{"id":117890,"date":"2024-07-30T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/?p=117890"},"modified":"2024-07-31T05:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T12:26:18","slug":"fcs-top-25-herder-2024-preseason-ballot-bzbz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fcs-top-25-herder-2024-preseason-ballot-bzbz\/","title":{"rendered":"FCS Top 25: Sam Herder’s 2024 Preseason Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m excited to be a Stats Perform FCS<\/a> Top 25 media poll voter and postseason national awards voter again this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe it\u2019s important to be transparent about my voting and reasoning. I\u2019ll publish my weekly Top 25 ballot every Sunday or Monday during the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preseason ballots are due this week. Here’s how I voted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In-depth previews for (most of) these teams can be found here<\/a><\/strong>. These team previews are part of the HERO Sports Preseason Top 25.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. South Dakota State
2. North Dakota State
3. Montana
4. Montana State
5. Villanova
6. South Dakota
7. Chattanooga
8. Central Arkansas
9. Idaho
10. Sacramento State
11. Southern Illinois
12. UC Davis
13. Western Carolina
14. Illinois State
15. Lafayette
16. Furman
17. Eastern Illinois
18. Elon
19. Tarleton State
20. Nicholls
21. Youngstown State
22. Richmond
23. UIW
24. UAlbany
25. William & Mary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEXT:<\/strong> 2024 Preseason Preview Central<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m excited to be a Stats Perform FCS Top 25 media poll voter and postseason national awards voter again this fall. I believe it\u2019s important to be transparent about my voting and reasoning. I\u2019ll publish my weekly Top 25 ballot every Sunday or Monday during the season. Preseason ballots are due this week. Here’s how I voted. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":110434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fcs"],"yoast_head":"\nFCS Top 25: Sam Herder's 2024 Preseason Ballot - HERO Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Preseason ballots for the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 media poll are due this week. 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