PHILADELPHIA – The University of Maine is ranked in the top 25 in two national Division 1-AA preseason polls released Monday.

The two-time defending Atlantic 10 champions are ranked 14th in the ESPN/USA Today poll and 16th in The Sports Network’s poll.

The Black Bears currently hold the longest active streak in the Atlantic 10 for consecutive weeks in the TSN poll at 24 weeks, dating back to Oct. 15, 2001.

Maine is one of five Atlantic 10 teams included in both polls, along with Northeastern, Massachusetts, Villanova and Delaware, the most of any 1-AA league.

Maine’s opponent in its Aug. 30 season-opener, the University of Montana, is ranked in the top four in both polls. Maine and Montana are two of only three teams to reach the 1-AA quarterfinals in each of the past two seasons.