Ashland University's football team is among squads receiving votes in the 2015 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Preseason Division II Coaches' Poll.
The Eagles received 56 total votes. Three Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference programs will start the 2015 season in the AFCA Top 25 – Ferris State (sixth), Ohio Dominican (eighth) and Grand Valley State (24th). AU will play host to both the Panthers (Sept. 19, 7 p.m.) and the Lakers (Oct. 31, 7 p.m.) this season.
Also this preseason, the Eagles were picked to finish second in the GLIAC South Division in the 2015 GLIAC Football Preseason Coaches Poll, and they were ranked 23rd in the 2015 Lindy's Division II Preseason Top 25 Poll
Ashland finished the 2014 campaign at 8-2 overall and 8-2 in the GLIAC. The Eagles return 11 starters from last season – five on offense and six on defense.
|
RANK |
SCHOOL (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) |
2014 REC. |
PTS. |
2014 RANK* |
|
1. |
Minnesota St.-Mankato (9) |
14-1 |
751 |
2 |
|
2. |
Colorado St.-Pueblo (16) |
14-1 |
747 |
1 |
|
3. |
Minnesota-Duluth (3) |
13-1 |
648 |
3 |
|
4. |
West Georgia (3) |
12-3 |
632 |
6 |
|
5. |
Northwest Missouri St. (1) |
10-2 |
623 |
14 |
|
6. |
Ferris St. (Mich.) |
11-1 |
601 |
11 |
|
7. |
Pittsburg St. (Kan.) |
11-2 |
557 |
7 |
|
8. |
Ohio Dominican |
11-2 |
526 |
4 |
|
9. |
Concord (W.Va.) |
13-1 |
477 |
5 |
|
10. |
Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) |
11-1 |
431 |
8 |
|
11. |
Bloomsburg (Pa.) |
11-2 |
422 |
12 |
|
12. |
Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) |
10-1 |
381 |
9 |
|
13. |
Angelo St. (Texas) |
9-3 |
376 |
20 |
|
14. |
Delta St. (Miss.) |
9-2 |
369 |
13 |
|
15. |
North Alabama |
9-2 |
358 |
16 |
|
16. |
Valdosta St. (Ga.) |
10-3 |
286 |
10 |
|
17. |
Sioux Falls (S.D.) |
11-1 |
277 |
18 |
|
18. |
Colorado School of Mines |
10-2 |
189 |
19 |
|
19. |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
10-1 |
175 |
23 |
|
20. |
Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) |
9-2 |
142 |
24 |
|
21. |
Harding (Ark.) |
9-2 |
129 |
17 |
|
22. |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
9-3 |
127 |
NR |
|
23. |
West Chester (Pa.) |
11-2 |
125 |
15 |
|
24. |
Grand Valley St. (Mich.) |
6-5 |
119 |
NR |
|
25. |
Slippery Rock (Pa.) |
9-3 |
111 |
NR |
*– Ranking in final AFCA Division II Poll of 2014
Others Receiving Votes: Indianapolis (Ind.), 109; Tuskegee (Ala.), 101; Michigan Tech, 64; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 63; ASHLAND 56; Gannon (Pa.), 46; Shepherd (W.Va.), 46; West Texas A&M, 44; Virginia St., 41; Midwestern St. (Texas), 39; Albany St. (Ga.), 37; Central Missouri, 37; Henderson St. (Ark.), 28; American International (Mass.), 24; North Carolina-Pembroke, 12; Wayne St. (Mich.), 12; Central Washington, 11; Tarleton St. (Texas), 11; California (Pa.), 7; Charleston (W.Va.), 6; Truman St. (Mo.), 6; Central Oklahoma, 5; St. Cloud State (Minn.), 4; Humboldt St. (Calif.), 3; LIU-Post (N.Y.), 3; East Central (Okla.), 2; Newberry (S.C.), 2; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 1; Southeastern Oklahoma St., 1.
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