Gray, who moved from Mississippi to Coolidge before last year (his junior season),? has moved into the Chandler district boundaries and enrolled at Basha.
Germaine is trying to avoid comparisons between this year’s squad and last. He’s told the players from last year’s title-team to forget about the accomplishment and to start over. With Guida leading the way,
our bi-weekly e-newsletter, the Bulldogs should still be among the better teams in Division III. However, the standard has now been increased substantially following last year’s title. Deep playoff runs have come to be expected under Germaine, and doing so with new personnel this year will be the ultimate test.
Marcos knows it won’t see the same Chaparral team — the Firebirds have won seven consecutive games — and Chaparral knows why Marcos is a championship contender in Div. II.
The Crimson Tide remains the No. 1 team in the USA Today coaches poll released Tuesday.The Week 1 version appeared almost identical to the preseason version.Alabama earned 58 of the 62 first-place votes, just as in the preseason poll. Ohio State received three and Texas A M got the other.The Tide was alsoin the AP poll released earlier Tuesday.Ballots are not released publicly until the final version factors into the BCS formula. Alabama coach Nick Saban is a member of the voting panel.Full USA Today poll:1. Alabama (58) 1,5452. Ohio State (3) 1,4443. Oregon 1,4204. Stanford 1,2925. Clemson 1,2756. South Carolina 1,2207. Texas A M 1,1818. Louisville 1,0519. Florida 97410. Florida State 94611. LSU 92612. Georgia 87513. Notre Dame 84014. Oklahoma State 78915. Oklahoma 66616. Texas 66017. Michigan 62318. UCLA 36819. Nebraska 35720. Northwestern 34821. Wisconsin 30122. USC 17623. Washington 14524. TCU 14024. Miami 140Also receiving votes: Baylor 125, Michigan State 67, Ole Miss 54, Fresno State 46,
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