Bucknell opens the season ranked No. 8 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25. The Bison are the only Patriot League team ranked in the top 25. Holy Cross (52 votes), and Colgate (1) also received votes in the poll.

The Bison closed last season ranked No. 18 in the Mid-Major poll. Their No. 8 ranking is (I think) the highest ever for a Patriot League team (feel free to e-mail me if that is incorrect, I am going strictly on memory from last season).