SoCon preseason coaches poll
School (first-place votes) PointsAppalachian State (5) 60Georgia Southern (3) 59Wofford 49UTC (1) 45Elon 33Furman 30Samford 25The Citadel 13Western Carolina 10
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team was picked to finish fourth in the Southern Conference this season by the league’s coaches, one of whom gave the Mocs a first-place vote.
In the preseason poll released Monday, Appalachian State was picked to win the league. It received one point more than Georgia Southern. The Mountaineers have been the preseason pick six years in a row.
Wofford was picked third and UTC was close behind. The Mocs’ first-place vote didn’t come from Russ Huesman because coaches aren’t allowed to vote for their own team.
“I wonder who that was,” Huesman said. “I picked the top three the way they came out, and I think that’s about right.”