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COLGATE
EDGES LEHIGH AND TOWSON IN 2000 FOOTBALL
COACHES’ POLL
BETHLEHEM, PA. (PL) -- Colgate was
selected to edge Lehigh and Towson by the
narrowest of margins in the annual Patriot League
Football Coaches’ pre-season
poll, announced today.
Colgate, the defending conference co-champion
which garnered two first-place votes, was chosen
to finish among the top two teams by five of the
other six coaches in the Patriot League and
totaled 31 out of a possible 36 points in the
poll.
Lehigh, which shared the league title with
Colgate in 1999 but lost the head-to-head
tiebreaker for the NCAA automatic bid because of
a 28-24 loss to the Red Raiders, earned two
first-place votes on the way to amassing 30 total
points.
Towson, which was selected in the pre-season to
tie for sixth place in 1999 but surprised the
league with a third-place finish, also picked up
two first-place votes on the way to 29 total
points.
Also expected to be in the hunt for the 2000
championship is Bucknell, which gained one
first-place vote and finished with 24 total
points. Rounding out the voting were Holy Cross
with 16 points, followed by Fordham with 10
points and Lafayette with eight points. |
