Griz top preseason Big Sky polls, Cats 2nd
SPOKANE, Washington — Coming off a trip to the FCS national championship game in January, Montana was picked to win the Big Sky Conference for a second consecutive season in both the media and coaches preseason polls Sunday.
The Grizzlies, who fell to South Dakota State 23-3 in Frisco, Texas, earned 10 of 12 first place votes in the coaches poll. Montana State had one first place vote as the Bobcats were chosen to place second in both polls. UC Davis received the final first place vote in the coaches poll but was selected to finish fourth overall.
Montana (26) and Montana State (9) combined for 35 of the 38 first place votes in the media poll, Idaho (2) and UC Davis (1) also received first place votes.
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