HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana football team enters the final month of the 2014 regular season ranked No. 14 in both the Sports Network FCS Top 25 and the FCS Coaches Poll, which were both released on Monday.
 
The Lions (6-3, 4-1 Southland) moved up a spot in the Sports Network Poll after its first off week of 2014. SLU and McNeese State (No. 6) are the lone Southland Conference teams ranked in the TSN Poll. Lion opponents Stephen F. Austin, Lamar, Jacksonville and Southeast Missouri are among those receiving votes.
 
Southeastern and McNeese Stave both have the same rankings in the FCS Coaches poll. Stephen F. Austin is among those teams receiving votes.
 
SLU will host first-year league member Houston Baptist (2-7, 1-5 Southland) on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Strawberry Stadium. The contest will also be broadcast live in the Hammond area on the flagship station of Southeastern Football, KSLU-FM (90.9), as well as affiliates and Northshore Broadcasting stations Kajun 107.1 FM (WHMD) and The Highway 104.7 FM (WJSH). The Southeastern Channel (Charter Channel 18) will air the game on tape delay.
 
The game with HBU will be the annual Hall of Fame game and 2014 Southeastern Athletics Hall of Fame inductees Wade Miley and Emilija Arnaudovska will be recognized at halftime. The Michael Brandt Band will provide entertainment in Friendship Circle from 12-2 p.m. and the first 200 students will receive free t-shirts.
 
The Sports Network FCS Top 25
Rk.      Team (First-place votes)       Rec.     Points  Prv.
1.         North Dakota State (164)       9-0       4100    1
2.         New Hampshire                      7-1       3858    2
3.         Coastal Carolina                      9-0       3796    3
4.         Jacksonville State                    7-1       3584    5
5.         Eastern Washington                8-2       3389    6
6.         McNeese State                        6-2       2965    9
7.         Villanova                                 7-2       2883    4
8.         Richmond                               7-2       2839    13
9.         Fordham                                  8-1       2786    10
10.       Youngstown State                  7-2       2504    11
11.       Montana                                  6-3       2271    12
12.       Illinois State                            7-1       2242    7
13.       Chattanooga                            6-3       2078    13
14.       Southeastern Louisiana        6-3       1863    15
15.       Montana State                         6-3       1803    8
16.       Eastern Kentucky                   8-1       1801    16
17.       Indiana State                           6-3       1334    19
18.       Harvard                                   7-0       1129    20
19.       Northern Iowa                        5-4       1088    22
20.       Bethune-Cookman                  7-2       905      21
21.       Cal Poly                                  6-3       783      NR
22.       South Dakota State                 5-4       658      18
23.       Bryant                                                 7-1       495      25
24.       William & Mary                      5-4       391      17
25.       Northern Arizona                    6-3       322      NR
Others receiving votes: James Madison 290, Liberty 279, Southern Illinois 167, Sam Houston State 115, Albany 104, North Carolina A&T 74, Bucknell 68, South Carolina State 55, Grambling 53, Idaho State 44, Stephen F. Austin 42, Alcorn State 38, Yale 23, Western Carolina 20, Samford 10, Sacred Heart 9, Wofford 9, Lamar 9, Missouri State 7, Jacksonville 6, Charleston Southern 5, Southeast Missouri 3, Delaware 3.
 
FCS Coaches Poll
Rk.      Team (First-place votes)       Rec.     Points  Prv.
1.         North Dakota State (26)         9-0       650      1
2.         Coastal Carolina                      9-0       618      2
3.         New Hampshire                      7-1       599      4
4.         Jacksonville State                    7-1       570      5
5.         Eastern Washington                8-2       539      7
6.         McNeese State                        6-2       500      8
7.         Villanova                                 7-2       475      3
8.         Richmond                               7-2       446      14
9.         Fordham                                  8-1       412      10
10.       Montana                                  6-3       395      11       
11.       Chattanooga                            6-3       387      12
12.       Illinois State                            7-1       385      6
13.       Youngstown State                  7-2       369      13
14.       Southeastern Louisiana        6-3       320      15
15.       Eastern Kentucky                   8-1       270      16
16.       Montana State                         6-3       260      9
17.       Harvard                                   7-0       218      18
18.       Bethune-Cookman                  7-2       174      20       
19.       Indiana State                           6-3       171      21
20.       Northern Iowa                        5-4       155      22
21.       Bryant                                     7-1       108      24
22.       South Dakota State                 5-4       104      19
23.       Cal Poly                                  6-3       86        NR
24.       Southern Illinois                      5-4       48        25
25.       William & Mary                      5-4       47        17
Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona 30, Liberty 29, Bucknell 16, Stephen F. Austin 15, Alcorn State 14, Idaho State 12, North Carolina A&T 8, South Carolina State 5, Yale 5, Sacred Heart 3, Albany 3, James Madison 3, Sam Houston State 1.