#MECFB14 Weekly Release Sep. 1, 2014 Contact: Adam Zundell, Associate Commissioner , Communications • [email protected] • 304-924-1632 • @TheMountainEast 2014 Standings MEC Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neutral vs. T25^ Streak Charleston 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Concord 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Fairmont State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Glenville State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 Notre Dame 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Shepherd 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Urbana 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 UVa-Wise 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 West Liberty 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L5 West Virginia State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 L17 West Virginia Wesleyan 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W3 ^includes teams in D2football.com and AFCA polls s Week 1 Schedule THURSDAY, SEPT. 4 Notre Dame at Fairmont State, 7 p.m. Last Year: Did not play Notes: The two teams played once before in Fairmont in 2010 .. FSU won 38-0. SATURDAY, SEPT. 6 Glenville State at Concord, Noon Last Year: Did not play Notes: CU has won two of the last three vs. Glenville ... GSC RB Rahmann Lee averaged 127.9 yards per game last year. UVa-Wise at Urbana, Noon Last Year: Did not play Notes: First-ever meeting between the two schools. Lock Haven at WV State, 1 p.m. Last Year: Lock Haven def. WV State, 31-13 Notes: WVSU won its last home opener, 34-31 over Johnson C. Smith in 2012. Charleston at WV Wesleyan, 1 p.m. Last Year: Did not play Notes: WVWC will begin play on its new turf and renovated stadium ... George Shehl was on the UC staff before going to WVWC ... UC won last meeting, 28-23 in 2012. Shepherd at West Liberty, 1 p.m. Last Year: Did not play Notes: WLU was last team to defeat SU in regu- lar season play with 17-16 win in 2012 in West Liberty ... SU’s Cross and Lolley combined for 27 rushing touchdowns last season, more than any other team in the MEC in 2013.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 4Notre Dame at Fairmont State, 7 p.m.
Last Year: Did not playNotes: The two teams played once before in Fairmont in 2010 .. FSU won 38-0.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 6Glenville State at Concord, Noon
Last Year: Did not playNotes: CU has won two of the last three vs. Glenville ... GSC RB Rahmann Lee averaged 127.9 yards per game last year.
UVa-Wise at Urbana, NoonLast Year: Did not playNotes: First-ever meeting between the two schools.
Lock Haven at WV State, 1 p.m.Last Year: Lock Haven def. WV State, 31-13Notes: WVSU won its last home opener, 34-31 over Johnson C. Smith in 2012.
Charleston at WV Wesleyan, 1 p.m.Last Year: Did not playNotes: WVWC will begin play on its new turf and renovated stadium ... George Shehl was on the UC staff before going to WVWC ... UC won last meeting, 28-23 in 2012.
Shepherd at West Liberty, 1 p.m. Last Year: Did not playNotes: WLU was last team to defeat SU in regu-lar season play with 17-16 win in 2012 in West Liberty ... SU’s Cross and Lolley combined for 27 rushing touchdowns last season, more than any other team in the MEC in 2013.
AFCARk Team 2013 Record Pts1. Northwest Missouri St. (31) 15-0 7992. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 12-3 7253. Minnesota-Duluth 11-2 6344. Colorado St.-Pueblo 11-1 6195. North Alabama 10-3 5896. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 13-2 5387. Minnesota St.-Mankato 11-1 5308. Henderson St. (Ark.) (1) 11-1 5239. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 10-2 52210. West Chester (Pa.) 13-2 47711. West Texas A&M 11-3 40712. Shepherd (W.Va.) 11-1 39313. Ohio Dominican 10-1 39014. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) 10-2 38915. St. Cloud State (Minn.) 12-2 35016. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 10-3 33317. Tarleton St. (Texas) 7-3 26618. Indianapolis (Ind.) 10-2 22919. Delta St. (Miss.) 7-3 20620. Indiana (Pa.) 9-2 16721. North Carolina-Pembroke 9-2 14022t. AzusaPacific(Calif.) 10-2 13322t. Emporia St. (Kan.) 9-2 13324. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 10-2 10325. Tuskegee (Ala.) 8-3 98Others Receiving Votes: Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 87; Central Missouri, 82; West Alabama, 67; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 59; American International (Mass.), 51; Ferris St. (Mich.), 41;California (Pa.), 38;MissouriWesternSt., 38;AlbanySt. (Ga.), 32; Midwestern St. (Texas), 31; Harding (Ark.), 27; Colorado School of Mines, 20; Newberry (S.C.), 20;Concord (W.Va.), 19; East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 19; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 13; Eastern New Mexico, 12; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 9; Winona St. (Minn.), 9; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 7; Sioux Falls (S.D.), 7; Truman St. (Mo.), 5; Findlay (Ohio), 3; Miles (Ala.), 3; Chadron St. (Neb.), 2; Michigan Tech, 2; Washburn (Kan.), 2; West Georgia, 2.
D2Football.comRk Team 2013 Record 1 Northwest Missouri 15-02 Grand Valley 12-33 CSU-Pueblo 11-14 Minnesota Duluth 11-25 Minnesota State 11-16 North Alabama 10-37 Lenoir-Rhyne 13-28 Henderson State 11-19 Pittsburg State 10-210 Ohio Dominican 10-111 West Chester 13-212 St. Cloud 12-213 West Texas A&M 11-314 Shepherd 11-115 Indianapolis 10-216 Carson-Newman 10-317 Winston-Salem 10-218 UNC Pembroke 9-219 Emporia State 9-220 Saginaw Valley 9-321 Ferris State 8-322 Tarleton State 7-323 IUP 9-224 Missouri Western 8-325 Bloomsburg 10-2
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WELCOME BACK•SeventeenplayerswhoearnedfirstteamAll-Moun-tainEastConferencehonorslastseasonarebackfor2014.• Shepherd has six players that earned first teamAll-MEC honors returning, including the league’s De-fensiveFreshmanoftheYearinlinebackerOctaviusThomas and All-America return man C.J. Davis.• The league’s leader in rushing (Rahmann Lee,GSC), scorer (Jabre Lolley, SU), tackles (Hayden Davis,NDC)andtacklesforaloss(D’GaryWallace,UU)returntothefieldthisyear.•GlenvilleState’sRahmannLeeissixthinthecoun-try in rushing yards among active players heading into the 2014 season.
PRESEASON HONORS• Shepherd’s C.J. Davis earned preseason All-America honors fromD2Football.com andBeyond-SportsNetwork.com.Hewasafirstteamreturneronthe BSN team, and a third team honoree by D2Foot-ball.com.• Four other players were named to the Beyond-SportsNetwork.com preseason All-America teams: Concord safety Davon Marion (2nd team), Shep-herd’s Jonathan Hammer (3rd team) and Isaiah Shelton (3rd team) and Urbana linebacker D’Gary Wallace (3rd team).
POLL POSITIONS• Shepherd is ranked 12th in the preseasonAFCApolland14thinthed2football.compoll.•ConcordreceivedvotesinthepreseasonAFCApoll.
POLL POSITION PART II•TheShepherdRamshavebeenpickedtorepeatasMountainEastConference footballchampionsaftera vote conducted by the league’s coaches. Shepherd collected95pointsinthepollandwaspickedtofinishfirstonsevenballots.• Concord was picked second with 91 points andcollectedthreefirst-placevotes.Charlestonwascho-sen third with 84 points and received the remaining
first-placevote.GlenvilleStateplacedfourth(67),fol-lowed by West Virginia Wesleyan (60) and Urbana (58). Notre Dame and West Liberty were predicted to finishinatieforseventhwith44points,andFairmontState (33), UVa-Wise (15) and West Virginia State (14) rounded out the poll.
2014 MEC Preseason Poll1. Shepherd (7) .............................................. 952. Concord (3) ................................................ 913. Charleston (1) ............................................ 844. Glenville State ............................................ 675. West Virginia Wesleyan ............................. 606. Urbana ....................................................... 587 (t). Notre Dame ............................................... 447 (t). West Liberty ............................................... 449. Fairmont State ........................................... 3310. UVa-Wise ................................................... 1511. West Virginia State .................................... 14() Indicates first place votes* Coaches not able to vote for own team
GRADING THE COACHES•Belowisalookathowthecoachesfaredinpredict-ingtheinaugural2013footballstandings.Team Preseason Rank FinishCharleston 2 4Concord 3 T2Fairmont State 7 T10Glenville State 4 T5Notre Dame 8 7Shepherd 1 1Urbana 6 T2UVa-Wise 9 T10West Liberty 5 8West Virginia State 10 11West Virginia Wesleyan 11 T5
•WestVirginiaWesleyanwasthebiggestsurprisein2013afterbeingpicked tofinish last in the league,theBobcatsfinishedinatieforfifth.
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INDIVIDUALCategory Player (School) Stat (NCAA Rank)All-PurposeYards/G Completion %Field Goal %FieldGoalsMade/GInterceptions/GKickoffReturns/GPassesDefended/GPassingEfficiencyPassing TDsPassingYardsPassingYards/GPunt ReturnsPuntingReceiving TDsReceivingYardsReceivingYards/GReceptions/GRushing TDsRushingYardsRushingYards/GSacks/GScoring/GSoloTackles/GTacklesForLoss/GTotalOffense/GameTotalTackles/G
TEAMCategory School Stat (NCAA Rank)FewestPenalties/GFewestPenaltyYards/GFirstDownsDefenseKickoffReturnDefense/RetNet PuntingInterceptions/GPassingOffense/YPGPassingDefense/YPGPuntReturns/RetRedZoneDefenseRedZoneOffenseRushingDefense/YPGSacksAllowed/GScoringDefense/PPGScoringOffense/PPGSacks/GTimeOfPossesionTotalDefense/YPGTotalOffense/YPGTurnoverMargin/G
s COMPOSIte SCHEDULE
WEEK 1 (SEPT. 6)Notre Dame at Fairmont State (Thurs), 7 p.m.Glenville State at Concord, NoonUVa-Wise at Urbana, NoonLock Haven at WV State, 1 p.m.Charleston @ WV Wesleyan, 1 p.m.Shepherd @ West Liberty, 1 p.m.
WEEK 2 (SEPT. 13)Fairmont State at Shepherd, NoonWV Wesleyan at UVa-Wise, NoonWest Liberty at Glenville State, 1 p.m.Concord at WV State, 1 p.m.Charleston at Virginia Union, 1 p.m.Urbana at Notre Dame, 2 p.m.
WEEK 3 (SEPT. 20)Shepherd at Urbana, NoonNotre Dame at WV Wesleyan, NoonBowie State at Concord, NoonUVa-Wise at Charleston, 1 p.m.West Virginia State at West Liberty, 1 p.m.Glenville State at Fairmont State, 1 p.m.
WEEK 4 (SEPT. 27)West Liberty at Concord, NoonWV Wesleyan at Shepherd, NoonFairmont State at WV State, 1 p.m.Urbana at Glenville State, 1 p.m.Charleston at Notre Dame College, 2 p.m.WoffordatUVa-Wise,7p.m.
WEEK 5 (OCT. 4)Glenville State at WV Wesleyan, NoonWest Liberty at Duquesne, NoonWV State at Urbana, NoonShepherd at Charleston, 1 p.m.Concord at Fairmont State, 1 p.m.Notre Dame at UVa-Wise, 1 p.m.
WEEK 6 (OCT. 11)UVa-Wise at Shepherd, NoonFairmont State at West Liberty, 1 p.m.Lake Erie at Notre Dame College, 1 p.m.Charleston at Glenville State, 1:30 p.m.WV Wesleyan at WV State, 1:30 p.m.Urbana at Concord, 2 p.m.
WEEK 7 (OCT. 18)WV State at Charleston (Thurs), 7 p.m.West Liberty at Urbana, NoonConcord at WV Wesleyan, 1 p.m.Glenville State at UVa-Wise, 1 p.m.Shepherd at Notre Dame College, 1 p.m.
WEEK 8 (OCT. 25)WV Wesleyan at West Liberty (Thurs), 7 p.m.Notre Dame College at Glenville State, 1 p.m.Charleston at Concord, 1 p.m.Urbana at Fairmont State, 2 p.m.UVa-Wise at WV State, 2 p.m.
WEEK 9 (NOV. 1)West Liberty at Charleston (Thurs), 7 p.m.Glenville State at Shepherd, NoonFairmont State at WV Wesleyan, NoonMalone at Urbana, NoonWV State at Notre Dame College, 1 p.m.Concord at UVa-Wise, 2 p.m.
WEEK 10 (NOV. 8)Glenville State at Walsh, 11:00 a.m.WV Wesleyan at Urbana, NoonNotre Dame College at Concord, 1 p.m.Charleston at Fairmont State, 1 p.m.Shepherd at WV State, 1 p.m.UVa-Wise at West Liberty, 1 p.m.
WEEK 11 (NOV. 15)Concord at Shepherd, NoonWV State at Glenville State, 1 p.m.Urbana at Charleston, 1 p.m.West Liberty at Notre Dame College, 1 p.m.Fairmont State at UVa-Wise, 1 p.m.
S6 SHEPHERD .................................. 1 p.m.S13 at Glenville St ................................ 1 p.m.S20 WV STATE..................................... 1 p.m.S27 at Concord ...................................... NoonO4 at Duquesne ................................... NoonO11 FAIRMONT ST .............................. 1 p.m.O18 at Urbana ....................................... NoonO23 WVWESLEYAN ............................ 7 p.m.O30 at Charleston ................................. 7 p.m.N8 UVA-WISE ..................................... 1 p.m.N15 at Notre Dame ............................... 1 p.m.
S6 at West Liberty ...............................1 PMS13 FAIRMONT ST ............................... NoonS20 at Urbana ........................................ NoonS27 WVWESLEYAN ............................. NoonO4 at Charleston ...................................1 PMO11 UVA-WISE ...................................... NoonO18 at Notre Dame .................................1 PMN1 GLENVILLE ST .............................. NoonN8 at WV State .....................................1 PMN15 CONCORD ..................................... Noon
S6 at WV Wesleyan ............................ 1 p.m.S13 at Virginia Union ........................... 1 p.m.S20 UVa-WISE ..................................... 2 p.m.S27 at Notre Dame ............................... 1 p.m.O4 SHEPHERD .................................. 1 p.m.O11 at Glenville State ........................... 1 p.m.O18 WV STATE..................................... 1 p.m.O25 at Concord ..................................... 1 p.m.O30 WESTLIBERTY ............................ 7 p.m.N8 at Fairmont St ................................ 1 p.m.N15 URBANA ........................................ 1 p.m.
Charleston ConcordS6 GLENVILLE ST .............................. NoonS13 at WV State ................................... 1 p.m.S20 BOWIE STATE ............................... NoonS27 WESTLIBERTY ............................. NoonO4 at Fairmont St ................................ 1 p.m.O11 URBANA ........................................ 2 p.m.O18 at WV Wesleyan ............................ 1 p.m.O25 CHARLESTON .............................. 1 p.m.N1 at UVA-Wise .................................. 2 p.m.N8 NOTRE DAME ............................... NoonN15 at Shepherd .................................... Noon
Fairmont StateS4 NOTRE DAME .............................. 7 p.m.S13 at Shepherd ................................... NoonS20 GLENVILLE ST ............................. 1 p.m.S27 at WV State ................................... 1 p.m.O4 CONCORD .................................... 1 p.m.O11 at West Liberty ............................. 1 p.m.O25 URBANA ........................................ 2 p.m.N1 at WV Wesleyan ............................... TBAN8 CHARLESTON .............................. 1 p.m.N15 at UVA-Wise .................................. 1 p.m.
S6 at Concord ..................................... 1 p.m.S13 WESTLIBERTY ............................ 1 p.m.S20 at Fairmont St ................................ 1 p.m.S27 URBANA ........................................ 1 p.m.O4 at WV Wesleyan ............................. NoonO11 CHARLESTON ......................... 1:30 p.m.O18 at UVA-Wise .................................. 1 p.m.O25 NOTRE DAME .............................. 1 p.m.N1 at Shepherd .................................. NoonN8 at Walsh....................................... 11 a.m.N15 WV STATE .................................... 1 p.m.
Glenville State notre dameS4 at Fairmont St ................................ 7 p.m.S13 URBANA ........................................ 2 p.m.S20 at WV Wesleyan ............................ 1 p.m.S27 CHARLESTON .............................. 2 p.m.O4 at UVa-Wise .................................. 1 p.m.O11 LAKE ERIE .................................... 1 p.m.O18 SHEPHERD .................................. 1 p.m.O25 at Glenville St ................................ 1 p.m.N1 WV STATE..................................... 1 p.m.N8 at Concord ..................................... 1 p.m.N15 WESTLIBERTY ............................ 1 p.m.
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urbanaS6 UVA-Wise ....................................... NoonS13 at Notre Dame ............................... 2 p.m.S20 SHEPHERD ................................... NoonS27 at Glenville St ................................ 1 p.m.O4 WV STATE...................................... NoonO11 at Concord ..................................... 2 p.m.O18 WESTLIBERTY ............................. NoonO25 at Fairmont St ................................ 2 p.m.N1 MALONE ....................................... 1 p.m.N8 WVWESLEYAN ............................. NoonN15 at Charleston ................................. 1 p.m.
uva-wiseS6 at Urbana ........................................ NoonS13 WVWESLEYAN ............................. NoonS20 at Charleston ................................. 2 p.m.S27 atWofford ...................................... 7 p.m.O4 NOTRE DAME .............................. 1 p.m.O11 at Shepherd .................................... NoonO18 GLENVILLE ST ............................. 1 p.m.O25 at WV State ................................... 2 p.m.N1 CONCORD .................................... 2 p.m.N8 at West Liberty ............................. 1 p.m.N15 FAIRMONT ST .............................. 1 p.m.
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wv stateS6 LOCK HAVEN ............................... 1 p.m.S13 CONCORD .................................... 1 p.m.S20 at West Liberty .............................. 1 p.m.S27 FAIRMONT ST .............................. 1 p.m.O4 at Urbana ........................................ NoonO11 WVWESLEYAN ....................... 1:30 p.m.O18 at Charleston ................................. 1 p.m.O25 UVA-WISE ..................................... 2 p.m.N1 at Notre Dame ............................... 1 p.m.N8 SHEPHERD .................................. 1 p.m.N15 at Glenville St ................................ 1 p.m.
wv wesleyanS6 CHARLESTON ................................1 PMS13 at UVA-Wise ................................... NoonS20 NOTRE DAME ............................... NoonS27 at Shepherd .................................... NoonO4 GLENVILLE ST .............................. NoonO11 at WV State ................................1:30 PMO18 CONCORD ......................................1 PMO23 at West Liberty ..........................7:30 PMN1 FAIRMONT ST ............................... NoonN8 at Urbana ....................................... Noon
