Sports Network Top-25 Poll

Posted by admin On May - 9 - 2009 0 Comment

Two Gateway schools are among the nation’s Top Five as Western Illinois (No. 4) and Western Kentucky (No. 5) represent the Gateway Conference in the season-opening Sports Network top-25 poll. Six of the league’s eight members received mention, as Illinois State, UNI, Southern Illinois, and Youngstown State were among several schools receiving votes in this week’s poll. Twenty-three of the poll’s 25 teams will be [...]


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Five Named to I-AA “Watch List”

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Five Gateway players were among 32 nation-wide players chosen by The Sports Network as official “Payton Watch” and “Buchanan Battle” members. QB Russ Michna of Western Illinois and RB Muhummad Abdulqaadir of Southern Illinois are on the 16-player "Payton Watch," while CB Alexis Moreland of Southern Illinois, LB Boomer Grigsby of Illinois State, and LB Lee Russell of Western Illinois made the year’s first "Buchanan [...]


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Sports Network Preseason Top 25

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Seven of eight Gateway Conference members are recognized in the Sports Network preseason top 25 poll, as announced by the Sports Network on Monday, Aug. 11. Western Illinois is the highest-rated Gateway team, at No. 3, while defending champion Western Kentucky is No. 5. A total of five non-conference opponents are ranked in the Sports Network poll, including Southeast Missouri State (20th), Eastern Kentucky (25th), [...]