Preseason
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Big Sky preseason poll
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The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Hornets were picked to finish in twelfth place by the media and in eleventh by the coaches.[1]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Eastern Washington
536 (25)
2
UC Davis
510 (13)
3
Weber State
472 (4)
4
Montana State
417
5
Montana
396 (1)
6
Northern Arizona
302
7
Idaho State
285
8
Idaho
248
9
Cal Poly
196
10
Portland State
178
11
Southern Utah
160
12
Sacramento State
125
13
Northern Colorado
90
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Eastern Washington
140 (10)
2
UC Davis
127 (2)
3
Weber State
124
4
Montana
104 (1)
5
Montana State
100
6
Northern Arizona
88
7
Idaho State
72
8
Idaho
65
9
Cal Poly
56
10
Portland State
42
11
Sacramento State
40
12
Southern Utah
38
13
Northern Colorado
19
Preseason All–Big Sky team
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The Hornets had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]
Schedule
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Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:00 p.m. Southern Oregon * Pluto TV W 77–198,843
September 6 7:00 p.m. at Arizona State * P12N L 7–1942,286
September 14 6:00 p.m. Northern Colorado * Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA CW 31 W 50–06,753
September 21 7:00 p.m. at Fresno State * Stadium Facebook L 20–3431,034
October 5 6:00 p.m. No. 22 Eastern Washington Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA CW 31/Eleven W 48–279,640
October 12 1:00 p.m. at No. 6 Montana State Pluto TV W 34–2119,437
October 19 6:00 p.m. No. 5 Montana No. 15 Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA CW 31 W 49–2215,140
October 26 5:05 p.m. at Cal Poly No. 7 Pluto TV W 38–147,032
November 2 6:00 p.m. No. 3 Weber State No. 6 Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA CW 31 L 17–3611,253
November 9 1:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona No. 8 Pluto TV W 38–344,257
November 16 2:00 p.m. at Idaho No. 6 Pluto TV W 31–76,108
November 23 2:00 p.m. UC Davis No. 4 CW 31 W 27–1719,882
December 7 5:00 p.m. No. 18 Austin Peay * No. 3 ESPN3 L 28–425,140
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Despite Northern Colorado also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the September 14 game against Sacramento State was considered a non-conference game.[3]
Game summaries
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Southern Oregon
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1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
10
3
6
0
19
Hornets
21
28
14
14
77
At Arizona State
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1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
0
0
0
7
7
Sun Devils
0
3
6
10
19
Northern Colorado
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1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
0
0
0
Hornets
7
15
21
7
50
At Fresno State
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1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
6
6
0
8
20
Bulldogs
7
7
0
20
34
Eastern Washington
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Eagles
7
7
6
7
27
Hornets
21
6
7
14
48
At Montana State
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1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
7
14
13
0
34
No. 6 Bobcats
7
7
0
7
21
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 5 Grizzlies
7
8
7
0
22
No. 15 Hornets
18
17
14
0
49
At Cal Poly
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Hornets
0
17
7
14
38
Mustangs
0
0
7
7
14
Weber State
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2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Wildcats
9
14
6
7
36
No. 6 Hornets
3
7
0
7
17
At Northern Arizona
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 8 Hornets
14
3
7
14
38
Lumberjacks
0
17
0
17
34
At Idaho
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 6 Hornets
7
17
0
7
31
Vandals
0
0
7
0
7
UC Davis
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1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
7
10
0
0
17
No. 4 Hornets
3
7
3
14
27
FCS Playoffs
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The Hornets entered the postseason tournament as the number four seed, with a first-round bye.[4]
Austin Peay–Second Round
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 18 Governors
21
0
14
7
42
No. 3 Hornets
0
0
14
14
28
Ranking movements
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Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final STATS FCS — RV RV RV RV RV RV 15 7 6 8 6 4 3 9 Coaches — — RV RV RV RV RV 17 8 6 8 6 4 3 9
References
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