The Murray State rifle team was selected eighth in the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association has released 2012-13 preseason poll. Texas Christian was named preseason number one.
In all, 14 coaches voted in the poll. Murray State recorded a total of 176 points in the poll, just behind fellow OVC opponent Jacksonville State, who received 187 points and was picked seventh. TCU received 275 points, Kentucky was second (261), West Virginia came in at number three (257) with Alaska-Fairbanks (237) and Army (219) rounding out the top five.
Morehead State and Tennessee Martin came in at 19th and 20th in the poll to finish out the OVC teams in the top-20. Below is the complete top-20 poll:
1 Texas Christian University
2 University of Kentucky
3 West Virginia University
4 University of Alaska Fairbanks
5 United States Military Academy
6 University of Mississippi
7 Jacksonville State University
8 Murray State University
9 University of Nevada Reno
10 Ohio State University
11 University of Nebraska
12 United States Air Force Academy
13 University of Texas El Paso
14 University of Memphis
15 United States Naval Academy
16 Columbus State University
17 Akron University
18 North Carolina State University
19 Morehead State Univeristy
20 University of Tennessee Martin
Story courtesy of Sports Information
Way to go Murray!