Black Bears End Up 12th In FCS Poll
The Maine Black Bear football team finishes the year as the #12 team in the country in the final Sports Network FCS nationwide poll. The Bears finished with a 10-3 record, losing in the second round of the NCAA playoffs.
National champion North Dakota State made it a wire-to-wire #1 ranking for the year. The team the Bison beat in Saturday's title game, Towson finishes as the #2 team. New Hampshire finishes the year #5.
Check out the final poll rankings...
The Sports Network FCS Top 25 | ||||
College Football Poll | ||||
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Team (First-place votes) | 2013 Record | Points | Previous Rank | |
1. | North Dakota State Bison (142) | 15-0 | 3550 | 1 |
2. | 13-3 | 3401 | 5 | |
3. | 12-3 | 3233 | 3 | |
4. | 12-2 | 3015 | 2 | |
5. | 10-5 | 2880 | 15 | |
6. | 11-3 | 2716 | 7 | |
7. | 12-3 | 2707 | 11 | |
8. | 10-3 | 2386 | 4 | |
9. | 12-2 | 2167 | 9 | |
10. | 11-4 | 2135 | 20 | |
11. | 10-3 | 2067 | 6 | |
12. | 10-3 | 1962 | 10 | |
13. | 9-5 | 1921 | 13 | |
14. | 9-5 | 1879 | 14 | |
15. | 9-3 | 1672 | 8 | |
16. | 10-3 | 1310 | 12 | |
17. | 10-4 | 1277 | 19 | |
18. | 8-4 | 787 | 17 | |
19. | 8-5 | 783 | 18 | |
20. | 7-5 | 758 | 16 | |
21. | 8-5 | 591 | 22 | |
22. | 8-6 | 540 | NR | |
23. | 8-4 | 413 | 21 | |
24. | 10-3 | 353 | 23 | |
25. | 9-4 | 347 | 25 | |
Others receiving votes: Harvard 207, Lehigh 194, Sacred Heart 154, Liberty 96, Northern Iowa 89, William & Mary 72, Princeton 71, Delaware 53, Wofford 45, Central Arkansas 44, Villanova 40, Southern Illinois 39, Butler 35, Jackson State 31, Georgia Southern 26, Lafayette 26, James Madison 19, Richmond 12, Alcorn State 9, Gardner-Webb 9, Southern 8, Eastern Kentucky 8, The Citadel 5, Illinois State 3, Cal Poly 3, UT Martin 2 |