Lehigh picks up two of the Patriot League's weekly football awards and moves up in poll

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER Two members of Lehigh's nationally-ranked football team received player-of-the-week awards from the Patriot League on Monday. Senior placekicker Jake Peery was named the PL's Special Teams Player of the Week after he kicked the game-winning field goal from 22 yards out as time expired to give Lehigh a 34-31 win over Fordham on Saturday. Peery made both of his field goal attempts and all four extra-point kicks. He has now made three straight field goal tries and is 18-for-18 on extra-point kicks this season. Peery is from Baltimore. Also, sophomore defensive lineman Tim Newton was named the league's Defensive Player of the Week after he had six tackles, including two sacks, against Fordham. His first sack came late in the first half and helped to push the Rams out of field goal range. Newton is from Longwood, Fla. His brother, Colin, was a standout linebacker who graduated from Lehigh earlier this year. In addition, Lehigh moved up four spots to No. 11 in the Sports Network FCS national poll. That means the Mountain Hawks are ranked No. 11 in both national polls. The Sports Network FCS Top 25 College Football Poll Team (First-place votes) 2012 Record Points Previous Rank 1. North Dakota State Bison (156) 4-0 4204 1 2. Montana State Bobcats (6) 5-0 3974 2 3. Youngstown State Penguins (7) 4-0 3857 3 4. Old Dominion Monarchs 5-0 3691 4 5. James Madison Dukes 3-1 3380 5 6. Wofford Terriers 4-0 3321 6 7. Eastern Washington Eagles 3-1 3157 7 8. Georgia Southern Eagles 3-1 2663 10 9. Illinois State Redbirds 5-0 2602 13 9. Sam Houston State Bearkats 2-2 2602 9 11. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 5-0 2120 15 12. Towson Tigers 2-2 2076 12 13. Stony Brook Seawolves 4-1 2036 18 14. New Hampshire Wildcats 3-2 1847 20 15. Appalachian State Mountaineers 3-2 1789 17 16. Delaware Blue Hens 4-1 1697 8 17. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 4-1 1479 19 18. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 4-1 1234 22 19. The Citadel Bulldogs 3-2 1192 11 20. Cal Poly Mustangs 4-0 1172 23 21. McNeese State Cowboys 4-1 723 24 22. Northern Iowa Panthers 1-4 691 14 23. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 4-1 618 25 24. Central Arkansas Bears 3-2 602 16 25. Harvard Crimson 3-0 426 NR Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 400, Albany 266, Montana 261, Stephen F. Austin 119, Samford 119, Alabama A&M 114, Villanova 102, Indiana State 67, North Dakota 56, Richmond 47, Jacksonville State 32, Eastern Illinois 27, Bethune-Cookman 25, UT Martin 25, Sacramento State 23, Chattanooga 22, Tennessee Tech 19, Howard 13, Southern Utah 8, Jacksonville 8, Southeastern Louisiana 6, Duquesne 5, Brown 4, Lafayette 2, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1, South Dakota 1....