Monday, September 11, 2006

No Surprise As UNH Takes Over Top Spot

Barring a letdown of monumental proportions this week, it appears the No. 1 team in the nation will be on Memorial Field one week from Saturday. In what should be a surprise of no one, New Hampshire has moved atop the I-AA polls. To check out the new Sports Network poll, click here. Other Dartmouth opponents receiving votes: Harvard (34th); Brown (37th) and opening-day opponent Colgate (43rd). The Sports Network poll story can be found here.

Also just released: New earned 18 first place votes in the College Sporting
News (CSN) Coaches Poll to supplant Appalachian State in the top spot.

The CSN Coaches Poll

(First place votes in parenthesis, movement from last week)
1. New Hampshire (18), +1
2. Appalachian State (13), -1
3. Furman, NC
4. Cal Poly, +1
5. Montana, +1
6. Illinois State, +3
7. Youngstown State (1), +1
8. Richmond, -1
9. Massachusetts, +1
10. Hampton, +4
11. Delaware, +4
12. McNeese State, +5
13. Southern Illinois, +3
14. James Madison, -1
15. Portland State, +5
16. North Dakota State, +2
17. Northern Iowa, -13
18. Eastern Illinois, +4
19. Eastern Kentucky, +5
20. UC Davis, +1
21. Lafayette, +4
22. Montana State, -11
23. Texas State, -4
24. Georgia Southern, -12
25. Nicholls State, -2

Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Alabama A&M (12), Central
Connecticut (9), Southern Univ (7).

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