SPARTANBURG, SC – Jacksonville State is ranked No. 17 in the FCS Preseason Coaches Poll, which was released on Monday.
The Gamecocks, which finished the season with the best record in the Ohio Valley Conference with an 8-3 record and a 6-1 conference mark, won the final four games of the 2009 season.
Jax State also has been ranked for 15 straight weeks in the Top 25 polls, which is the longest such stretch in the school's Division I history. JSU is also ranked No. 17 in The Sports Network preseason poll, which was released last week.
Jacksonville State was one of two Ohio Valley Conference teams ranked in the poll, joining Eastern Illinois, who was ranked No. 16, while Eastern Kentucky received votes in the poll.
Villanova, who won the Football Championship Subdivision title for the first time last December, is ranked first after gaining 22 of the 28 first-place votes and 667 points.
FCS Coaches Poll is based exclusively on a voting panel of head coaches in the FCS under the cooperation of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and is administered by the Southern Conference.
Jacksonville State head coach Jack Crowe also released the Gamecocks' 60-man roster and depth chart on Monday, with 26 players listed as freshman, sophomores or newcomers, that will work towards the season opener at Ole Miss on Sept. 4.
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2010 FCS Coaches Preseason Poll (August 23, 2010)
Team (No. 1 Votes) 2009 Record Points 2009 Final Ranking
1. Villanova (22) 14-1 667 1
2. Montana (2) 14-1 632 2
3. Appalachian State (4) 11-3 622 T3
4. William & Mary 11-3 587 T3
5. Southern Illinois 11-2 551 6
6. Richmond 11-2 484 5
7. Elon 9-3 474 10
8. Stephen F. Austin 10-3 413 9
9. New Hampshire 10-3 409 7
10. South Dakota State 8-4 403 11
11. McNeese State 9-3 376 12
12. South Carolina State 10-2 341 8
13. Northern Iowa 7-4 333 18
14. Eastern Washington 8-4 327 13
15. James Madison 6-5 290 NR
16. Eastern Illinois 8-4 236 15
17. Jacksonville State 8-3 208 16
18. Weber State 7-5 186 17
19. Delaware 6-5 185 NR
20. Liberty 8-3 171 21
21. Prairie View A&M 9-1 135 19
22. Colgate 9-2 98 20
23. Northern Arizona 5-6 87 NR
24. Montana State 7-4 85 NR
T25. Cal-Poly 4-7 66 NR
T25. Holy Cross 9-3 66 14
Others receiving votes (points in parentheses): Penn (60), Illinois State (54), Texas State (53), Florida A&M (44), Furman (36), Eastern Kentucky (35), Wofford (35), UC Davis (32), Massachusetts (24), Georgia Southern (23), Alabama A&M (22), Jackson State (19), Maine (19), Alcorn State (17), Southeastern Louisiana (16), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (16), Southern (15), Central Arkansas (14), Morgan State (14), Hampton (12), Bethune-Cookman (11), Harvard (10), Missouri State (10), Nicholls State (10), Sam Houston State (9), Grambling (8), Alabama State (6), Lehigh (8), Youngstown State (6), Texas Southern (5), Albany (4), Lafayette (4), Butler (3), Mississippi Valley State (3), Southern Utah (3), Central Connecticut State (2), Stony Brook (2), Chattanooga (1), Gardner-Webb (1)
