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NDSU No. 2 in AFCA FCS Preseason Coaches Poll
8/23/2023 4:45:00 PM | Football
FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota State was ranked No. 2 in the AFCA FCS Coaches Preseason Top 25 poll conducted by the American Football Coaches Association.
Defending national champion South Dakota State was the preseason No. 1 with 24 of 25 possible first-place votes. Montana State was third, William & Mary fourth and Holy Cross fifth.
SDSU and NDSU are two of the four Missouri Valley Football Conference members in the preseason poll. North Dakota was 18th and Northern Iowa was 20th.
North Dakota State opens the season against Eastern Washington at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Saturday, Sept. 2. Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster.com.
2023 AFCA FCS Coaches Preseason Top 25
Others receiving votes: Yale 64, Eastern Kentucky 59, Fordham 58, Jackson St. 37, Elon 30, St. Thomas (Minn.) 30, Youngstown St. 28, Princeton 26, Southern Illinois 26, Tennessee-Martin 23, Central Arkansas 22, Chattanooga 13, North Carolina A&T 13, Illinois St. 12, Northern Arizona 12, Southern 9, Davidson 7, St. Francis (Pa.) 7, Tennessee Tech 6, Howard 5, Pennsylvania 5, Abilene Christian 4, Austin Peay 3, Campbell 2, Villanova 1.
Defending national champion South Dakota State was the preseason No. 1 with 24 of 25 possible first-place votes. Montana State was third, William & Mary fourth and Holy Cross fifth.
SDSU and NDSU are two of the four Missouri Valley Football Conference members in the preseason poll. North Dakota was 18th and Northern Iowa was 20th.
North Dakota State opens the season against Eastern Washington at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Saturday, Sept. 2. Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster.com.
2023 AFCA FCS Coaches Preseason Top 25
| 2022 | 2022 | |||
| Team (First-Place Votes) | Record | Points | Final Rank | |
| 1. | South Dakota St. (24) | 14-1 | 624 | 1 |
| 2. | North Dakota St. (1) | 12-3 | 596 | 2 |
| 3. | Montana St. | 12-2 | 567 | 5 |
| 4. | William & Mary | 11-2 | 510 | 8 |
| 5. | Holy Cross | 12-1 | 459 | 6 |
| 6. | Furman | 10-3 | 438 | 10 |
| 7. | Incarnate Word | 12-2 | 424 | 3 |
| 8. | Sacramento St. | 12-1 | 421 | 4 |
| 9. | Samford | 11-2 | 414 | 7 |
| 10. | Weber St. | 10-3 | 325 | 9 |
| 11. | Southeast Missouri St. | 9-3 | 322 | 13 |
| 12. | New Hampshire | 9-4 | 304 | 15 |
| 13. | Idaho | 7-5 | 288 | 22 |
| 14. | Montana | 8-5 | 285 | 14 |
| 15. | Southeastern Louisiana | 9-4 | 259 | 19 |
| 16. | Richmond | 9-4 | 235 | 12 |
| 17. | UC Davis | 6-5 | 226 | NR |
| 18. | North Dakota | 7-5 | 188 | NR |
| 19. | North Carolina Central | 10-2 | 139 | 17 |
| 20. | Northern Iowa | 6-5 | 137 | NR |
| 21. | Delaware | 8-5 | 124 | 24t |
| 22. | Mercer | 7-4 | 123 | 21 |
| 23. | Rhode Island | 7-4 | 73 | NR |
| 24. | Gardner-Webb | 7-6 | 72 | NR |
| 25. | Florida A&M | 9-2 | 70 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: Yale 64, Eastern Kentucky 59, Fordham 58, Jackson St. 37, Elon 30, St. Thomas (Minn.) 30, Youngstown St. 28, Princeton 26, Southern Illinois 26, Tennessee-Martin 23, Central Arkansas 22, Chattanooga 13, North Carolina A&T 13, Illinois St. 12, Northern Arizona 12, Southern 9, Davidson 7, St. Francis (Pa.) 7, Tennessee Tech 6, Howard 5, Pennsylvania 5, Abilene Christian 4, Austin Peay 3, Campbell 2, Villanova 1.
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