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VMI Football Attains First FCS National Poll Ranking

UPDATE – In the first AFCA coaches Spring 2021 FCS Top 25 poll released Tuesday, March 16, VMI was ranked No. 18. To view the entire poll, click here.

Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Rankings

LEXINGTON, Va. – For the first time since joining the FCS college football classification, VMI is nationally ranked.

The Keydets, off to a 3-0 start for the first time since the 1981 season, are ranked No. 19 in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 poll released Monday afternoon.

VMI topped Mercer 41-14 last Saturday in Lexington and is one of two remaining unbeaten teams in the Southern Conference standings. Chattanooga is 2-0.

"The VMI football team is honored that our efforts have been seen as worthy of inclusion in the FCS Top 25 poll," said VMI head coach Scott Wachenheim.

The Keydets started receiving votes in the poll following their 14-13 season opener upset of #10 Furman in Lexington on February 27. It was the first Keydet victory over a nationally ranked opponent since 2002.

VMI received the most votes of any team not ranked in last week's poll following its road 30-7 win at Western Carolina March 6.

VMI finished the 1957 season ranked 20th in the Associated Press poll after going 9-0-1 under legendary coach John McKenna. The Keydets attained a ranking as high as 13th during that season.

In 1982, VMI was reclassified into the Division I-AA ranks which later became the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). It never attained a national ranking as an FCS member, but did receive votes in 1991, 2002, and 2019.

The Keydets travel to Birmingham, Alabama this Saturday to face Samford (2-2). Kickoff will be 1 pm EDT.














 
 
 
 
 
 
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