Monday, September 23, 2013

QB Bialkowski receives Patriot League honors and Lehigh moves up one spot in a FCS poll

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FROM KEITH GROLLER


Lehigh's senior quarterback Brandon Bialkowski, to the surprise of no one, has been named the Patriot League's Offensive Player of the Week after his sterling performance in leading the Mountain Hawks to a 29-28 come-from-behind win over Princeton.
The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Gilbert, Ariz., product completed a school-record 42-of-57 passes for a career-high 430 yards and two touchdowns.
The Mountain Hawks trailed 22-3 at halftime before rallying for the win as Bialkowski went 25-for-32 for 253 yards and two touchdowns in the second half. Bialkowksi completed passes to nine different receivers as he went over 300 yards through the air for the third time in as many games this season. It was the sixth-highest single-game passing total in school history and first over 400 yards since Chris Lum against Fordham in 2011. Bialkowksi has 1,171 passing yards and nine touchdowns this season, and ranks in the top five nationally in passing yards, completions and total offense per game. Brandon Bialkowski_0624
In addition, Lehigh held steady in the two national FCS polls, remaining at No. 18 in the FCS coaches poll and moving up one spot to No. 21 in the The Sports Network poll.
But the schedule gets much tougher the next two weeks with New Hampshire (ranked No. 9 in one poll and No. 10 in the other) coming to Goodman Stadium and then Lehigh must hit the road to the Bronx to play Fordham (ranked No. 21 and No. 16 in the polls) the following Saturday.
Here's at look at both national polls:
FCS Coaches Poll (I-AA)
Rank Team Record Pts Last Week
1. North Dakota St. (26) 3-0 650 1
2. Montana St. 2-2 613 2
3. Towson 4-0 582 3
4. Eastern Wash. 2-1 560 4
5. Sam Houston St. 3-1 556 5
6. S. Dakota St. 3-1 526 6
7. Northern Iowa 3-0 479 7
8. Wofford 2-2 447 8
9. New Hampshire 1-1 420 9
10. Eastern Illinois 3-1 415 10
11. Montana 3-0 367 11
12. Stony Brook 1-2 285 12
13. McNeese St. 4-0 283 13
14. Central Arkansas 2-2 265 14
15. Coastal Carolina 4-0 245 15
16. James Madison 3-1 222 16
17. Bethune-Cookman 3-1 214 17
18. Lehigh 3-0 211 18
19. Cal Poly 1-2 194 19
20. Richmond 2-2 140 20
21. Fordham 4-0 128 21
22. Villanova 1-2 100 22
22. Northern Arizona 2-1 100 22
24. Illinois St. 1-2 83 24
25. Maine 3-1 61 25
The Sports Network FCS Top 25
College Football Poll
 
Team (First-place votes)2013 RecordPointsPrevious Rank
1.North Dakota State Bison (157)3-039491
2.Eastern Washington Eagles (1)2-136692
3.Towson Tigers4-035804
4.Sam Houston State Bearkats3-134155
5.Northern Iowa Panthers3-032587
6.South Dakota State Jackrabbits3-128846
7.Montana Grizzlies3-028029
8.Eastern Illinois Panthers3-126228
9.McNeese State Cowboys4-0252912
10.New Hampshire Wildcats1-1242811
11.Montana State Bobcats2-223663
12.Coastal Carolina Chanticleers4-0180915
13.Central Arkansas Bears2-2168113
14.James Madison Dukes3-1157817
15.Georgia Southern Eagles2-1153114
16.Fordham Rams4-0131221
17.Wofford Terriers2-2130710
18.Cal Poly Mustangs1-2112418
19.Villanova Wildcats1-296620
20.Bethune-Cookman Wildcats3-187619
21.Lehigh Mountain Hawks3-082122
22.Richmond Spiders2-267323
23.Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks2-159624
24.Northern Arizona Lumberjacks2-155625
25.Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs3-1483NR

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