Football Ranks Seventh In Final Lambert Meadowlands Poll
CAPE COD, Mass. (Jan. 12, 2011) – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced the final ECAC Lambert Meadowlands Football Poll presented by FieldTurf and C.W. Post checked out at the No. 7 in the top 10 poll.
Mercyhurst College, garnered the most votes to lead the top ten. Bloomsburg was second followed by (3) Kutztown, (4) California, (5) New Haven as well as (6) Edinboro. American International and Bentley each received the same amount of votes to place eighth while Bentley closed out the poll in the No. 10 slot.
C.W. Post finished the season with a 7-4 overall record and 5-2 mark in conference play. The Pioneers fell to top vote getter, Mercyhurst, 28-20, earlier this season but grabbed a 20-11 victory over AIC in the season opener.
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. In 1957, the Lambert Cup was created to recognize non-Division I-A teams, and in 1966 a Division III award was added. In 1983, the Lambert family decided the Meadowlands Sports Complex would be the best organization with a sincere and involved interest in college athletics to sponsor and manage the award, and since that time, the awards have been known as the Lambert Meadowlands Awards.
To be eligible for the Lambert Meadowlands Award, a school must be located in the East or play at least 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 at least half of their schedule features eligible teams. Teams in Eastern-based football conferences, regardless of location, qualify if at least half their schedule is against Lambert eligible teams.