The Delaware football team has added another top-10 ranking to its preseason resume.

The Blue Hens were ranked fifth in the FCS Division I poll by Stats that was announced on Monday.

After going 7-1 and reaching the FCS national semifinals in the spring, the Blue Hens were ranked behind only No. 1 Sam Houston, James Madison, South Dakota State and North Dakota State.

JMU, Delaware and No. 16 Villanova are the only Colonial Athletic Association teams in the Top 25. The Hens, who open the season at Maine on Sept. 2, have also been ranked No. 5 (Athlon Sports) and No. 6 (Hero Sports) during the summer.

Delaware hosts JMU on Oct. 23 for Homecoming,

Little League

Canal to take on N.Y.: Canal (0-1) will face New York (0-1) on Tuesday at 10 a.m. as it tries to stay alive in the Mid-Atlantic Regional in Bristol, Conn.

The Delaware state champions from Bear opened the six-team tournament with a 3-0 loss to New Jersey on Sunday. New York fell to Pennsylvania, 11-3, in its opener on Monday.

New Jersey and Pennsylvania are both 2-0 in the tourney, with the top two teams advancing to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

Only two squads from Delaware have ever made it to the World Series in the age group for 11-12 year olds.

College golf

Three Hens honored: Delaware men’s golfers Michal Bargenda, Hugo Kedzlie and Roberto Nieves have been named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-American Scholars, the Golf Coaches Association of American announced.

Bargenda, a computer science major from Motycz, Poland, competed in five of six tournaments for UD this spring, ranking third on the team with a 75.14 average round. He finished 13th at the Golfweek Spring Invitational at three under par, including a career-low 70 during the first round of the tournament.

Kedzlie, a philosophy major from Spalding, England, participated in all six tournaments for the Blue Hens, while his 74.35 average round ranked second on the squad. He tied for seventh place at the CAA Championship with a one under par, and also tied for seventh at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate.

Nieves, a psychology major from Miami, is the program’s leader with a 72.27 career average round. A first team All-CAA selection this spring, Nieves was UD’s top finisher in every tournament and placed among the top seven individuals in all but one invitational. He averaged 71.35 shots per round, the second lowest in program history behind only his 70.65 mark the previous year.