July 22, 2004
For immediate release
Contact: Bob Lowe, SID
(336) 272-71102, x279

The USA South Athletic Conference has announced the results of its 2004 football pre-season poll. 

Greensboro College is picked to finish sixth among the conference's seven football playing institutions. Christopher Newport was unanimously predicted to win its fourth consecutive conference title. 

North Carolina Wesleyan, which placed seventh in the poll, is playing its first season of intercollegiate football this year.

The poll is voted on by the football coach at each school. Each school was not allowed to vote for its own team. CNU was chosen first on all six ballots of the other head coaches.

Since the inception of USA South football in 2001, the Captains have split all three regular season championships - with Ferrum in 2001 and 2002 and Shenandoah in 2003. The Hornets have been slated to finish second this year, with the Panthers slightly behind at third. The poll is rounded out by Methodist, Averett, Greensboro and N.C. Wesleyan.

The 2004 USA South Football Pre-Season Poll follows (first place votes):

1. Christopher Newport (6) 36
2. Shenandoah (1) 31
3. Ferrum 26
4. Methodist 20
5. Averett 16
6. Greensboro 12
7. N.C. Wesleyan 6