Southern Illinoise University Athletics
SIU receives votes in FCS Coaches Preseason Poll
08/06/2013 | 12:00:00 | Football
Aug. 6, 2013
Southern Illinois has received six points in the FCS Coaches Preseason Poll. The Salukis are one of eight Missouri Valley Football Conference teams to receive at least one vote in the poll.
The 10-team MVFC placed five teams in the top 25 including two-time defending national champion North Dakota State, which took the top spot in the poll and received 23 of the 26 first-place votes. South Dakota State and Illinois State are also in the top 10 at No. 7 and No. 10, respectively.
Fellow Valley schools Northern Iowa (No. 16) and Youngstown State (No. 24) also made the poll while SIU’s week two opponent Eastern Illinois checked in at No. 23.
2013 FCS Coaches Preseason Poll
| No. | School (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1. | North Dakota State (23) | 645 |
| 2. | Montana State (1) | 591 |
| 3. | Eastern Washington | 549 |
| 4. | Sam Houston State (1) | 534 |
| 5. | Wofford | 450 |
| 6. | Central Arkansas | 428 |
| 7. | South Dakota State | 410 |
| 8. | New Hampshire | 386 |
| 9. | Villanova | 381 |
| 10. | Illinois State | 379 |
| 11. | Cal Poly | 348 |
| 12. | Towson | 347 |
| 13. | Stony Brook | 326 |
| 14. | Richmond | 274 |
| 15. | James Madison | 235 |
| 16. | Northern Iowa | 218 |
| 17. | Lehigh | 198 |
| 18. | Northern Arizona | 196 |
| 19. | Eastern Kentucky (1) | 188 |
| 20. | Bethune-Cookman | 159 |
| 21. | Coastal Carolina | 140 |
| 22. | Montana | 135 |
| 23. | Eastern Illinois | 120 |
| 24. | Youngstown State | 107 |
| 25. | Chattanooga | 104 |
Others receiving votes: Wagner (87), Colgate (67), Tennessee State (52), Harvard (48), Delaware (47), The Citadel (39), Liberty (39), Arkansas Pine-Bluff (35), Indiana State (27), Stephen F. Austin (19), McNeese State (16), Penn (13), Alcorn State (12), Jacksonville State (11), Samford (10), Norfolk State (7), Alabama State (7), UC Davis (7), Southern Illinois (6), Maine (5), Albany (5), Tennessee Tech (5), UT Martin (4), Gardner Webb (4), Sacramento State (3), Hampton (3), San Diego (2), Jackson State (1), Missouri State (1), Brown (1)
