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McNeese Football Ranked 11th In Preseason STATS Poll
Less than a month away folks! That's right the college football season starts September 3rd and preseason polls are starting to come out.
Yesterday the STATS preseason top 25 poll was released and the McNeese Football team found themselves ranked #11 in the poll. Southland Conference foes Sam Houston State came in #2 in the preseason poll.
Here is the STATS FCS Preseason Top 25:
1 North Dakota State
2 Sam Houston State
3 Jacksonville State
4 Richmond
5 Northern Iowa
6 Chattanooga
7 Charleston Southern
8 South Dakota State
9 William & Mary
10 Illinois State
11 McNeese
12 James Madison
13 Montana
14 Eastern Washington
15 The Citadel
16 Coastal Carolina
17 Portland State
18 Northern Arizona
19 North Dakota
20 Western Illinois
21 Colgate
22 New Hampshire
23 Villanova
24 Towson
25 North Carolina A&T
The Cowboys open up the 2016 season here in Lake Charles against Tarleton State at Cowboys stadium. Kickoff is set 6:00 p.m.
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