FAU received only three first place votes after obtaining 22 the year before.
Select Conference USA media members voted FAU would place third in the East Division, FAU media relations said Tuesday afternoon.
Out of all the members, FAU only received three first place votes in the division. Around this time last season, FAU received 22 first place votes after winning the conference title in 2017. The Owls, who trail Marshall and FIU in the poll, finished last season with a 5-7 record and 3-5 in the conference.