Pre-season Old Dominion Athletic Conference football poll(Guilford #6)

2010 ODAC FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL
(#) Denotes first place votes

1. Hampden-Sydney (3) 44 pts.
2. Bridgewater (2) 39 pts.
3. Emory & Henry (1) 36 pts.
4. Randolph-Macon (1) 29 pts.
5. Washington and Lee 22 pts.
6. Guilford 14 pts.
7. Catholic 12 pts.

from www.odaconline.com….

Tigers Followed Closely by Bridgewater, Emory & Henry
FOREST, Va. — Hampden-Sydney College secured the top slot in the annual ODAC Football Preseason Poll for the second straight season, earning 44 total points that included three first place votes from the league’s coaches. Bridgewater College received a pair of top votes on the way to 39 points, and Emory & Henry College picked up 36 tallies and one first place nod. Randolph-Macon College (29 points) received the remaining first place vote (full poll results below).

The combination of the ODAC’s top scoring offense and least scored-upon defense led Hampden-Sydney through the conference portion of its schedule unscathed, marking the second time H-SC has gone undefeated in ODAC play in the last three years (2007). The Tigers entered the 2009 NCAA Division III Tournament with strong hopes of moving deep into the competition, but they saw their season come to an abrupt halt in the first round against Johns Hopkins University.