Penn football just misses FCS preseason Top 25

The Quakers are "first-out" in this year's FCS preseason top 25 media poll, coming in at No. 26 with 456 points in the voting.

The two-time defending Ivy champions were ranked for the final six weeks of the 2010 season, climbing all the way to No. 14 after defeating Cornell 31-7 to clinch the championship outright. But after missing the FCS postseason due to Ivy League rules, the Quakers may have fallen off the radars of some FCS media voters. FCS tournament champion Eastern Washington received the top spot, gaining 90 of 140 first place votes.

Harvard clocked in with 54 points in the voting and Yale received 15 points. The only other ranked Penn opponent for 2010 or 2011 are the No. 14 Villanova Wildcats, who received two first-place votes.