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:
In the Mid-Major section:
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.
