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Yahoo
04-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Defending American champ Army football slated for No. 35 in preseason coaches polling
It's a new year, and Army football is going to have to impress the voters once again. The Black Knights finished No. 21 in both the AP and college coaches polls last season, following a historic 12-win season. But the loss of quarterback Bryson Daily, running back Kanye Udoh and several other prominent starters has the voters hesitant to restore Army to top-25 status just yet. The preseason US LBM coaches poll has Army ranked No. 35 with 33 points in the weighted rankings. The coaches list Texas, Ohio State, Penn State, Georgia and Notre Dame in their top five, followed by Clemson, Oregon, Alabama, LSU and Miami. The second ten has Arizona State, Illinois, South Carolina, Michigan, Mississippi, Southern Methodist, Florida, Tennessee, Indiana and Kansas State (Army plays at KSU in a week-two matchup on Sept. 6). The final spots went to Texas A&M and Iowa State tied at No. 21, Brigham Young, Texas Tech and Boise State. FINAL 2024 POLLS: Here's where Army football finished the season ranked in the final Top 25 polls Though slated to finish anywhere from fourth through sixth place in the newly renamed American Conference by the chief magazines, Army finished one place and one point behind Memphis, and one spot and two points ahead of Tulane. Navy finished tied for No. 42 with 14 points. AMERICAN PRESEASON MEDIA DAYS: Jeff Monken: Army approach must stay the same in bid to repeat as American champions The AP poll will be released on August 11. 2025 SCHEDULE: Army football assigned its American Athletic Conference 2025 schedule Army opens the 2025 season with a home game against Tarleton State on Aug. 29. 2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL TV SCHEDULES: College football TV, radio, web schedules for 2025 kmcmillan@ X / Twitter: @KenMcMillanTHR This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Army football ranked No. 35 in preseason coaches polling
Fox News
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump vows 'we will not have men in women's sports' during West Point commencement speech
President Donald Trump reiterated that girls and women "will not" compete against transgender athletes during his commencement speech at West Point Saturday. Trump signed an executive order Feb. 5 that prohibits biological boys and men from competing in girls and women's sports. While speaking to 1,002 graduates, Trump revisited the topic. "We will not have men in women's sports, if that's OK," he said. "I mean, I wouldn't want to have to tackle, as an example, (quarterback) Bryson (Daily) as a man. But I don't think a lot of women want to tackle him. I don't think so. How crazy is it? Men playing in women's sports. How crazy is it? So ridiculous. So demeaning. So demeaning to women. And it's over. That's over. We ended it." Several states have defied Trump's order, resulting in federal Title IX investigations. The Department of Agriculture also temporarily ended federal funding to the state of Maine, but the funding was restored by a federal judge. Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Trump got into a highly-publicized spat shortly after the order was signed. Earlier this month, a school district in Washington, a blue state, voted to keep trans athletes out of girls sports. The ruling defies a policy by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), enacted in 2007, that allows transgender students to participate based on their gender identity. In May, a trans athlete competed in a girls cross-country championship in the state and won. Trump delivered a similar notion while speaking to graduates at the University of Alabama earlier this month. A New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don't think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people who participated, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women. Nearly 70% of Americans say biological men should not be permitted to compete in women's sports, according to a Gallup poll last year. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Fox News
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump celebrates West Point athletes in commencement address to military academy
President Donald Trump delivered the commencement address at West Point Saturday and gave a shoutout to the "first-rate athletes" at the school. "I love the sports stuff. What you've done is pretty amazing," Trump said before highlighting the men's lacrosse team. "Last year, for the first time ever, Army lacrosse became the No. 1-ranked men's lacrosse team in the entire country. That's a tough sport, too." Trump then pivoted to the football team, which was nationally ranked earlier this year. "Your sophomore year, Army football beat Navy, 20-17, and the next year, you did it again, beating Navy, 17-11, and dominating Air Force, 23-3," Trump continued. "But this year, the Black Knights fought your way into the top 20 nationally and racked up your longest winning streak since 1949 with the help of graduating quarterback Cadet Bryson Daily, or as you call him, Captain America. I came to a game. I said, 'He could get into the NFL.' But he chose this life. And I think he made a good choice." Trump then implored Daily to approach the stage and say a few words. "Go Army football. … Can't wait to graduate. Love you guys," he said. "I just tapped his shoulder. It's like I hit a piece of steel. The guy's in good shape," Trump said as Daily left the stage. "There's always a reason for success. In a time when other top college quarterbacks were thinking about going pro, Bryson's mind was on something else. He told an interviewer earlier this year, 'I'm focused on my career as an infantry officer.' That's what he wants to do. So Bryson, you did the right thing. That's service at its finest. Thanks, Bryson. That's amazing. He's an amazing guy with an amazing team." Trump delivered a speech to Alabama graduates earlier this month, spotlighting their teams and former head football coach Nick Saban. Trump told the 1,002 graduating cadets that the academy is the "most elite and storied military academy in human history." Trump railed against previous foreign policy initiatives. And he declared an end to critical race theory, DEI initiatives and men in women's sports while vowing to promote a return to merit-based systems and traditional military values. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
