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Maine football picked ninth in preseason poll

by Staff report July 23, 2025July 23, 2025

Rhode Island is picked to win the conference, followed by Monmouth and Villanova.

The Bowdoinham resident and Thornton Academy grad was taken in the third round by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Skip Chappelle remains close to the best player he coached with the Black Bears, Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle.

The state’s only Division I program had initially planned to opt out of a ruling that would allow schools to directly pay student-athletes.