[Sly Fox]

2009 Any Given Saturday Poll Preseason Top 25

(First place votes in parenthesis), Points

1. Richmond (59), 2338
2. Appalachian State (20), 2292
3. Montana (5), 2154
4. Villanova (11), 2152
5. Northern Iowa (2), 2011
6. James Madison (1), 1746
7. Southern Illinois, 1703
8. New Hampshire, 1695
9. Weber State, 1692
10. Elon, 1398
11. Wofford, 1326
12. Cal Poly, 1159
13. William & Mary, 1105
14. Central Arkansas, 1034
15. Maine, 841
16. McNeese State, 687
17. South Carolina State, 617
18. Massachusetts, 602
19. Eastern Washington, 538
20. Delaware, 409
21. South Dakota State, 397
22. Furman, 386
23. Texas State, 323
24. Georgia Southern, 311
25. Montana State, 306

Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Jacksonville State (54), Liberty (48), Colgate (46), Harvard (43), Albany (36), Eastern Kentucky (36), Holy Cross (30), Samford (26), North Dakota State (24), Northern Arizona (24), Grambling State (14), Youngstown State (11), Florida A&M (10), Tennessee-Martin (8), Prairie View A&M (7), Western Illinois (7), Pennsylvania (5), UC Davis (5).

MOST SIGNIFICANT RISE IN 2009: Delaware
MOST SIGNIFICANT FALL IN 2009: Cal Poly

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[Kolzilla41]

So we are on the cusp of the Top 25

[LCA&LU Mom]

waaaaay on down the posts in the thread Sly referenced is this quote:

Originally Posted by jmufan999
Liberty's not beating JMU. i don't make many guarantees, but i'll guarantee that one right now. i don't care if it's being played in Lynchburg or on Mars.

Quote: kirkblitz: agreed, i wish i could change my ballot now. I saw some new articles and i think theyll be lucky to get 3rd in the BSC

Any ideas what "new articles" he's talking about??

[SuperJon]

kirkblitz is coastalfan. He's regarded as the person who knows the least about Big South football of anyone who posts on message boards.

[LCA&LU Mom]

kirkblitz is coastalfan. He's regarded as the person who knows the least about Big South football of anyone who posts on message boards.

oh, well, that explains it then. phew.