Bears Face #8 Spiders, #3 UNH
The UMaine football team will play two top-10 nationally ranked teams in the last three weeks of the season. The Richmond Spiders and the UNH Wildcats.
Richmond(7-2) knocked off powerhouse Villanova 10-9 on Saturday and jumps to #8 in the new Sports Network FCS poll.
After a trip to play a new CAA team, Elon University, the Black Bears finish the regular season hosting #2 New Hampshire(7-1).
The Black Bears are 3-5 overall, 2-3 in the CAA.
Check out the new Sports Network Poll...
Team (First-place votes) | 2014 Record | Points | Previous Rank | |
1. | North Dakota State Bison (164) | 9-0 | 4100 | 1 |
2. | New Hampshire Wildcats | 7-1 | 3858 | 2 |
3. | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 9-0 | 3796 | 3 |
4. | Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 7-1 | 3584 | 5 |
5. | Eastern Washington Eagles | 8-2 | 3389 | 6 |
6. | McNeese State Cowboys | 6-2 | 2965 | 9 |
7. | Villanova Wildcats | 7-2 | 2883 | 4 |
8. | Richmond Spiders | 7-2 | 2839 | 13 |
9. | Fordham Rams | 8-1 | 2786 | 10 |
10. | Youngstown State Penguins | 7-2 | 2504 | 11 |
11. | Montana Grizzlies | 6-3 | 2271 | 12 |
12. | Illinois State Redbirds | 7-1 | 2242 | 7 |
13. | Chattanooga Mocs | 6-3 | 2078 | 13 |
14. | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 6-3 | 1863 | 15 |
15. | Montana State Bobcats | 6-3 | 1803 | 8 |
16. | Eastern Kentucky Colonels | 8-1 | 1801 | 16 |
17. | Indiana State Sycamores | 6-3 | 1334 | 19 |
18. | Harvard Crimson | 7-0 | 1129 | 20 |
19. | Northern Iowa Panthers | 5-4 | 1088 | 22 |
20. | Bethune-Cookman Wildcats | 7-2 | 905 | 21 |
21. | Cal Poly Mustangs | 6-3 | 783 | NR |
22. | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 5-4 | 658 | 18 |
23. | Bryant Bulldogs | 7-1 | 495 | 25 |
24. | William & Mary Tribe | 5-4 | 391 | 17 |
25. | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | 6-3 | 322 | NR |
Others receiving votes: James Madison 290, Liberty 279, Southern Illinois 167, Sam Houston State 115, Albany 104, North Carolina A&T 74, Bucknell 68, South Carolina State 55, Grambling State 53, Idaho State 44, Stephen F. Austin 42, Alcorn State 38, Yale 23, Western Carolina 20, Samford 10, Sacred Heart 9, Wofford 9, Lamar 9, Missouri State 7, Jacksonville 6, Charleston Southern 5, Southeast Missouri State 3, Delaware 3. |