FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Three-time defending national champion North Dakota State is the No. 2 team in the Sports Network preseason Football Championship Subdivision poll.
Eastern Washington edged out the Bison to take the top spot.
NDSU earlier took the top spot in the FCS preseason coaches’ poll, with Eastern Washington second.
The rest of the Sports Network poll’s top five is Southeast Louisiana, New Hampshire and Montana – the same three-through-five teams in the coaches’ poll.
NDSU opens the season Aug. 30 at Iowa State, which plays in the upper Football Bowl Subdivision.
