Lehigh stays at No. 16 in one national poll; freshman Knott picks up an honor

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER To my surprise, the Lehigh football team stayed put at No. 16 in the Sports Network national FCS Top-25 poll. I am a little surprised that both Liberty and William & Mary, who both Lehigh and Lafayette will play soon, stayed out of the top-25 after their solid efforts against FBS programs. The biggest rise was made by Youngstown State after it whipped Pitt. The Penguins went from No. 13 to No. 6. The biggest drop was made by defending CAA champ Towson, which went from No. 7 to No. 13. In other Lehigh news, the Patriot League has named freshman receiver Derek Knott from Orlando its first Rookie of the Week. Knott had two catches for 15 yards, including a 19-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown on his first career reception. He also returned two kickoffs for a total of 29 yards. Here's how the Sports Network poll shapes up: 1. Sam Houston State Bearkats (87) 0-0 3985 1 2. North Dakota State Bison (65) 1-0 3947 2 3. Georgia Southern Eagles (4) 1-0 3651 3 4. Montana State Bobcats (1) 1-0 3457 4 5. James Madison Dukes 1-0 3269 5 6. Youngstown State Penguins (7) 1-0 2988 13 7. Old Dominion Monarchs 1-0 2842 8 8. Northern Iowa Panthers 0-1 2727 9 9. Eastern Washington Eagles 1-0 2505 12 10. Wofford Terriers 1-0 2488 10 11. Appalachian State Mountaineers 0-1 2484 6 12. Montana Grizzlies 1-0 2240 11 13. Towson Tigers 0-1 2236 7 14. New Hampshire Wildcats 1-0 2063 14 15. Delaware Blue Hens 1-0 1779 15 16. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 1-0 1530 16 17. Stony Brook Seawolves 1-0 1484 17 18. Illinois State Redbirds 1-0 1229 19 19. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1-0 1082 20 20. Maine Black Bears 0-0 743 21 21. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 0-1 689 18 22. McNeese State Cowboys 1-0 594 NR 23. Indiana State Sycamores 0-1 531 23 24. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 0-1 443 22 25. Central Arkansas Bears 0-1 356 24 Others receiving votes: Harvard 327, Liberty 213, UT Martin 173, South Carolina State 169, William & Mary 168, Norfolk State 146, Bethune-Cookman 134, Cal Poly 84, Chattanooga 76, Tennessee Tech 52, Eatern Illinois 48, Northern Arizona 43, North Dakota 43, Murray State 40, Albany 38, Portland State 34, South Dakota State 34, Penn 17, Samford 17, Alabama State 16, Tennessee State 16, Dayton 12, Morgan State 9, SE Missouri State 8, Idaho State 7, Southern Utah 7, Duquesne 7, Richmond 5, Georgetown 4, Furman 4, Alabama A&M 3, Alcorn State 3, Jackson State 3, Villanova 2, The Citadel 2, Cornell 2, San Diego 2, Western Illinois 1, Drake 1, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1, UC Davis 1. The Sports Network FCS Top 25 Voters - The Sports Network: Aaron Corrill; Craig Haley; Tim McDonnell; Phil Sokol; Kevin Spiegel. Big Sky Conference: Brian Berger; Brad Bugger; Eric Burdick; Dave Cook Neil Gardner; Matt Gerrish; Paul Grua; Jeremy Hoeck; Mick Holien; Jon Kasper; Doug Kelly; Heather Kennedy; Bill Lamberty; Jeff Lasky; Mike Lund; Scott Marsh; Fritz Neighbor; Ryan Powell; Mike Robles; Steve Schaack; Randy Scovil; Steve Shaff; Mitch Strohman. Big South: Zeke Beam; Wade Branner; Mike Cawood; Matthew Clark; Adam Gutes; Matt Hogue; Chris Lang; Marc Rabb; Mark Simpson; Eric Thacker; Todd Wetmore; Simon Whitaker; Alan York. CAA Football: Ted Alexander; Scott Burns; Pete Clawson; Dave Cohen; Glenn Frazer; Dean Kenefick; Allen Lessels; Andrew Mahoney; John Martin; Scott Meyer; Mike Murphy; Dan O'Connell; Scott Selheimer; Mike Stoss; Kevin Tresolini; Kimberly Zivkovich. Ivy League: Rick Bender; Eric Dolan; Jeremy Hartigan; Chris Humm; Craig Larson; Dan Loney; Craig Sachson; Kurt Svoboda; Ron Vaccaro. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Thomas Grant; Bill Hamilton; Ed Hill Jr.; Brian Holloway; Chris Hooks; Ronnie Johnson; Dennis Jones; Matt Michalec; Patricia Porter; Dan Ryan; Michael Stambaugh; Maurice Williams; Brent Woronoff. Missouri Valley Football Conference: Bryan Boettcher, John Bohnenkamp; Scott Gierman; Todd Golden; Jeremy Hoeck; Jason Hove; Todd Hefferman; Ace Hunt; Mike Kern; Rick Kindhart; Jeff Kolpack; Colin McDonough; Tyler Merriam; Patrick Osterman; Trevor Parks; Randy Reinhardt; Jeff Schwartz; Mike Williams; Terry Vandrovec. Northeast Conference: Lizzie Barlow; Matt Harmon; Spencer Kowitz; Andrew Santillo; Chris Shovlin; Jason Sullivan; Jeff Symonds; Ralph Ventre; Greg Viscomi. Ohio Valley Conference: Neal Bradley; John Brush; Michael Clark; Wallace Dooley; Jeff Honza; James Horne; Brad Kirtley; Travis Kriens; Joe Lofaro; Rich Moser: Brian Nielsen: Karl Park: Mike Parris: Rob Schabert: Kyle Schwartz: Greg Seitz. Patriot League: Charles Bare; Bill Bowman; Joe DiBari; Matt Dougherty; Keith Groller; Phil LaBella; Steve Lomangino; Eric Malanowski; Matt Markus. Pioneer Football League: Ty Patton, Mark Brumbaugh; Cody Bush; Jack Cronin; Mike Ferraro; Ted Gosen; Doug Hauschild; James Nasella; Terry Norvelle; Paul Oren; Matt Schabert; Matt Segal; Jason Williams; Ryan Wronkowicz. Southern Conference: Jay Blackman; Tommy Bowman; Mike Flynn; Barrett Gilham; Don Heath; Mike Hoffman; David Jackson; Joey Mullins; Tyler Norris Goode; Chris Rash; Hunter Reid; Todd Shanesy; Adam Smith; Brent Williamson. Southland Conference: Jason Barfield; Louis Bonnette; Matthew Bonnette; Jamie Bustos; Erik Cox; James Dixon; Kevin Gore; Alex Hickey; Doug Ireland; Todd Lamb; David McCollum; Brent St. Germain; Gene Shallenberg; Matt Sullivan. Southwestern Athletic Conference: Antoine Bell; Santoria Black; Rodney Bush; Natalie Hicks; Chris Jones; Duane Lewis; Leonard Moon; Edrin Nicholson; Wesley Peterson; Brandon Willis. Other Representatives: Rolf Bertulies; Brian Brennan; Josh Buchanan; Jim Seman.