FCS Final Poll: Black Bears #4/#5

UMaine football made its historic playoff run to the national semi-finals and now the pollsters hand out the final rankings for the year. Depending on which poll you look at, the Black Bears finish #4 or #5.

That is the highest ranking for Maine in the playoff era.

The Coaches Poll put (11-2) Kennesaw State ahead of Maine in the #4 spot. The STATS poll has Maine ranked #4

The Bears won the CAA title and then eventually lost in the semis to Eastern Washington.

James Madison University was the next highest CAA team at #9/#10.

AFCA COACHES FINAL POLL

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Post-season	Head Coach
1.	North Dakota St. (26)	15-0	650	1	D. No. 3 Eastern Washington, 38-24, in championship	Chris Klieman
2.	Eastern Washington	12-3	623	3	Lost to No. 1 North Dakota St., 38-24, in championship	Aaron Best
3.	South Dakota St.	10-3	590	5	Lost to No. 1 North Dakota St., 44-21, in semifinals	John Stiegelmeier
4.	Kennesaw St.	11-2	558	2	Lost to No. 5 South Dakota St., 27-17, in quarterfinals	Brian Bohannon
5.	Maine	10-4	521	14	Lost to No. 3 Eastern Washington, 50-19, in semifinals	Joe Harasymiak
6.	Weber St.	10-3	502	4	Lost to No. 14 Maine, 23-18, in quarterfinals	Jay Hill
7.	Colgate	10-2	492	7	Lost to No. 1 North Dakota St., 35-0, in quarterfinals	Dan Hunt
8.	UC Davis	10-3	468	10	Lost to No. 3 Eastern Washington, 34-29, in quarterfinals	Dan Hawkins
9.	Princeton	10-0	432	8	Nov. 17, D. Penn, 42-14	Bob Surace
10.	James Madison	9-4	405	6	Lost to No. 7 Colgate, 23-20, in second round	Mike Houston
11.	North Carolina A&T	10-2	388	11	D. Alcorn St., 24-22, in Celebration Bowl	Sam Washington
12.	Wofford	9-4	364	12	Lost to No. 2 Kennesaw St., 13-10, in second round	Josh Conklin
13.	Jacksonville St.	9-4	347	9	Lost to No. 14 Maine, 55-27, in second round	John Grass
14.	Nicholls	9-4	328	13	Lost to No. 3 Eastern Washington, 42-21, in second round	Tim Rebowe
15.	Dartmouth	9-1	275	15	Nov. 17, D. Brown, 49-7	Buddy Teevens
16.	Southeast Missouri St.	9-4	235	20	Lost to No. 4 Weber St., 48-23, in second round	Tom Matukewicz
17.	Montana St.	8-5	193	24	Lost to No. 1 North Dakota St., 52-10, in second round	Jeff Choate
18.	Stony Brook	7-5	161	16	Lost to No. 20 Southeast Missouri St., 28-14, in first round	Chuck Priore
19.	Elon	6-5	153	17	Lost to No. 12 Wofford, 19-7, in first round	Curt Cignetti
20.	San Diego	9-3	133	18	Lost to No. 13 Nicholls, 49-30, in first round	Dale Lindsey
21.	East Tennessee St.	8-4	128	21	Lost to No. 9 Jacksonville St., 34-27, in first round	Randy Sanders
22.	Towson	7-5	92	19	Lost to Duquesne, 31-10, in first round	Rob Ambrose
23.	Delaware	7-5	89	23	Lost to No. 6 James Madison, 20-6, in first round	Danny Rocco
24.	Duquesne	9-4	83	NR	Lost to No. 5 South Dakota St., 51-6, in second round	Jerry Schmitt
25.	Indiana St.	7-4	77	22	DNQ Playoffs	Curt Mallory

STATS FCS FINAL TOP 25

Rank	School	Votes	Prev
1	North Dakota State (15-0)	3900 (156)	1
2	Eastern Washington (12-3)	3741	4
3	South Dakota State (10-3)	3563	5
4	Maine (10-4)	3299	12
5	Kennesaw State (11-2)	3224	2
6	Weber State (10-3)	3096	3
7	UC Davis (10-3)	2939	7
8	Colgate (10-2)	2836	9
9	James Madison (9-4)	2532	6
10	Jacksonville State (9-4)	2360	8
11	Princeton (10-0)	2189	10
12	North Carolina A&T (10-2)	2136	11
13	Wofford (9-4)	2135	13
14	Nicholls (9-4)	1951	14
15	Southeast Missouri State (9-4)	1587	20
16	Stony Brook (7-5)	1163	15
17	Montana State (8-5)	1157	23
18	Dartmouth (9-1)	981	18
19	Elon (6-5)	909	17
20	Towson (7-5)	803	16
21	Duquesne (9-4)	699	NR
22	ETSU (8-4)	686	22
23	UNI (7-6)	676	NR
24	Delaware (7-5)	670	21
25	San Diego (9-3)	635	19