Oct. 19, 2007

CAPE COD, Mass. - A year after winning the Lambert Cup, UMass is once again ranked No. 1 in the 2007 Lambert Cup poll, which is awarded to the top teams in the ECAC.

Here's the release from the ECAC.

The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced the first ECAC® Lambert Football Poll presented by FieldTurf Tarkett for the 2007 season. The poll will be conducted weekly throughout the season with the final poll released during the first week of January.

The ECAC will release the weekly poll in each of the four divisions (Bowl Subdivision (I-A), Championship Subdivision (I-AA), II and III) and the final poll in January will determine the trophy winners. The teams will be presented with their awards at the Eastern College Football Awards Banquet at the Pegasus Restaurant at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

Established in 1936 as the Lambert Trophy to recognize supremacy in Eastern college football, the award has since grown to recognize the best team in the East in the Bowl Subdivision. The Lambert Cup will be awarded to teams in the other three divisions.

To be eligible for the Lambert Meadowlands Award, a school must be located in the East or play half of its schedule against eligible Lambert teams. The territory includes New York, New Jersey, New England and Pennsylvania, while teams in the bordering states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and the District of Columbia qualify if half of their schedule features eligible teams.

ECAC® Lambert Bowl Subdivision Football Poll presented by FieldTurf Tarkett

1. Boston College
  2. South Florida
  3. West Virginia
  4. Penn State
  5. Cincinnati
      Rutgers
  7. Louisville
  8. Connecticut
  9. Navy
10. Army
      Pittsburgh 

ECAC® Lambert Championship Subdivision Football Poll presented by FieldTurf Tarkett

  1. Massachusetts
  2. Hofstra
      James Madison
  4. Yale
  5. Delaware
      New Hampshire
  7. Richmond
  8. Fordham
  9. Holy Cross
10. Wagner

ECAC® Lambert Division II Football Poll presented by FieldTurf Tartkett

 1. California (PA)
  2. West Chester
  3. Indiana Univ. (PA)
  4. Bryant
  5. Slippery Rock
  6. Edinboro
  7. Stonehill
      Bentley
  9. Southern Conn. State
10. C.W. Post
      Mercyhurst 

ECAC® Lambert Division III Football Poll presented by FieldTurf Tarkett

  1. Washington & Jefferson
  2. Alfred
  3. St. John Fisher
  4. Salisbury
  5. Muhlenberg
  6. Wesley
  7. Montclair State
  8. Cortland State
  8. College of New Jersey
10. Rensselaer
      Waynesburg