AFCA Preseason Poll out

Northwest Missouri State Opens 2010 Season at No. 1

Northwest Missouri State, fresh off of their third national championship in 2009, opens up 2010 as the preseason favorite to win the national championship. This is the second time since the AFCA Division II Coaches’ Poll started in 2000 that the Bearcats have begun the season ranked No. 1. Northwest Missouri State received 22 first place votes, while 2009 national runner-up Grand Valley State (Mich.) received three and comes in ranked No. 2. North Alabama received the final first place vote, and is ranked No. 3, with Minnesota-Duluth and Central Washington rounding out the Top 5.

2010 American Football Coaches Association Preseason Division II Coaches’ Poll – August 9, 2010
Rank School (1st votes) LSC Teams in Blue, 2010 opponents in red


1. Northwest Missouri St. (22)
2. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (3)
3. North Alabama (1)
4. Minnesota-Duluth
5. Central Washington
6. California (Pa.)
7. Abilene Christian (Texas)
8. West Liberty (W.Va.)
9. Carson-Newman (Tenn.)
10. Washburn (Kan.) 8-3
11. West Texas A&M 7-5
12. West Alabama 8-5
13. Nebraska-Kearney
14. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
15. Nebraska-Omaha 7-5
16. Texas A&M-Kingsville
17. Tuskegee (Ala.) 10-2
19. Midwestern St. (Texas)
20. Missouri Western St.
21. Minnesota St.-Mankato
22. West Chester (Pa.)
23. North Carolina-Pembroke
24. Delta St. (Miss.)
25. East Stroudsburg (Pa.)

Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M-Commerce, 73; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 59; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 56; Wingate (N.C.), 49; Bloomsburg (Pa.), 34; Tarleton St. (Texas), 32; Albany St. (Ga.), 30; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 28; Colorado School of Mines, 27; St. Cloud State (Minn.), 17; Benedict (S.C.), 16; Morehouse (Ga.), 15; Indiana (Pa.), 14; Shaw (N.C.), 14; Augustana (S.D.), 13; Findlay (Ohio), 13; Winona St. (Minn.), 13; Central Missouri, 11; Charleston (W.Va.), 11; Shippensburg (Pa.), 11; Angelo St. (Texas), 9; Shepherd (W.Va.), 9; Bentley (Mass.), 8; Chadron St. (Neb.), 6; Southern Connecticut St., 6; Arkansas Tech, 4; Southeastern Oklahoma St., 4; Edinboro (Pa.), 3; C.W. Post (N.Y.), 2; Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 1; Henderson St. (Ark.), 1; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 1; Wayne St. (Neb.), 1; Western Oregon, 1.