University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass Ranked #19 By The Sports Network
August 16, 2004 | Football
Aug. 16, 2004
AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts football team has been ranked No. 19 in the nation by The Sports Network, in its 2004 Preseason Division I-AA College Football Poll. UMass was previously ranked No. 19 by ESPN/USA Today in its preseason poll, released last week. UMass opens the 2004 season at Delaware State on Sept. 4. The home opener takes place a week later - under the lights - as UMass hosts preseason No. 5 Colgate at 6 p.m. at McGurik Stadium. UMass also faces No. 1 and defending national champion Delaware on Sept. 25. The complete 2004 Sports Newtork Preseason Poll follows.
Team (First-place votes) 2003 Record Points 2003 Final Rank
1. Delaware (57) 15-1 1,753 1
2. Southern Illinois (7) 10-2 1,569 9
3. Montana (3) 9-4 1,500 14
4. Wofford (1) 12-2 1,406 3
5. Colgate 15-1 1,323 2
6. Northern Iowa (2) 10-3 1,316 5
7. Furman (1) 6-5 1,225 NR
8. McNeese State 10-2 1,150 8
9. Villanova 7-4 1,039 25
10. Georgia Southern 7-4 969 24
11. Maine 7-5 893 NR
12. Western Illinois 9-4 839 6
13. Western Kentucky 9-4 816 7
14. Northern Arizona 9-4 728 10
15. Montana State 7-6 654 21
16. Stephen F. Austin 7-4 583 NR
17. Grambling State 9-3 576 17
18. Northwestern State 6-6 558 NR
19. Massachusetts 10-3 557 11
20. Appalachian State 7-4 462 NR
21. Eastern Kentucky 7-5 434 NR
22. Northeastern 8-4 395 20
23. Lehigh 8-3 328 23
24. North Carolina A & T 10-3 281 16
25. Penn 10-0 222 12
Others receiving votes (in order of points, minimum of five required):
Southern (221), Northern Colorado (216), Bethune-Cookman (125),
Jacksonville State (120), Idaho State (108), Eastern Washington (95),
Cal Poly (78), Gardner-Webb (72), South Carolina State (69), Hampton (40),
Harvard (37), Illinois State (26), Sam Houston State (24),
Nicholls State (22), Yale (22), Samford (20), Alabama A & M (16),
Weber State (15), Youngstown State (15), James Madison (10),
Southeast Missouri (10), New Hampshire (9), Southeastern Louisiana (8),
Fordham (7), Tennessee State (6), Alabama State (5), Portland State (5),
VMI (5).
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