Football receives votes in D3football.com preseason poll
By Tim Glon
| D3football.com Preseason Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern football team received votes in the 2018 D3football.com preseason poll, released on Thursday.
This marks the 15th time in the last 17 seasons that the Polar Bears have been been mentioned in a national poll.
The Polar Bears received 14 points in the poll, which is the 36th-most among the 48 schools mentioned in the poll.
A year ago, Northern received 11 votes and were ranked No. 22 in the 2016 preseason D3football.com poll.
Ohio Northern went 7-3 overall and tied for second in the OAC with a 6-3 mark in 2016.
Ohio Northern returns 14 starters, six All-Conference honorees and 38 lettermen from last year's squad and will open its 2018 season on Sept. 1 at home against Adrian (Mich.) under 15th-year head coach Dean Paul.
D3football.com Preseason Poll
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) |
2017 Record |
Total Points |
2017 Final |
| 1. | Mount Union (24) | 15-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) (1) | 14-1 | 457 | 2 |
| 3. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 11-2 | 549 | 4 |
| 4. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 12-1 | 548 | 3 |
| 5. | Linfield (Ore.) | 9-2 | 488 | 6 |
| 6. | Brockport State (N.Y.) | 13-1 | 453 | 5 |
| 7. | North Central (Ill.) | 10-2 | 442 | 8 |
| 8. | Frostburg State (Md.) | 11-2 | 419 | 9 |
| 9. | Wesley (Conn.) | 10-2 | 397 | 12 |
| 10. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 9-2 | 353 | 11 |
| 11. | Saint John's (Minn.) | 9-2 | 351 | 14 |
| 12. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 7-3 | 322 | NR |
| 13. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 12-1 | 284 | 10 |
| 14. | Wittenberg | 10-1 | 263 | 18 |
| 15. | Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) | 11-1 | 224 | 16 |
| 16. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 7-3 | 210 | RV |
| 17. | Delaware Valley (Pa.) | 12-1 | 208 | 7 |
| 18. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 195 | 22 |
| 19. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 9-2 | 181 | 20 |
| 20. | Trine (Ind.) | 11-1 | 175 | 19 |
| 21. | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-2 | 146 | 17 |
| 22. | Berry (Ga.) | 11-1 | 137 | 15 |
| 23. | Case Western Reserve | 11-1 | 102 | 13 |
| 24. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 10-1 | 52 | RV |
| 25. | RPI (N.Y.) | 8-3 | 49 | RV |
Others receiving votes: Springfield 41; John Carroll 41; Concordia-Moorhead 39; East Texas Baptist 27; UW-La Crosse 27; Alfred 23; Huntingdon 21; Franklin 20; Washington & Lee 16; Wabash 15; Ohio Northern 14; Centre 13; Ithaca 13; Framingham State 11; George Fox 11; Salisbury 8; Baldwin Wallace 8; DePauw 7; Millikin 3; Redlands 3; Whitworth 3; St. John Fisher 2; Thomas More 1.