West Florida Tops Precept Preseason Coaches Poll NORMAN, Okla. ? West Florida - who finished tied for sixth at last season?s NCAA Division II National Championships - tops the 2003-04 Precept Division II Coaches Poll. Francis Marion - last season?s national champion - debuts at No. 4. Rollins College and Cal. State-Bakersfield are ranked second and third, respectively, while Cal. State-Stanislaus rounds out the top five. Florida Southern College - the highest ranked team that failed to advance to the 2003 NCAA Championships - comes in at sixth and is followed by North Alabama, South Carolina-Aiken, Armstrong Atlantic and Pfeiffer. Chico State comes in at No. 11 with California-Davis, Abilene Christian, Colorado-Colorado Springs and Georgia College & State University occupying slots 12-15. Central Oklahoma debuts at No. 16 and is followed by Western Washington, Kennesaw State, Grand Canyon and Cameron. Columbus State, Presbyterian College, Ferris State, Valdosta State and Lynn complete the top 25. The next Division II Precept Coaches poll will be released Oct. 1. Precept Coaches Poll Top 25 University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev. 1 West Florida (5) 282 T6 2 Rollins College (4) 274 2 3 Cal State?Bakersfield (1) 239 4 4 Francis Marion (1) 226 1 5 Cal State?Stanislaus 219 3 6 Florida Southern College 217 NR 7 North Alabama 201 T6 8 South Carolina-Aiken (1) 197 8 9 Armstrong Atlantic State 178 NR 10 Pfeiffer 158 12 11 Chico State 157 5 12 California-Davis 156 9 13 Abilene Christian 122 NR 14 Colorado-Colorado Springs 116 10 15 Georgia College & State University 107 NR 16 Central Oklahoma 105 13 17 Western Washington 103 11 18 Kennesaw State 100 NR 19 Grand Canyon 91 NR 20 Cameron 89 NR 21 Columbus State 83 NR 22 Presbyterian College 73 NR 23 Ferris State 70 15 24 Valdosta State 69 NR 25 Lynn 64 NR
Defending national champion Francis Marion ranked fourth
Division II - Sept. 10, 2003
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Others Receiving Votes:
Barry 57, Grand Valley State 48, Delta State 47, Drury 44, Central Arkansas 41, California-San Diego 46, Bryant College 37, Northern Kentucky 35, Arkansas Tech (1) 34, Tampa (1) 34, Lewis 30, Catawba College 28, Bellarmine 27, Northwood 27, Barton College 26, St. Mary?s 25, Findlay 21, Eckerd College 18, Gannon 18, Clarion 17, Coker College 17, Clayton College & State University 16, Nova Southeastern 16, Cal State-Dominguez Hills 14, Cal State-San Bernardino 14, Northeastern State 13, Montevallo 13, Indianapolis 11, Lincoln Memorial 9, Millersville 9, Tusculum 9, Ashland 8, Saginaw Valley State 8, Missouri-Rolla 7, St. Francis 7, Nebraska-Kearney 6, Quincy 6, Lenoir-Rhyne 5, Queens College 5, UNC-Pembroke 4, Belmont Abbey College 3, Southern Indiana 2, St. Edward?s 2