Hornets picked 10th in MEAC pre-season grid poll

League head coaches and sports information representatives don’t give Delaware State University much of a chance to win the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) football championship.

The Hornets were picked to finish 10th in this year’s MEAC in the poll announced during the conference’s annual kick-off luncheon at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel on July 20.

2012 MEAC football pre-season predicted order of finish

(first place votes in parenthesis):

1.     Norfolk State (11)               454 points

2.     So. Carolina State (4)         432

3.     Bethune-Cookman (3)        417

4.     Florida A&M (2)                354

5.     Hampton (1)                       268

6.     No. Carolina A&T              216

7.     Morgan State                      198

8.     Howard                               188

9.     No. Carolina Central          116

10.   Delaware State                    78

11.  Savannah State (1)                 73