McPherson, Kan. – The McPherson College football team is ranked 16th in the 2010 preseason College Fanz Sports Network’s NAIA Football Top 25 poll released Monday afternoon. It is the first time McPherson has been ranked in the preseason top 25 since the 2004 season, when the Bulldogs received the No. 19 spot by the NAIA.
MC, with a 9-2 record and a berth into the NAIA Championship Series for the first time in school history, finished the year as high as 12th in the NAIA Football Coaches Top 25. McPherson’s nine wins broke the school record for wins in a season.
The Bulldogs open the 2010 season on Sept. 4 against Haskell Indian Nations University. Last season, MC defeated the Indians 61-6.
Two other KCAC teams are ranked. Friends University is 14th, while Ottawa University rests at 15th.
2010 College Fanz Sports Network 2010 Preseason NAIA Football Top 25
1. University of Sioux Falls (S.D.)
2. Lindenwood University (Mo.)
3. Carroll College (Mont.)
4. Saint Xavier University (Ill.)
5. Morningside College (Iowa)
6. MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)
7. University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)
8. University of Saint Francis (Ind.)
9. McKendree University (Ill.)
10. Missouri Valley College (Mo.)
11. Minot State University (N.D.)
12. Walsh University (Ohio)
13. Hastings College (Neb.)
14. Friends University (Kan.)
15. Ottawa University (Kan.)
16. McPherson College (Kan.)
17. Northwestern Oklahoma State University (Okla.)
18. Grand View University (Iowa)
19. Dickinson State University (N.D.)
20. Northwestern College (Iowa)
21. Lambuth University (Tenn.)
22. Langston University (Okla.)
23. Taylor University (Ind.)
24. Eastern Oregon University (Ore.)
25. Campbellsville University (Kent.)