Montana Grizzlies 8th in Sports Network's FCS Top 25 Rankings
The Montana Grizzlies enter this season as the eighth best team in the Football Championship Subdivision according to the Sports Network's most recent top 25 rankings.
This is one spot behind conference rival Eastern Washington and six spots ahead of #14 Cal Poly, UM's first opponent of 2008. Those two are the only Grizzly opponents in this preseason poll. Here are the complete rankings:
| Team (First-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (97) | 13-2 | 2,546 | 1 |
| 2. North Dakota State Bison (1) | 10-1 | 2,275 | 9 |
| 3. Northern Iowa Panthers | 12-1 | 2,204 | 4 |
| 4. Richmond Spiders | 11-3 | 2,162 | 5 |
| 5. Massachusetts Minutemen | 10-3 | 2,148 | 7 |
| 6. James Madison Dukes (3) | 8-4 | 2,078 | 12 |
| 7. Eastern Washington Eagles | 9-4 | 1,951 | 8 |
| 8. Montana Grizzlies | 11-1 | 1,848 | 10 |
| 9. Delaware Blue Hens | 11-4 | 1,747 | 2 |
| 10. McNeese State Cowboys | 11-1 | 1,687 | 11 |
| 11. Southern Illinois Salukis | 12-2 | 1,286 | 3 |
| 12. Youngstown State Penguins | 7-4 | 1,228 | 16 |
| 13. Wofford Terriers | 9-4 | 1,158 | 6 |
| 14. Cal Poly Mustangs | 7-4 | 1,081 | 24 |
| 15. Elon Phoenix | 7-4 | 1,028 | 23 |
| 16. New Hampshire Wildcats | 7-5 | 760 | 14 |
| 17. Georgia Southern Eagles | 7-4 | 656 | 17 |
| 18. Eastern Illinois Panthers | 8-4 | 622 | 18 |
| 19. South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 7-4 | 547 | 19 |
| 20. Eastern Kentucky Colonels | 9-3 | 487 | 13 |
| 21. Villanova Wildcats | 7-4 | 396 | NR |
| 22. Central Arkansas Bears | 6-5 | 374 | NR |
| 23. The Citadel Bulldogs | 7-4 | 317 | NR |
| 24. Harvard Crimson | 8-2 | 316 | 21 |
| 25. Western Illinois Leathernecks | 6-5 | 299 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona 249, Fordham 212, Delaware State 198, Jacksonville State 195, Yale 170, Sam Houston State 166, Montana State 146, Furman 120, Liberty 115, Jackson State 79, South Carolina State 76, Holy Cross 74, Hofstra 61, Colgate 56, Grambling 55, Norfolk State 48, Coastal Carolina 44, Hampton 41, Southern 32, Northwestern State 30, Tennessee-Martin 30, UC Davis 22, Weber State 17, Lafayette 16, Alabama A&M 10, Texas Southern 9, Brown 9, Nicholls State 9, Dayton 6, Tennessee State 5, San Diego 4, Albany 4, Maine 1, Prairie View 1.
