UMass listed as #14 in preseason Sports Network Article

The Sports Network has an article by Matt Dougherty listing his preseason rankings for entire I-AA division. Read the article here . Note that this is not the Sports Network "official" preseason rankings. The article is a good read covering all 98 scholarship teams and it also ranks the non-scholarship "Mid-Majors"

The A10 does well in his article with five teams in the top 20.

• #3 James Madison
• #6 New Hampshire
• #11 William & Mary (not on this year's UMass schedule)
  
• #13 Delaware
  
• #14 UMass
• #17 Hofstra

The rest of the A10 is listed this way:

• #27 Villanova (not on this year's UMass schedule)
• #35 Maine
• #39 Richmond
• #49 Northeastern
• #62 Rhode Island
• #70 Towson (not on this year's UMass Schedule)

The non-conference portion of UMass' schedule is listed this way:

• #44 Colgate

In the Mid-Major section:

• #9 Albany

UMass' lone I-A opponent Army is not covered by the article, but Athlon Sports lists them as #101 out of 119 I-AA teams.