Majors Receive Votes in D3football.com Preseason Top 25
Millsaps just 11 votes shy of familiar foe Mississippi College at No. 25

August 5, 2008

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The D3football.com preseason Top 25 poll was released early this morning and a pair of familiar teams were back on top. Nine-time national champion Mount Union held the No. 1 spot with 19 first place votes, while defending national champion, UW-Whitewater was No. 2 with five first place votes.

Millsaps was just on the outside looking in for a preseason ranking, gaining 61 votes, just 11 behind cross-town rival Mississippi College at No. 25. The Majors are coming off their best season in 11 years at 8-2 and will be seeking a piece of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title for a third-straight year.

The D3football.com Top 25, now in its sixth season, is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country and is published weekly.

# School (No. 1 votes)
1. Mount Union (19)
2. UW-Whitewater (5)
3. Wesley (1)
4. Mary Hardin-Baylor
5. Bethel
6. St. John's
7. Capital
8. Muhlenberg
9. Central
10. St. John Fisher
11. Wabash
12. Salisbury
13. Washington and Jefferson
14. UW-Eau Claire
15. North Central
16. Ohio Northern
17. Wheaton (Ill.)
18. Ithaca
19. Case Western Reserve
20. Trinity (Texas)
21. Franklin
22. Cortland State
23. Wartburg
24. Redlands
25. Mississippi College

Others receiving votes: Curry 70, New Jersey 66, North Carolina Wesleyan 62, Millsaps 61, Linfield 58, Whitworth 48, Christopher Newport 43, UW-La Crosse 27, Montclair State 24, St. Olaf 23, Hardin-Simmons 20, RPI 18, Wittenberg 17, Rowan 17, Illinois Wesleyan 15, Albright 15, Hartwick 12, DePauw 11, St. Norbert 10, Hobart 9, Delaware Valley 7, Waynesburg 6, Dickinson 4, Concordia-Moorhead 4, Carthage 4, Randolph-Macon 3, Augsburg 3, Mt. St. Joseph 2, Hampden-Sydney 2, Carnegie Mellon 1.