Bison #1 in AGS Preseason Poll

[EagleBison]

Final results for the 2012 Preseason Poll:

1 North Dakota State Bison 2722 94
2 Sam Houston State Bearkats 2441 9
3 Georgia Southern Eagles 2401 4
4 Montana State Bobcats 2041 0
5 Appalachian State Mountaineers 1883 0
6 Northern Iowa Panthers 1794 0
7 Old Dominion Monarchs 1695 0
8 Montana Grizzlies 1679 0
9 James Madison Dukes 1573 0
10 Towson Tigers 1521 0
11 Lehigh Mountain Hawks 1433 0
12 Maine Black Bears 1327 0
13 Wofford Terriers 1296 0
14 New Hampshire Wildcats 1184 0
15 Stony Brook Seawolves 1042 0
16 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 1035 0
17 Central Arkansas Bears 751 0
18 Eastern Washington Eagles 701 0
19 Illinois State Redbirds 546 0
20 Youngstown State Penguins 509 0
21 Cal Poly Mustangs 430 0
22 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 394 0
23 Indiana State Sycamores 392 0
24 Liberty Flames 383 0
25 Chattanooga Mocs 377 0

Next 15
26 Harvard Crimson 372
27 Norfolk State Spartans 361
28 Furman Paladins 359
29 Albany Great Danes 305
30 William & Mary Tribe 263
31 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 213
32 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 211
33 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 148
34 North Dakota Fighting Sioux 146
35 Southern Illinois Salukis 123
36 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 98
37T Villanova Wildcats 82
37T McNeese State Cowboys 82
39 Jackson State Tigers 80
40 Richmond Spiders 79

Voters By Conference:
Colonial Athletic Association 23
Missouri Valley Football Conference 21
Big Sky Conference 17
Southern Conference 12
Mid-Eastern Athletic conference 9
Patriot League 6
Big South Conference 3
Ohio Valley Conference 3
Southland Conference 2
Southwestern Athletic Conference 2
Independent 1
Northeast Conference 1
Ivy League 0
Pioneer Football Conference 0

[CaBisonFan]

...thanks Eagle...

[thebigund]

34th my ass.

[KSBisonFan]

34th my ass.

No kidding.....way too high.

[ISXBISON]

34th my ass.

You're correct...it should be much lower

[Bison03]

CAA voted #1.....shocking.

[DjKyRo]

CAA voted #1.....shocking.

You realize that's just how many voters registered that as the conference that "their school" plays in, right?

[thebigund]

Hopefully being the preseason #1 works out better for you guys than it did EWU. High chance of some pulled muscles from players patting themselves on the back.

[Hammerhead]

I guess it's good to start out on top.

How many voters do you think are truly knowledgeable and unbiased to have a somewhat accurate poll? I turned down an invite to be a voter last year because I don't pay much attention to teams in other conferences. Plus, I rarely win our office's NFL pool because I can't pick against the Vikings so that puts me in a hole most weeks. It would be the same with the NDSU.

[JSUBison]

I vote and here is mine, so fire away. Real voting doesn't start until fall anyway. If you are wondering where Montana is, I left them off on purpose. That program is in shambles right now. But if any program can suck it up and go out and overcome all those negatives, it is Montana. They have App State, Liberty and the 'Yotes to start the year, no easy task. I think Poly or EWU will win the Sky this year.

1: North Dakota State Bison
2: Sam Houston State Bearkats
3: Old Dominion Monarchs
4: Maine Black Bears
5: Towson Tigers
6: Georgia Southern Eagles
7: James Madison Dukes
8: Montana State Bobcats
9: Lehigh Mountain Hawks
10: Stony Brook Seawolves
11: Youngstown State Penguins
12: New Hampshire Wildcats
13: Appalachian State Mountaineers
14: Alabama State Hornets
15: Indiana State Sycamores
16: Northern Iowa Panthers
17: Wofford Terriers
18: Cal Poly Mustangs
19: Alabama A&M Bulldogs
20: Florida A&M Rattlers
21: Chattanooga Mocs
22: Georgetown Hoyas
23: Eastern Washington Eagles
24: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
25: Southern Utah Thunderbirds