CHENEY, Wash. — The Eastern Washington Eagles, after a thrilling double overtime defeat against the reigning Mountain West Champion Fresno State last week, received votes in the latest Stats Perform PCS Top 25 media poll, as announced on Monday. Eastern earned 9 votes heading into their home opener on Saturday in Cheney against No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana.
The Eagles, one of the premier teams in the entire FCS for the last decade-plus, were unranked coming into the season for the first time since 2007. They have been ranked in 136 of the last 156 national polls, highlighted by a 57-week streak that ended in 2015 and a 46-week streak that ended in 2019. The program has finished the season ranked 17 times since 1985.
The Big Sky Conference leads the country with six teams ranked, including four teams on Eastern's schedule this year.
Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll (Sept. 11)
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1. South Dakota State (2-0), 1,396 points (52 of 56 first-place votes)
2. North Dakota State (2-0), 1,335 (3)
3. Montana State (1-1), 1,263
4. William & Mary (2-0, 1-0 CAA), 1,208
5. Idaho (2-0), 1,141 (1)
6. Holy Cross (1-1), 1,092
7. Furman (1-1), 989
8. Sacramento State (2-0), 986
9. Weber State (2-0), 926
10. UIW (1-1), 906
11. New Hampshire (1-1), 830
12. Montana (2-0), 764
13. Southeast Missouri (1-1, 1-0 Big South-OVC), 666
14. North Dakota (2-0), 620
15. Southern Illinois (2-0), 552
16. UC Davis (1-1), 540
17. North Carolina Central (2-0), 467
18. Samford (1-1, 0-1 SoCon), 390
19. Southeastern Louisiana (0-2), 369
20. Mercer (2-1), 264
21. Rhode Island (1-1, 1-0 CAA), 245
22. Delaware (1-1, 1-0 CAA), 241
23. Florida A&M (2-0, 1-0 SWAC), 150
24. Villanova (2-0), 135
25. Youngstown State (1-1), 105
Dropped Out: Northern Iowa (21)
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Gardner-Webb (1-1) 88; Central Arkansas (1-1) 83; Western Carolina (1-1, 0-1 SoCon) 81; Northern Iowa (0-2) 72; Abilene Christian (2-0) 51; UT Martin (1-1) 44; Morgan State (1-1) 43; Eastern Kentucky (0-2) 36; Tarleton (2-0) 28; Fordham (2-1) 25; UAlbany (1-2) 19; Jackson State (2-1, 0-1 SWAC) 13; Yale (0-0) 11;
Eastern Washington (0-2) 9; Campbell (1-1, 0-1 CAA) 8; Illinois State (2-0, 1-0 MVFC) 5
Eastern's next home game is Saturday, Sept. 16 at 1 p.m. vs. Southeastern Louisiana. It will be the Red Zone Tailgate Kickoff presented by MultiCare. Wear red to the game as we RED OUT Roos Field. Tickets for Saturday's game and all EWU Athletics events are available at goeags.com/tickets or vi\a the EWU Athletics Ticket Office at 509-359-6059.
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