Lehigh's Lum repeats as Patriot League offensive player of week; Lehigh now 26th in the country

FROM KEITH GROLLER

Lehigh's junior quarterback Chris Lum won the Patriot League's Offensive Player of the Week award for the second straight week.

Lum was impressive in Lehigh's 34-17 win over Holy Cross.

Here are the details from the Patriot League release:

Chris Lum, QB, Lehigh Jr., 6-2, 205 (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion) Lum receives his second consecutive Offensive Player of the Week award after leading Lehigh to at least a share of the Patriot League title with a 34-17 win at Holy Cross on Saturday. He completed 21-of-33 passes for 212 yards and three touchdowns and also led the Mountain Hawks with 64 rushing yards in the game. Lum threw one touchdown pass in each of the first three quarters as the Mountain Hawks built a 21-3 lead. The 64 rushing yards marked a career high. Lum has completed 62 percent of his passes with 12 touchdowns and two interceptions during Lehigh's five-game winning streak, which has the Mountain Hawks one win away from their first outright Patriot League title since 2001 and first playoff bid since 2004.

Also, Lehigh is now up to 26th in one national poll, just failing to crack the top 25.

Here are the details on that:


The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top-25 College Football Poll

Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. William & Mary Tribe (105) 7-2 3,902 4
2. Delaware Blue Hens (31) 8-1 3,860 5
3. Appalachian State Mountaineers (10) 8-1 3,402 1
4. Wofford Terriers (5) 8-1 3,400 7
5. Eastern Washington Eagles (4) 7-2 3,373 6
6. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (1) 8-1 3,095 2
7. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (1) 9-1 2,982 9
8. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 7-2 2,716 10
9. Villanova Wildcats (1) 6-3 2,671 3
10. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (3) 9-0 2,586 10
11. Montana State Bobcats (1) 8-2 2,510 12
12. Liberty Flames 7-2 1,953 14
13. Montana Grizzlies 6-3 1,909 13
14. Massachusetts Minutemen 6-3 1,808 15
15. South Carolina State Bulldogs 7-2 1,736 16
16. Northern Iowa Panthers 6-3 1,512 17
17. New Hampshire Wildcats 5-4 1,507 8
18. Penn Quakers 7-1 1,230 18
19. Cal Poly Mustangs 7-3 1,179 19
20. Grambling State Tigers 8-1 899 21
21. Richmond Spiders 5-4 856 20
22. Jacksonville Dolphins 9-1 694 23
23. Western Illinois Leathernecks 6-3 615 24
24. North Dakota State Bison 6-3 561 25
25. Robert Morris Colonials 8-1 485 NR
Others receiving votes: Lehigh 253, Southern Utah 179, Dayton 143, Georgia Southern 108, James Madison 103, Chattanooga 85, McNeese State 74, Sacramento State 39, Jackson State 30, Yale 25, Harvard 21, Central Arkansas 18, Weber State 18, Furman 16, Rhode Island 16, Texas Southern 14, Eastern Kentucky 14, Northwestern State 12, Indiana State 9, Florida A&M 9, Elon 9, Northern Arizona 7, Old Dominion 5, South Dakota State 1, Colgate 1.

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