Dec. 18, 2006
Football: Guins Finish Fourth in Final Sports Network, Coaches Poll
The Youngstown State football team finished fourth in
the final Sports Network and College
Sporting News Coaches Poll which
were released on Monday.
The top nine teams were the same in
both polls. Appalachian State earned
its second national championship
while Massachusetts was second,
Montana was third, YSU was fourth,
North Dakota State finished fifth,
New Hampshire was sixth, Southern
Illinois was seventh, Illinois State
was eighth and James Madison was
ninth.
In the Sports Network poll
Appalachian State received 69 of 70
first-place votes with North Dakota
State garnering the other vote. In
the Coaches Poll, ASU received all
11 first-place nods.
The Penguins finished 11-3 during
the 2006 campaign losing to the
Mountaineers 49-24 in the
semifinals.
YSU was in the top 10 throughout the
season and the fourth-place ranking
was the highest for the year. The
Penguins opened the year ranked
seventh, but slipped to 10th
following a midseason lost to UNI.
Youngstown State entered the
postseason ranked fifth, but earned
the fourth seed for the playoffs.
The Guins defeated James Madison
(35-31) in the first round and
Illinois State (28-21) in the
quarterfinals before falling in the
semifinals.
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