2001 Sports Network Cup

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2001 Sports Network Cup
Champions Sacred Heart Pioneers
Runners-up Dayton Flyers
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The 2001 Sports Network Cup was a college football postseason poll by The Sports Network website. The Sacred Heart Pioneers finished first in the poll getting 204 points and 15 first place votes to be named the NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Football National Champions by the Sports Network. The Dayton Flyers finished second in the polling receiving 194 points and 6 first place votes. [1]

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Sacred Heart Pioneers football

The Sacred Heart Pioneers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Sacred Heart University located in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Northeast Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1993. The team plays its home games at the 13,334 seat Campus Field.

Dayton Flyers football

The Dayton Flyers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Dayton located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Pioneer Football League. Dayton's first football team was fielded in 1905. The team plays its home games at the 11,000 seat Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio. The Flyers are coached by Rick Chamberlin.

Contents

School (First place votes)Record (W–L)Points
Sacred Heart (15)11–0204
Dayton (6)10–1194
Saint Peter's10–1163
Duquesne8–3147
Robert Morris6–3125
San Diego6–394
Monmouth7–381
Albany7–373
Jacksonville6–549
Morehead State6–518

See also

The NCAA Division I FCS Mid Major National Football Championship was a label that began in 2001 and ended after the 2007 season. Prior to 2001, mid-major National Champions were named by various polls like Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette and the Dopke collegesportsreport.com polls, but no "consensus" champion was named. Beginning with the 2008 season, the Sports Network ceased the mid-major poll and began including the teams previously ranked in the mid-major poll into more serious consideration for the full Division I FCS poll.

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References

  1. ↑ "*** The Sports Network 2001 FINAL I-AA Top-10 Mid-Major Poll ***". The Sports Network. 3 December 2001. Archived from the original on 13 June 2002. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
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