The Sports Network Preseason I-AA Football Poll

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Cal Poly, NDSU Begin Season Ranked in The Sports Network's Preseason Top 25 Poll
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Cal Poly, NDSU Begin Season Ranked in The Sports Network's Preseason Top 25 Poll
UC Davis and Northern Colorado are each receiving votes in the poll.

The Great West Football Conference is represented by two ranked teams and two teams receiving votes in The Sports Network's Preseason I-AA Top 25 poll.

Defending Great West Football Conference champion Cal Poly is ranked No. 17 with 712 points in the poll, while North Dakota State is ranked No. 22 with 421 points. UC Davis is ranked No. 35 with 85 points and Northern Colorado is ranked No. 49 with seven points.

The Sports Network 2005 Preseason I-AA College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) 2004 Record Points 2004 Final Rank
1. James Madison (49) 13-2 2,333 1

2. Furman (21) 10-3 2,251 5

3. Montana (14) 12-3 2,215 2

4. Eastern Washington (11) 9-4 2,053 8

5. Southern Illinois (3) 10-2 1,842 9

6. Georgia Southern 9-3 1,841 10

7. New Hampshire 10-3 1,731 6

8. Western Kentucky 9-3 1,698 11

9. William & Mary (1) 11-3 1,547 3

10. Delaware 9-4 1,538 7

11. Northwestern State 8-4 1,431 17

12. Northern Iowa 7-4 1,102 25

13. Hampton 10-2 1,076 13

14. Lehigh 9-3 963 15

15. Massachusetts (1) 6-5 869 NR

16 Sam Houston State 11-3 712 4

17. Cal Poly 9-2 681 16

18. Montana State 6-5 671 NR

19. Harvard (1) 10-0 661 13

20. Jacksonville State 9-2 658 14

21. Wofford 8-3 502 18

22. North Dakota State 8-3 421 23

23. Texas State 5-6 308 NR

24. Hofstra 5-6 299 NR

25. Grambling State 6-5 293 NR
Others receiving votes (in order of points, minimum of five required): Lafayette (268), Appalachian State (261), South Carolina State (256), Alabama State (242), Villanova (191), Portland State (167), Coastal Carolina (149), Penn (140), Stephen F. Austin (96), Southern (88), UC Davis (85), Bethune-Cookman (80), McNeese State (57), Brown (54), Western Illinois (47), Eastern Kentucky (44), Northeastern (39), Northern Arizona (35), Maine (28), Western Carolina (15), Murray State (12), Eastern Illinois (10), Alabama A & M (9), Northern Colorado (7) , Florida A & M (7), Gardner-Webb (6), Drake (5).