AF89 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 http://www.latimes.com/sports/sns-tsn-agn-fcs-poll-3-pi-20110912,0,1111756.storyPhiladelphia, PA —All the hoopla surrounding Georgia Southern football's return to a lofty status in the Football Championship Subdivision has a new declaration:The Eagles are No. 1!Georgia Southern, off to a 2-0 start, was a runaway top choice in The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top 25 on Monday, claiming 102 of the 148 first-place votes and 3,622 points, for its first No. 1 ranking since the poll on Oct. 22, 2001.Northern Iowa (1-1), which collected 16 first-place votes and 3,329 points, was ranked second, followed in the top five by Appalachian State (1-1), William & Mary (1-1) and Montana State (1-1). Each of those schools have suffered losses to Bowl Subdivision programs.South Dakota, which on Saturday knocked off last week's No. 1 team - reigning FCS champion Eastern Washington - moved into the rankings at No. 24. The upstart Coyotes, from the Great West Conference, are in the rankings for the first time since last Sept. 20 following the third week of games in the 2010 season.Last season also marked Georgia Southern's return to prominence in the FCS. The Eagles had a combined 21-23 record in the four seasons from 2006-09, but Jeff Monken, an assistant coach with two of the program's FCS-record six national championship squads between 1985-2000, returned to Statesboro as head coach last year.He restored the vaunted triple option which helped rack up all the national titles and the Eagles reversed a 5-6 season in 2009 with a 10-5 campaign in which they won three playoff games and reached the national semifinals.This season, Georgia Southern has defeated Southern Conference rival Samford and Division II Tusculum, rushing for 307 yards per game to rank fourth nationally. The Eagles are on a bye this week.Monken downplayed the No. 1 ranking on Monday, saying, "It doesn't matter until the end of the season."As Eastern Washington tumbled from the top ranking to No. 10, nine teams in the Top 10 received first-place votes.The rest of the Top 10 consisted of No. 6 Richmond (2-0) No. 7 Delaware (1-1), No. 8 North Dakota State (2-0) and No. 9 Wofford (1-1) before Eastern Washington (0-2).New Hampshire (1-1) moved up two spots to No. 11 after beating Lehigh, 48-41, in overtime. The Wildcats were followed by No. 12 Montana (1-1), which hosts Eastern Washington in an important Big Sky Conference game on Saturday.James Madison (1-1) moved up six spots to No. 13, just ahead of No. 14 Chattanooga (1-1), which advanced a poll-high nine spots after its 38-17 win over Jacksonville State.Next are No. 15 Southern Illinois (1-1), No. 16 Lehigh (1-1), No. 17 Jacksonville State (1-1), No. 18 Central Arkansas (1-1), No. 19 Stephen F. Austin (1-1) and No. 20 Sacramento State (1-1), whose 35-14 loss to Southern Utah sent it tumbling eight spots.The rest of the Top 25 consisted of No. 21 Massachusetts (1-0), No. 22 Liberty (1-1), No. 23 McNeese State (0-1), No. 24 South Dakota (1-1) and No. 25 South Carolina State (1-1), which rejoined the rankings after beating Bethune- Cookman, 26-18, in an important MEAC game.The first team outside the Top 25 was Southern Utah.During the regular season the Top 25 will be released every Monday afternoon, except for the final weekend of games, when it will be released Sunday morning, Nov. 20, due to its use as an official tool by the NCAA Division I Football Committee in selecting the 20-team playoff field later that day.The Sports Network and Fathead.com will release a final Top 25 following the FCS championship game, which will be held Jan. 7 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas...............At least one football team in this state is off to a fast start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 that is awesome news.. congrats.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 We got the coaches poll too :Phttp://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/polls?poll=7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles return Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 TSN poll is mostly a joke, but we're number 1 in the AGS poll, so I am pretty happy.It's been a wild ride since 2008. Unfortunately we have a bye this week, but we'll get it back in gear for Week 4 against Western Carolina.Edit: Also, my brother is on the team. That's pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 That's very awesome. Congrats to the GSU guys on here. Hopefully it will lead to another championship... long ways to go still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan...Again Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 At least a georgia team is doing good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 At least a georgia team is doing goodLow blow... you're mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsurf Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 At least a georgia team is doing goodAhem....Don't you mean 2 Georgia teams? Georgia Tech has hung up 112 points so far in two games, albeit against cupcakes, still impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Absconditus Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Georgia Southern went 10-5 last year? That's 15 GAMES! How ever did they play that many games without it interfering in their school work! They made the PLAYOFFS too?Man, someone should let the FBS know what groundbreaking things the FCS is doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Ahem....Don't you mean 2 Georgia teams? Georgia Tech has hung up 112 points so far in two games, albeit against cupcakes, still impressive.seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsurf Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 seriously?Yea, the poster said at least one Georgia team is doing good, but I think it's fair to say that SO FAR.....Georgia Tech is doing good as well. Will they continue to do good once they start playing better competition? I don't know, but SO FAR, they are off to a good start to the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Yea, the poster said at least one Georgia team is doing good, but I think it's fair to say that SO FAR.....Georgia Tech is doing good as well. Will they continue to do good once they start playing better competition? I don't know, but SO FAR, they are off to a good start to the season.GT is undefeated as well. But with GT with such low preseason expectations, the Falcons and Dawgs starting thier seasons with bellyflops (so far), its nice to have someone in the top spot. (My own school no less :P ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblinwreck9 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Georgia Tech is doing well so far. Have they played anyone? NO.. Saturday will be be a game that let's me know if Tech has really improved. Kansas is not a great team but their athletes and coaching is better than the previous two opponents. Tech has done what they were suppose to do and actually look improved. The offense has not struggled like they normally do to start a season but they have yet to prove anything except that they can beat teams that they should beat. Even in the two losses, UGA has looked like a pretty good team. I don't know that Tech wouldn't be be 0-2 if they had started out with the same two opponents that UGA faced. I think both teams are better this year than last year. Anyway, I am glad to see GSU making an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 TSN poll is mostly a joke, but we're number 1 in the AGS poll, so I am pretty happy.It's been a wild ride since 2008. Unfortunately we have a bye this week, but we'll get it back in gear for Week 4 against Western Carolina.Edit: Also, my brother is on the team. That's pretty cool.Whos your brother if you don't mind me asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan...Again Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Low blow... you're mean. I'm a Falcons fan and Braves fan so the comment was insulting to myself as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Georgia Tech is doing well so far. Have they played anyone? NO.. Saturday will be be a game that let's me know if Tech has really improved. Kansas is not a great team but their athletes and coaching is better than the previous two opponents. Tech has done what they were suppose to do and actually look improved. The offense has not struggled like they normally do to start a season but they have yet to prove anything except that they can beat teams that they should beat. Even in the two losses, UGA has looked like a pretty good team. I don't know that Tech wouldn't be be 0-2 if they had started out with the same two opponents that UGA faced. I think both teams are better this year than last year. Anyway, I am glad to see GSU making an improvement.Alright i'm in. Granted its just Kansas, but the offense is quite impressive right now. If they can tighten up thier D, Tech might go far conference play this year.EDIT: Alright make that really **** impressive. 66 points and counting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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