Twilight Sparkle picked to finish first in PonyCon

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Twilight Sparkle picked to finish first in PonyCon

By Geoff Martinez
The Ponyville Express
July 1, 2019

M.A. Larson's Twilight Sparkle Unicorns have been picked to finish first in the Pony Conference for football, according to the combined coaches/media poll. Twilight earned all 180 points and all of the first-place votes from the coaches and media members participating in the poll. Applejack State was picked second, Rarity was picked third, Pinkie Pie was picked fourth, Fluttershy was picked fifth and holding up the rear was Rainbow Dash.

Twilight Sparkle was the only team in the PonyCon ranked nationally, at No. 5 in the preseason coaches poll. They have assembled a solid non-conference schedule comprised solely of Top 10 teams.

1. Twilight Sparkle 180
2. Applejack State 150
3. Rarity 120
4. Pinkie Pie 90
5. Fluttershy 60
6. Rainbow Dash 30

Schedules...

Twilight Sparkle Unicorns
8/24 vs. #3 Oklahoma
8/31 vs. #6 Clemson
9/7 vs. #2 Georgia
9/14 vs. #1 Ohio State
9/21 vs. #7 Notre Dame
9/28 vs. #8 Texas
10/05 vs. #9 Mizzou
11/2 vs. Fluttershy
11/9 at Pinkie Pie
11/16 vs. Rainbow Dash
11/12 vs. Applejack State
11/30 at Rarity

Applejack State Appleknockers
8/31 vs. South Dakota
9/7 vs. Northwestern
9/21 vs. Eastern Michigan
9/28 vs. Hawai'i
10/6 vs. Arizona State
10/19 vs. Fluttershy
10/26 vs. Pinkie Pie
11/2 vs. Robert Morris
11/9 vs. North Dakota
11/16 at Rarity
11/23 at #5 Twilight Sparkle
11/30 at Rainbow Dash

Rarity Royals
8/31 at Louisville
9/7 at Arkansas
9/14 vs. Akron
9/21 vs. Arizona
9/28 vs. #18 Alabama
10/19 vs. North Dakota State
10/26 vs. UC Davis
11/2 at Pinkie Pie
11/9 at Fluttershy
11/16 vs. Applejack State
11/23 vs. Rainbow Dash
11/30 vs. #5 Twilight Sparkle

Pinkie Pie Major Trouble
8/31 vs. #14 San Diego State
9/7 vs. Akron
9/14 vs. Eastern Michigan
9/21 vs. Eastern Washington
10/5 vs. Minnesota
10/19 at Rainbow Dash
10/26 at Applejack State
11/2 vs. Rarity
11/9 vs. #5 Twilight Sparkle
11/16 vs. Illinois State
11/23 vs. Portland State
11/30 at Fluttershy

Fluttershy Spirit
8/31 vs. Fresno State
9/21 at West Virginia
9/28 #9 Missouri
10/5 at UCLA
10/12 vs. Stanford
10/19 at Applejack State
10/26 at Rainbow Dash
11/2 at #5 Twilight Sparkle
11/9 vs. Rarity
11/16 vs. Georgia Southern
11/23 vs. Montana
11/30 vs. Pinkie Pie

Rainbow Dash Rainbows
8/31 at Tennessee
9/14 vs. Minnesota
9/21 at Indiana
10/12 at Mississippi State
10/19 vs. Pinkie Pie
10/26 vs. Fluttershy
11/1 vs. Indiana State
11/9 vs. Villanova
11/16 at #5 Twilight Sparkle
11/23 at Rarity
11/30 vs. Applejack State