Black Bears Prep For Green Wave
After an early season bye week, the UMaine Black Bears get ready to head to New Orleans this week for their second FBS game. This one against the Tulane Green Wave.
It's another pay check game - the school receives $325,000 to play this step-up game. Tulane is a member of the American Athletics Conference(AAC) that includes schools such as Cincinnati, UConn, Temple, UCF, among others.
The Green Wave are 0-2 after losses to Duke (37-7) and Georgia Tech (65-10).
Maine's loss is to FBS Boston College 24-3.
Meanwhile, Maine's CAA conference continues to show well in early season polls. Villanova, James Madison and New Hampshire are all in the top-15.
Check out the new FCS Coaches' Poll...
1 | Coastal Carolina (14) | |||
2 | North Dakota State | |||
3 | Villanova | |||
4 | Jacksonville State (5) | |||
5 | Sam Houston State | |||
6 | Illinois State (1) | |||
7 | Montana | |||
8 | South Dakota State (2) | |||
9 | Montana State | |||
10 | James Madison | |||
11 | Northern Iowa | |||
12 | Chattanooga | |||
13 | New Hampshire | |||
14 | Liberty | |||
15 | Eastern Washington | |||
16 | Youngstown State | |||
17 | Southeastern Louisiana | |||
18 | Cal Poly | |||
19 | Fordham | |||
20 | Portland State | |||
21 | McNeese State | |||
22 | Eastern Kentucky | |||
23 | Richmond | |||
24 | Northern Arizona | |||
25 | Indiana State |
Others receiving votes: Samford (61), William & Mary (55), Harvard (43), North Dakota (24), Towson (22), Jackson State (20), South Carolina State (19), Idaho State (16), Alcorn State (6), North Carolina A&T (6), South Dakota (3), Charleston Southern (3), Tennessee State (1), Jacksonville (1), Western Illinois (1).