The Unofficial Furman Football Page

https://soconsports.com/news/2020/8/25/ ... op-25.aspx

Poll was "selected as if the fall season were moving forward without schedules being postponed or canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the only poll conducted by Stats Perform this fall."

Stats Perform 2020 FCS Preseason Top 25 (Aug. 25)
1. North Dakota State (16-0, 8-0 Missouri Valley), 3,675 points (147 first-place votes)
2. James Madison (14-2, 8-0 CAA), 3,411
3. Northern Iowa (10-5, 6-2 Missouri Valley), 3,269
4. Weber State (11-4, 7-1 Big Sky), 3,198
5. South Dakota State (8-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley), 2,911
6. Montana State (11-4, 6-2 Big Sky), 2,884
7. Montana (10-4, 6-2 Big Sky), 2,753
8. Villanova (9-4, 5-3 CAA), 2,499
9. Illinois State (10-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley), 2,471
10. Kennesaw State (11-3, 5-1 Big South), 2,178
11 Central Arkansas (9-4, 7-2 Southland), 2,093
12. Sacramento State (9-4, 7-1 Big Sky), 2,085
13. Austin Peay (11-4, 7-1 Ohio Valley), 2,030
14. Nicholls (9-5, 7-2 Southland), 1,392
15. Furman (8-5, 6-2 Southern), 1,239
16. Wofford (8-4, 7-1 Southern), 1,089
17. Albany (9-5, 6-2 CAA), 825
18. Eastern Washington (7-5, 6-2 Big Sky), 817
19. North Carolina A&T (9-3, 6-2 MEAC), 809
20. New Hampshire (6-5, 5-3 CAA), 759
21. Southeastern Louisiana (8-5, 6-3 Southland), 652
22. Sam Houston State (7-5, 6-3 Southland), 597
23. Monmouth (11-3, 6-0 Big South), 577
24. Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley), 568
25. Southeast Missouri (9-4, 7-1 Ohio Valley), 499

Amen!

Just like the big boys poll that came out with teams not playing ranked. What’s the point?

It's like arranging deck chairs on board the Titanic.

Its nice to see we at least 'would have' been starting the season off ranked in the top 15