2004 I-AA Top 25 Preseason Football Poll

Sports Network's I-AA College Football Poll August 16, 2004

Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Delaware Blue Hens (57) 15-1 1,753 1
2. Southern Illinois Salukis (7) 10-2 1,569 9
3. Montana Grizzlies (3) 9-4 1,500 14
4. Wofford Terriers (1) 12-2 1,406 3
5. Colgate Raiders 15-1 1,323 2
6. Northern Iowa Panthers (2) 10-3 1,316 5
7. Furman Paladins (1) 6-5 1,225 NR
8. McNeese State Cowboys 10-2 1,150 8
9. Villanova Wildcats 7-4 1,039 25
10. Georgia Southern Eagles 7-4 969 24
11. Maine Black Bears 6-5 893 NR
12. Western Illinois Leathernecks 9-4 839 6
13. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 9-4 816 7
14. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 9-4 728 10
15. Montana State Bobcats 7-6 654 21
16. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 7-4 583 NR
17. Grambling State Tigers 9-3 576 17
18. Northwestern State Demons 6-6 558 NR
19. Massachusetts Minutemen 10-3 557 11
20. Appalachian State Mountaineers 7-4 462 NR
21. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 7-5 434 NR
22. Northeastern Huskies 8-4 395 20
23. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 8-3 328 23
24. North Carolina A&T Aggies 10-3 281 16
25. Penn Quakers 10-0 222 12
Others receiving votes: Southern (221), Northern Colorado (216), Bethune-Cookman (125), Jacksonville State (120), Idaho State (108), Eastern Washington (95), Cal Poly (78), Gardner-Webb (72), South Carolina State (69), Hampton (40), Harvard (37), Illinois State (26), Sam Houston State (24), Nicholls State (22), Yale (22), Samford (20), Alabama A&M (16), Weber State (15), Youngstown State (15), James Madison (10), Southeast Missouri (10), New Hampshire (9), Southeastern Louisiana (8), Fordham (7), Tennessee State (6), Alabama State (5), Portland State (5), VMI (5).