UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA ATHLETICS

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UWA Football Picked Second in GSC Pre-Season Coaches Poll
7/26/2010 4:59:05 PM
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of West Alabama football team recorded its highest pre-season ranking since 1976 as the Tigers were selected second by the head coaches of the 2010 Gulf South Conference in the GSC Pre-Season Poll.

UWA earned 84 total points led by two first-place votes and four second-place nods. The Red and White previously entered as the top ranked team in 1976 and 1972.

In-state nemesis and defending GSC Champion North Alabama was selected to repeat, after finishing first in the Coaches’ Poll for the first time since 2006. UNA garnered 97 total points behind eight first-place votes, one second-place nod and one for third-place.

Valdosta State finished three votes shy of UWA in third. The Blazers notched the final first-place nod en route to 81 points. Delta State is ranked fourth (72 points), followed by Arkansas Tech (62) and Ouachita Baptist (51). Just one point separates seventh and eighth place with Henderson State slipping by the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Southern Arkansas, Harding and West Georgia rounded out the poll.

UWA has received recognition in the national pre-season polls. The Tigers were tabbed 12th in the USA Today Pre-Season Poll and are ranked 23rd in the Lindy’s Preseason Top 25 and 24th in the Sporting News Preseason Top 25.

West Alabama opens the season on Saturday, Aug. 28 against NAIA member Shorter College in Demopolis, Ala. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. 

2010 GSC FOOTBALL PRE-SEASON COACHES’ POLL

SCHOOL

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

Total

North Alabama

  8

  1

  1

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

    97

West Alabama

  2

  4

  1

  2

  1

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

    84

Valdosta State

  1

  4

  1

  3

  1

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

    81

Delta State

 —

 —

  4

  4

  2

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

    72

Arkansas Tech

 —

  1

  1

  1

  4

  2

  1

 —

 —

 —

    62

Ouachita Baptist

 —

 —

  1

 —

  2

  4

  2

  1

 —

 —

    51

Henderson State

 —

 —

  1

  1

  1

  1

  4

  1

  1

 —

    47

Arkansas-Monticello

 —

  1

  1

 —

 —

  2

  4

 —

  1

  1

    46

Southern Arkansas

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

  2

 —

  2

  4

  2

    26

Harding

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

  5

  4

  1

    24

West Georgia

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

 —

  2

  1

  7

    15