College Sports Journal Spring Top 25 Week of 3/21/2021
Our number one team from last week went down. North Dakota State dominated both sides of the trenches to beat North Dakota. Sam Houston continue to roll in the Southland. VMI and Chattanooga kept their unbeaten starts going by a combined 3 points. And in the CAA Rhode Island is 2-0 with two ranked wins, as everyone predicted (not exactly).
Here is this week’s College Sport Journal Top 25 as voted on by the staff.
Team (first place votes), total points [150 max)
- Weber State (4), 145
- Sam Houston (2), 139
- James Madison, 134
- South Dakota State (1), 132
- North Dakota State, 131
- Jacksonville State, 113
- Delaware, 110
- North Dakota, 109
- Chattanooga, 101
- Kennesaw State, 98
- VMI, 90
- Southern Illinois, 87
- UC Davis, 78
- Incarnate Word, 65
- Eastern Washington, 58
- Nicholls, 57
- Villanova, 47
- Murray State, 46
- Idaho, 38
- Rhode Island, 35
- Monmouth, 26
- Richmond, 18
- Northern Iowa, 17
- Missouri State, 13
- Maine, 11
Others Receiving Votes: Furman 7, San Diego 7, Albany 5, New Hampshire 5, Southeastern Louisiana 5, UT Martin 5, Duquesne 4, Austin Peay 3, East Tennessee State 3, Tarleton State 2, Alabama State 2
Jamie is a proud 2002 graduate of James Madison University. He’s witnessed the growth of the program from no one in the stands in 1998, to the hiring of Mickey Matthews, to the 2004 National Championship, to the 2008 team, to the struggles in the early 2010s, and finally the rebuild under Mike Houston. He also allegedly really enjoys Washington, DC-based Stanley Cup winners.
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