, Wofford and Colgate. Four of the `Jacks 11 opponents this season are ranked in the preseason poll with Northern Iowa at number six, McNeese State at number eight, Northern Arizona at number 14 and Northwestern State at number 18. SFA was also ranked 17th in the ESPN/USAToday coaches poll released last week.
Team (First-place votes) 2003 Record Points 2003 Final Rank 1. Delaware (57) 15-1 1,753 1 2. Southern Illinois (7) 10-2 1,569 9 3. Montana (3) 9-4 1,500 14 4. Wofford (1) 12-2 1,406 3 5. Colgate 15-1 1,323 2 6. Northern Iowa (2) 10-3 1,316 5 7. Furman (1) 6-5 1,225 NR 8. McNeese State 10-2 1,150 8 9. Villanova 7-4 1,039 25 10. Georgia Southern 7-4 969 24 11. Maine 7-5 893 NR 12. Western Illinois 9-4 839 6 13. Western Kentucky 9-4 816 7 14. Northern Arizona 9-4 728 10 15. Montana State 7-6 654 21 16. Stephen F. Austin 7-4 583 NR 17. Grambling State 9-3 576 17 18. Northwestern State 6-6 558 NR 19. Massachusetts 10-3 557 11 20. Appalachian State 7-4 462 NR 21. Eastern Kentucky 7-5 434 NR 22. Northeastern 8-4 395 20 23. Lehigh 8-3 328 23 24. North Carolina A & T 10-3 281 16 25. Penn 10-0 222 12 Others receiving votes (in order of points, minimum of five required): Southern (221), Northern Colorado (216), Bethune-Cookman (125), Jacksonville State (120), Idaho State (108), Eastern Washington (95), Cal Poly (78), Gardner-Webb (72), South Carolina State (69), Hampton (40), Harvard (37), Illinois State (26), Sam Houston State (24), Nicholls State (22), Yale (22), Samford (20), Alabama A & M (16), Weber State (15), Youngstown State (15), James Madison (10), Southeast Missouri (10), New Hampshire (9), Southeastern Louisiana (8), Fordham (7), Tennessee State (6), Alabama State (5), Portland State (5), VMI (5) ™
