Sports Network's FCS College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes)
Record
Points
Previous Rank
1. Richmond Spiders (106)
4-0
3,394
1
2. Villanova Wildcats (26)
5-0
3,312
2
3. Northern Iowa Panthers (5)
4-1
3,151
3
4. Montana Grizzlies (1)
4-0
2,965
4
5. New Hampshire Wildcats (1)
4-0
2,857
6
6. Southern Illinois Salukis
3-1
2,651
8
7. McNeese State Cowboys
3-1
2,445
9
8. William & Mary Tribe
4-1
2,384
5
9. Appalachian State Mountaineers
2-2
2,179
10
10. Elon Phoenix
4-1
2,124
12
11. Central Arkansas Bears
3-1
1,997
13
12. Massachusetts Minutemen
3-1
1,789
14
13. James Madison Dukes
2-2
1,650
7
14. Eastern Washington Eagles
4-1
1,374
17
15. Cal Poly Mustangs
2-2
1,338
19
16. Eastern Kentucky Colonels
3-1
1,255
18
17. South Carolina State Bulldogs
3-1
1,240
15
18. Jacksonville State Gamecocks
3-2
1,091
20
19. Holy Cross Crusaders
4-0
939
21
20. South Dakota State Jackrabbits
3-1
932
16
21. Weber State Wildcats
2-3
852
11
22. Florida A&M Rattlers
4-0
677
24
23. Colgate Raiders
5-0
626
25
24. Montana State Bobcats
3-1
354
NR
25. Eastern Illinois Panthers
4-1
284
23
Others receiving votes: Liberty 199, Stephen F. Austin 159, Harvard 111, Prairie View A&M 101, Hofstra 98, Delaware 79, Texas State 79, Northern Arizona 59, Furman 54, Samford 39, Alabama A&M 31, Gardner-Webb 24, Northwestern State 23, Chattanooga 22, Lehigh 22, Monmouth 21, Butler 20, Wofford 17, Lafayette 16, Sam Houston State 16, Albany 14, Georgia Southern 14, Missouri State 14, Grambling 12, Youngstown State 12, Howard 8, Jacksonville 7, Brown 6, Morgan State 6, Illinois State 5, UC Davis 5, Southern Utah 4, Central Connecticut State 3, Delaware State 3, Drake 3, North Carolina A&T 2, Southern 2, Columbia 1, Dayton 1, Tennessee Tech 1, The Citadel 1, North Dakota 1.

According to a recent ESPN.Com poll, The 2007 NFL draft is the most anticipated sports related event this spring. In addition, research numbers indicated that nearly 50% of the Fans who responded to the poll said they would watch some or all of the Draft, which is just 25 days away. In another poll conducted by the Neilsen Media research firm, the indication is that the number of fans who watch all or some of the draft coverage has risen each year since 2002(29.3 million fans). Last year 36.3 million fans tuned into the draft, nearly a 3 million increase from the year before. This year the number could come close to if not top 40 million fans. Amazing for an event that is still considered an afterthough by some(but not us!!)