Southeastern, Nicholls ranked in preseason FCS coaches poll
Southeastern Louisiana is ranked 17th and Nicholls State is No. 23 in the AFCA FCS Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll, released Monday morning by the American Football Coaches Association.
The Lions are up four spots from the No. 21 ranking received in the final spring coaches poll. The Colonels have the same ranking from the spring poll. The Colonels were slotted at No. 22 in the Stats Perform preseason poll.
Southern received votes for the top 25 as well. The Jaguars are ranked 20th in the CBS Sports preseason rankings.
It is the third preseason poll that Southeastern and Nicholls State are ranked in.
Southeastern opens the season Sept. 4 at home against North Alabama while Nicholls visits Memphis.
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American Football Coaches Association FCS Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – August 16, 2021
Rank |
School (1st votes) |
2021 Spring Rec. |
Pts. |
2021 Spring Rank |
Season Opener |
Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Sam Houston (18) |
10-0 |
682 |
1 |
Sept. 2 Northern Arizona |
K.C. Keeler |
2 |
James Madison (9) |
7-1 |
667 |
3 |
Sept. 4 vs. Morehead St. |
Curt Cignetti |
3 |
North Dakota St. |
7-3 |
633 |
5 |
Sept. 4 vs. Albany |
Matt Entz |
4 |
South Dakota St. (1) |
8-2 |
620 |
2 |
Sept. 3 at Colorado St. |
John Stiegelmeier |
5 |
Delaware |
7-1 |
567 |
4 |
Sept. 2 at Maine |
Danny Rocco |
6 |
Weber St. |
5-1 |
552 |
8 |
Sept. 2 at Utah |
Jay Hill |
7 |
North Dakota |
5-2 |
475 |
6 |
Sept. 4 at Idaho St. |
Bubba Schweigert |
8 |
Jacksonville St. |
10-3 |
437 |
7 |
Sept. 1 vs. UAB |
John Grass |
9 |
Montana |
2-0 |
436 |
NR |
Sept. 4 at Washington |
Bobby Hauck |
10 |
Southern Illinois |
6-4 |
418 |
9 |
Sept. 2 at Southeast Missouri |
Nick Hill |
11 |
Montana St. |
0-0 |
383 |
NR |
Sept. 4 at Wyoming |
Brent Vigen |
12 |
Monmouth (N.J.) |
3-1 |
382 |
10 |
Sept. 4 at Middle Tennessee |
Kevin Callahan |
13 |
Central Arkansas |
0-0 |
363 |
NR |
Sept. 4 at Arkansas St. |
Nathan Brown |
14 |
Eastern Washington |
5-2 |
287 |
11 |
Sept. 2 at UNLV |
Aaron Best |
15 |
Villanova |
2-2 |
284 |
18 |
Sept. 4 at Lehigh |
Mark Ferrante |
16 |
Northern Iowa |
3-4 |
268 |
NR |
Sept. 4 at Iowa St. |
Mark Farley |
17 |
Southeastern Louisiana |
4-3 |
267 |
21 |
Sept. 4 vs. North Alabama |
Frank Scelfo |
18 |
Chattanooga |
3-2 |
204 |
NR |
Sept. 2 vs. No. 25 Austin Peay |
Rusty Wright |
19 |
VMI |
6-2 |
167 |
12 |
Sept. 4 vs. Davidson |
Scott Wachenheim |
20 |
Kennesaw St. |
4-1 |
165 |
15 |
Sept. 2 vs. Reinhardt |
Brian Bohannon |
21 |
UC Davis |
3-2 |
135 |
16 |
Sept. 2 at Tulsa |
Dan Hawkins |
22 |
Richmond |
3-1 |
104 |
14 |
Sept. 4 vs. Howard |
Russ Huesman |
23 |
Nicholls |
4-3 |
88 |
23 |
Sept. 4 at Memphis |
Tim Rebowe |
24 |
North Carolina A&T |
0-0 |
75 |
NR |
Sept. 4 at Furman |
Sam Washington |
25 |
Austin Peay |
4-5 |
65 |
NR |
Sept. 2 at No. 18 Chattanooga |
Scotty Walden |
*– Ranking in final AFCA FCS Coaches Spring Poll of 2021
Others Receiving Votes: Murray St., 62; Missouri St., 39; Sacramento St., 39; New Hampshire, 31; Alabama A&M, 29; Samford, 18; Holy Cross, 16; Southern, 15; Alcorn St., 14; Florida A&M, 13; Stephen F. Austin, 11; East Tennessee St., 10; Jackson St., 10; Morehead St., 9; Princeton, 9; South Carolina St., 9; Furman, 7; Charleston Southern, 6; Youngstown St., 6; Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 5; Harvard, 4; Rhode Island, 4; Davidson, 3; Yale, 3; Sacred Heart, 2; Eastern Kentucky, 1; Norfolk St., 1.
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