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CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The 2015 NAIA Football Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll was released today and Valley City State University found themselves in the top 25.
VCSU is slated as the 17th best team across the NAIA and the only team ranked in the top 25 from the North Star Athletic Association.
Southern Oregon and Marian (Ind.) finished tied for first in the preseason poll.
VCSU starts the 2015 campaign against the University of Jamestown on Saturday, August 29th at 1:00 p.m. in Jamestown.
The complete preseason top 25 poll is listed below:
|
RANK |
LAST TIME^ |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2014 RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
T1 |
1 |
Southern Oregon (8) |
13-2 |
304 |
|
T1 |
2 |
Marian (Ind.) (5) |
11-3 |
304 |
|
3 |
3 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
12-2 |
289 |
|
T4 |
4 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
10-3 |
277 |
|
T4 |
5 |
Carroll (Mont.) (1) |
10-2 |
277 |
|
6 |
6 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
11-2 |
254 |
|
7 |
7 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
10-3 |
240 |
|
8 |
9 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
9-2 |
227 |
|
9 |
8 |
Missouri Valley |
9-4 |
222 |
|
10 |
10 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
9-3 |
200 |
|
11 |
11 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
8-3 |
198 |
|
12 |
12 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
9-2 |
181 |
|
13 |
13 |
Eastern Oregon |
8-3 |
172 |
|
14 |
14 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
9-3 |
148 |
|
15 |
16 |
Baker (Kan.) |
8-3 |
138 |
|
16 |
15 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
7-4 |
136 |
|
17 |
17 |
Valley City State (N.D.) |
9-2 |
105 |
|
18 |
19 |
Langston (Okla.) |
7-5 |
98 |
|
19 |
18 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
7-4 |
95 |
|
20 |
20 |
Robert Morris (Ill.) |
8-3 |
90 |
|
21 |
21 |
Friends (Kan.) |
8-3 |
64 |
|
T22 |
22 |
Doane (Neb.) |
7-3 |
51 |
|
T22 |
24 |
Tabor (Kan.) |
7-4 |
51 |
|
24 |
23 |
Webber International (Fla.) |
8-3 |
42 |
|
25 |
25 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
7-4 |
36 |
Others Receiving Votes: Sterling (Kan.) 9; Saint Francis (Ind.) 9; Montana Western 9; Reinhardt (Ga.) 3.