Cleveland, Ohio - The Stony Brook football team is ranked No. 15 in Phil Steele's College Football Review, the magazine announced over the weekend. The ranking is the Seawolves' highest since joining 1-AA/FCS in 1999.
The magazine earlier announced its All-Big South performers as the Seawolves garnered 14 all-conference selections.
Stony Brook returns 41 letterwinners, including 19 starters, on a team that went 6-5 and captured its second straight share of the Big South Championship.
Junior running back Miguel Maysonet (Riverhead, N.Y.) and head coach Chuck Priore will head to Charlotte for the Big South's Media Day on Thursday at which time the conference will announce its preseason honors.
Phil Steele Top 40:
1) William & Mary
2) Eastern Washington3) Georgia Southern
4) Northern Iowa
5) Appalachian St
6) Delaware
7) James Madison
8) Montana St
9) Wofford
10) Sacramento St
11) Jacksonville St
12) Montana
13) Central Arkansas
14) New Hampshire
15) Stony Brook
16) Lehigh
17) Southern Illinois
18) South Carolina St
19) Chattanooga
20) North Dakota St
21) Murray St
22) Sam Houston St
23) Massachusetts
24) Southern Utah
25) Jackson St
26) Albany
27) Colgate
28) UT Martin
29) Harvard
30) Indiana St
31) Liberty
32) Florida A&M
33) Jacksonville
34) Grambling
35) McNeese St
36) Richmond
37) Youngstown St
38) UC Davis
39) SF Austin
40) Bethune-Cookman
