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Hens are ranked No. 16 in Sports Network poll
10:59 a.m., Aug. 8, 2006--The University of Delaware football team is ranked No. 16 in an NCAA Division I-AA poll announced Monday by the Sports Network. Earlier, the Fightin' Blue Hens were ranked No. 10 in a poll released by the Any Given Saturday web site, No. 12 by Street & Smith's and No. 20 by Lindy's. The Hens, who will open preseason camp Friday under Head Coach K.C. Keeler, were one of five Atlantic 10 Conference teams to appear in the Sports Network top 25 and among eight league teams to earn votes in the poll. The ranking was determined by a vote of 84 sports information directors and media members who cover NCAA Division I-AA football. Defending national champion Appalachian State University, which defeated the University of Northern Iowa in the 2005 title game, was ranked No. 1, earning 68 first-place votes and 2,306 total points. Defending Atlantic 10 champion the University of New Hampshire was selected No. 2 with 14 first-place votes and 2,153 points. The University of Montana was third with five first-place votes and 1,954 points, Northern Iowa was fourth with three first-place votes and 1,936 points, Furman was fifth with one first-place vote and 1,928 points, and Cal Poly was sixth with three first-place votes and 1,846 points. Rounding out the top 10 were No. 7 Youngstown State (1,446), No. 8 James Madison (1,338), No. 9 Illinois State (1,297) and No. 10 Massachusetts (1,170). McNeese State was 11th with 1,006 points followed by Georgia Southern (967), Hampton (939), Eastern Illinois (865), Richmond (835), Delaware (815), Southern Illinois (809), Texas State (770), North Dakota State (713) and Eastern Kentucky (709). The University of California Davis was 21st with 576 points, followed by Montana State (550), Grambling State (511), Nicholls State (378), and Coastal Carolina (356). Among 31 other teams that received at least five votes were Atlantic 10 members Hofstra (36th with 91 votes), William & Mary (41st with 25 votes) and Maine (56th with five votes). |
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