{"id":60482,"date":"2021-08-16T16:07:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=60482"},"modified":"2021-08-16T16:07:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:07:44","slug":"football-receives-votes-in-afca-preseason-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=60482","title":{"rendered":"Football receives votes in AFCA preseason poll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WACO, Texas – Fort Hays State Football is the top team among\nthe receiving votes section of the AFCA Preseason Top 25 Poll, released on\nMonday (Aug. 16). The Tigers received 90 votes in the poll, just five votes shy\nof cracking the Top 25. Fort Hays State is among six teams from the MIAA\nreferenced in the poll, two of which are among the Top 25.
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\nNorthwest Missouri State (No. 4) and Central Missouri (No. 13) are the two\nteams representing the MIAA in the Top 25 to open the season. The pair tied for\nthe MIAA regular season crown back in 2019, both finishing at 10-1 in\nconference play. Fort Hays State tied Central Missouri in the MIAA Preseason\nCoaches Poll, which forecasted a second-place finish for either team, while\nCentral Missouri was picked second alone in the Media Poll with FHSU close\nbehind in voting for third.
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\nJoining the Tigers from the MIAA among teams receiving votes are Pittsburg\nState, Nebraska-Kearney, and Missouri Western. PSU, UNK, and MWSU combined for\n13 votes in the poll.
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\nWeek one will feature a premier matchup when No. 4 ranked Northwest Missouri\nState comes to Hays for the season opener on September 2. It will be the\nsecond-straight trip for the Bearcats to Hays after they escaped with a 36-33\ndouble-overtime win in 2019. Prior to that, FHSU claimed a pair of one-point\nvictories on Northwest Missouri’s home turf in 2017 and 2018 on the way to\nclaiming MIAA regular season titles.
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\nBelow is the AFCA Preseason Top 25 Poll for 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Rank<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n School (1st votes)<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Rec.<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Pts.<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Rank*<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 1\n <\/td>\n West\n Florida (26)\n <\/td>\n 13-2\n <\/td>\n 698\n <\/td>\n 1\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 2\n <\/td>\n Minnesota\n State (2)\n <\/td>\n 14-1\n <\/td>\n 673\n <\/td>\n 2\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 3\n <\/td>\n Ferris\n State (Mich.)\n <\/td>\n 12-1\n <\/td>\n 630\n <\/td>\n 3\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 4\n <\/td>\n Northwest\n Missouri State (1)\n <\/td>\n 12-2\n <\/td>\n 575\n <\/td>\n 7\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 5\n <\/td>\n Slippery\n Rock (Pa.)\n <\/td>\n 13-1\n <\/td>\n 544\n <\/td>\n 6\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 6t.\n <\/td>\n Lenoir-Rhyne\n (N.C.)\n <\/td>\n 13-1\n <\/td>\n 540\n <\/td>\n 4\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 6t.\n <\/td>\n Valdosta\n State (Ga.)\n <\/td>\n 10-1\n <\/td>\n 540\n <\/td>\n 5\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 8\n <\/td>\n Texas\n A&M-Commerce\n <\/td>\n 10-3\n <\/td>\n 520\n <\/td>\n 11\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 9\n <\/td>\n Notre\n Dame (Ohio)\n <\/td>\n 12-2\n <\/td>\n 501\n <\/td>\n 10\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 10\n <\/td>\n Colorado\n School of Mines\n <\/td>\n 12-1\n <\/td>\n 423\n <\/td>\n 8\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 11\n <\/td>\n Ouachita\n Baptist (Ark.)\n <\/td>\n 11-1\n <\/td>\n 387\n <\/td>\n 14\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 12\n <\/td>\n Colorado\n State-Pueblo\n <\/td>\n 11-2\n <\/td>\n 327\n <\/td>\n 12\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 13\n <\/td>\n Central\n Missouri\n <\/td>\n 11-2\n <\/td>\n 323\n <\/td>\n 13\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 14\n <\/td>\n Indianapolis\n (Ind.)\n <\/td>\n 9-2\n <\/td>\n 261\n <\/td>\n 17\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 15\n <\/td>\n Shepherd\n (W.Va.)\n <\/td>\n 10-3\n <\/td>\n 256\n <\/td>\n 22\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 16\n <\/td>\n Grand\n Valley State (Mich.)\n <\/td>\n 8-3\n <\/td>\n 231\n <\/td>\n NR\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 17\n <\/td>\n Indiana\n (Pa.)\n <\/td>\n 10-2\n <\/td>\n 220\n <\/td>\n 21\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 18\n <\/td>\n Bowie\n State (Md.)\n <\/td>\n 11-1\n <\/td>\n 210\n <\/td>\n 18\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 19\n <\/td>\n Tiffin\n (Ohio)\n <\/td>\n 9-2\n <\/td>\n 188\n <\/td>\n 23\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 20\n <\/td>\n Kutztown\n (Pa.)\n <\/td>\n 11-2\n <\/td>\n 144\n <\/td>\n 16\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 21\n <\/td>\n Lindenwood\n (Mo.)\n <\/td>\n 9-4\n <\/td>\n 134\n <\/td>\n 25\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 22\n <\/td>\n Harding\n (Ark.)\n <\/td>\n 10-2\n <\/td>\n 120\n <\/td>\n 15\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 23\n <\/td>\n Minnesota-Duluth\n <\/td>\n 8-3\n <\/td>\n 100\n <\/td>\n NR\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 24t.\n <\/td>\n Carson-Newman\n (Tenn.)\n <\/td>\n 9-3\n <\/td>\n 95\n <\/td>\n 20\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 24t.\n <\/td>\n Wingate\n (N.C.)\n <\/td>\n 10-2\n <\/td>\n 95\n <\/td>\n 16\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Others Receiving Votes:<\/strong>Fort Hays State, 90<\/strong>; Tusculum\n(Tenn.), 52; Angelo St. (Texas), 49; Augustana (S.D.), 42; Ashland (Ohio), 38;\nWest Chester (Pa.), 38; Delta St. (Miss.), 35; West Texas A&M, 26;\nMidwestern St. (Texas), 25; Bentley (Mass.), 24; Henderson St. (Ark.), 24;\nSioux Falls (S.D.), 23; UT-Permian Basin (Texas), 23; Ohio Dominican, 20;\nFindlay (Ohio), 18; West Alabama, 18; California (Pa.), 17; Charleston (W.Va.),\n16; Central Washington, 15; Miles (Ala.), 15; Truman St. (Mo.), 15; Oklahoma\nBaptist, 14; Assumption (Mass.), 9; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 8; Wayne St. (Mich.),\n8; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 6; Virginia Union, 6; Chadron St. (Neb.), 4;\nNebraska-Kearney, 4; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 2; West Georgia, 2; Hillsdale\n(Mich.), 1; Missouri Western, 1; Virginia St., 1; Western Oregon, 1.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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