First 2008 polls are out

UMass is ranked 6th in the first AGS FCS/I-AA poll of the 2008 season. One article about it so far here .

Lindy's 2008 NCAA Football magazine (not out yet in my area) has UMass as 4th.

FWIW, here is my 2008 preseason ranking:

1. Appalachian State
2. Richmond
3. James Madison
4. UNI
5. Eastern Washington
6. UMass
7. Wofford
8. Southern Illinois
9. NDSU
10. McNeese State
11. Eastern Kentucky
12. Montana
13. Cal Poly
14. Youngstown State
15. Yale
16. Fordham
17. Holy Cross
18. Liberty
19. Furman
20. Delaware
21. New Hampshire
22. Villanova
23. Norfolk State
24. SDSU
25. Elon

You could also throw in somewhere Jax State, Eastern Illinois, Harvard and Sam Houston State.

Some notes: Appalachian State had 120 players in Spring football. Villanova, Richmond and JMU all return more than 15 starters for 2008. I don't see what everybody is seeing in Elon.

In the AGS poll, UMass plays four teams in the top 25 and three in "others receiving votes' catagory.