CNJ STAFF
Aside from a few members missing, the 2013 Lone Star Conference preseason football poll looks a lot like the 2012 final standings.
West Texas A&M, which shared the LSC title last season with Midwestern State, beat out the Mustangs in the preseason poll with 16 first-place votes. Midwestern took three first-place votes to finish in second place.
One first-place vote went to each third-place Tarleton State and fourth-place Texas A&M-Kingsville.
Angelo State grabbed 69 points in the poll to finish far ahead of Eastern New Mexico (39) and Texas A&M-Commerce to round out the poll.
Factoring in the departures of Abilene Christian, fifth place in 2012, and eighth-place finisher Incarnate Word, the poll basically projects the remaining teams will finish in the same spots.
The Greyhounds, in their second season under coach Josh Lynn, finished 3-7 last year with a 2-6 mark in the Lone Star Conference.
LSC preseason poll
| Team | First-place votes | Points |
|---|---|---|
| West Texas A&M | 16 | 141 |
| Midwestern State | 3 | 124 |
| Tarleton State | 1 | 99 |
| Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1 | 82 |
| Angelo State | 69 | |
| Eastern New Mexico | 39 | |
| Texas A&M-Commerce | 24 |
