September 1, 2003


FURMAN CLIMBS TO SEVENTH IN
SPORTS NETWORK NCAA I-AA POLL

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- On the strength of its 24-7 Southern Conference season opening win over Elon, the Furman Paladins climbed one spot to seventh in this week's Sports Network NCAA I-AA Poll, which was released today.

The Paladins return to action this Saturday when they travel to Clemson for a 5:00 p.m. game that will be televised in Greenville by Charter Channel 10.

Team (First-place votes) 2003 Record Points Previous Next Week
1. McNeese State (58)       1-0      2,280     1     at Kansas State
2. Georgia Southern (8)     0-0      2,166     2     Savannah State
3. Montana (7)              1-0      2,108     4     North Dakota State
4. Western Illinois (13)    1-0      2,075     3     at Eastern Michigan (Thur.)
5. Western Kentucky (8)     1-0      1,921     5     West Virginia Tech
6. Northeastern             1-0      1,760     6     Albany
7. Furman                   1-0      1,701     8     at Clemson
8. Bethune-Cookman          1-0      1,467     10    at Alabama State
9. Villanova                1-0      1,358     12    at Temple
10. Idaho State             1-0      1,356     11    at Boise State
11. Appalachian State       0-1      1,229     9     at Eastern Kentucky
12. Massachusetts           0-0      1,174     14    Central Connecticut
13. Fordham                 1-0      1,137     13    at Rhode Island
14. Delaware                0-0      1,109     17    The Citadel
15. Grambling State         0-1      1,066     7     at Alcorn State
16. Montana State           0-1      855       15    Gardner-Webb
17. Eastern Illinois        1-0      815       18    OPEN
18. Northwestern State      1-0      634       22    at Tulane
19. Nicholls State          1-0      586       23    at South Florida
20. Maine                   0-1      496       16    at Hofstra
21. Pennsylvania            0-0      458       21    OPEN
22. Southeast Missouri      0-1      441       20    Southern Illinois
23. Stephen F. Austin       0-0      410       24    at Louisiana-Monroe
24. Florida Atlantic        1-0      302       NR    Valdosta State
25. Wofford                 0-1      267       19    South Carolina State