NEFC Poll: MIT #1, MMA #7
New England Football Conference coaches pick MIT(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to repeat as champions this fall. Maine Maritime Academy is picked for seventh place.
MIT won its first ever NEFC title and then defeated Husson University in a thrilling overtime NCAA playoff game.
MMA in Castine is coming off a 3-6 season and another NCAA Division III rushing title. The Mariners averaged almost 394 yards per game on the ground last fall.
Coach Chris McKenney's team opens the season September 5th at Maritime (NY).
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1. MIT 61 points (6 1st place votes)
2. WNE 56 (2 1st place votes)
3. Salve Regina 41
3. Endicott 41
5. Curry 30
6. U.S. Coast Guard 25
7. MMA 23
8. Nichols 11
NOTE: Both Maine Maritime Academy and MIT announced earlier this year that they will leave the NEFC for the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference(NEWMAC) when that conference offers football for the first time in 2017.