PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The top 25 teams in the preseason Sports Network Division I-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2003 records and 2003 final ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Delaware (57) 15-1 1,753 1
2. Southern Illinois (7) 10-2 1,569 9
3. Montana (3) 9-4 1,500 14
4. Wofford (1) 12-2 1,406 3
5. Colgate 15-1 1,323 2
6. Northern Iowa (2) 10-3 1,316 5
7. Furman (1) 6-5 1,225 --
8. McNeese State 10-2 1,150 8
9. Villanova 7-4 1,039 25
10. Georgia Southern 7-4 969 24
11. Maine 6-5 893 --
12. Western Illinois 9-4 839 6
13. Western Kentucky 9-4 816 7
14. Northern Arizona 9-4 728 10
15. Montana State 7-6 654 21
16. Stephen F. Austin 7-4 583 --
17. Grambling State 9-3 576 17
18. Northwestern State 6-6 558 --
19. Massachusetts 10-3 557 11
20. Appalachian State 7-4 462 --
21. Eastern Kentucky 7-5 434 --
22. Northeastern 8-4 395 20
23. Lehigh 8-3 328 23
24. North Carolina A&T 10-3 281 16
25. Pennsylvania 10-0 222 12
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