WACO, Texas -- The Washburn Ichabods received votes in the 2014 American Football Coaches Association Preseason Top 25 coaches poll which was released today by the AFCA. The Ichabods will open the 2014 season at home on Sept. 4 against Lindenwood.
Under head coach Craig Schurig, the Ichabods have been ranked or have received votes in the AFCA poll 52 times and have been ranked in the top 10 15 times. Washburn has received votes in or been ranked in 10-consecutive AFCA preseason polls.Â
2014 American Football Coaches Association Preseason Division II Coaches' Poll – August 18, 2014
| Rank | School (1st votes) | 2013 Rec. | Pts. | Prev.* | Season Opener | Head Coach |
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| 1. | Northwest Missouri St. (31) | 15-0 | 799 | 1 | Sept. 4 vs. Nebraska-Kearney | Adam Dorrel |
| 2. | Grand Valley St. (Mich.) | 12-3 | 725 | 3 | Sept. 4 at No. 22 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | Matt Mitchell |
| 3. | Minnesota-Duluth | 11-2 | 634 | 8 | Sept. 6 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) | Curt Wiese |
| 4. | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 11-1 | 619 | 7 | Sept. 4 vs. No. 11 West Texas A&M | John Wristen |
| 5. | North Alabama | 10-3 | 589 | 10 | Sept. 13 at Mississippi College | Bobby Wallace |
| 6. | Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) | 13-2 | 538 | 2 | Sept. 6 vs. Point (Ga.) | Ian Shields |
| 7. | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 11-1 | 530 | 6 | Sept. 4 vs. No. 15 St. Cloud State (Minn.) | Todd Hoffner |
| 8. | Henderson St. (Ark.) (1) | 11-1 | 523 | 13 | Sept. 6 at Southern Nazarene (Okla.) | Scott Maxfield |
| 9. | Pittsburg St. (Kan.) | 10-2 | 522 | 19 | Sept. 6 vs. Northeastern St. (Okla.) | Tim Beck |
| 10. | West Chester (Pa.) | 13-2 | 477 | 4 | Sept. 6 at New Haven (Conn.) | Bill Zwaan |
| 11. | West Texas A&M | 11-3 | 407 | 11 | Sept. 4 at No. 4 Colorado St.-Pueblo | Mike Nesbitt |
| 12. | Shepherd (W.Va.) | 11-1 | 393 | 9 | Sept. 6 at West Liberty (W.Va.) | Monte Cater |
| 13. | Ohio Dominican | 10-1 | 390 | 12 | Sept. 6 vs. Malone (Ohio) | Bill Conley |
| 14. | Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) | 10-2 | 389 | 14 | Sept. 6 vs. No. 21 North Carolina-Pembroke | Kienus Boulware |
| 15. | St. Cloud State (Minn.) | 12-2 | 350 | 5 | Sept. 4 at No. 7 Minnesota St.-Mankato | Scott Underwood |
| 16. | Carson-Newman (Tenn.) | 10-3 | 333 | 17 | Sept. 4 vs. Edinboro (Pa.) | Ken Sparks |
| 17. | Tarleton St. (Texas) | 7-3 | 266 | NR | Sept. 13 at No. 11 West Texas A&M | Cary Fowler |
| 18. | Indianapolis (Ind.) | 10-2 | 229 | 18 | Sept. 6 at Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) | Bob Bartolomeo |
| 19. | Delta St. (Miss.) | 7-3 | 206 | NR | Sept. 6 at Fort Valley St. (Ga.) | Todd Cooley |
| 20. | Indiana (Pa.) | 9-2 | 167 | 24 | Sept. 6 vs. St. Augustine's (N.C.) | Curt Cignetti |
| 21. | North Carolina-Pembroke | 9-2 | 140 | 15 | Sept. 6 at No. 14 Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) | Shane Richardson |
| 22t. | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | 10-2 | 133 | NR | Sept. 4 vs. No. 2 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) | Victor Santa Cruz |
| 22t. | Emporia St. (Kan.) | 9-2 | 133 | 20 | Sept. 4 vs. Missouri Southern St. | Garin Higgins |
| 24. | Bloomsburg (Pa.) | 10-2 | 103 | 16 | Sept. 6 at Stonehill (Mass.) | Paul Darragh |
| 25. | Tuskegee (Ala.) | 8-3 | 98 | 25 | Sept. 6 vs. Alabama A&M | Willie Slater |
*– Ranking in final AFCA Division II Poll of 2013
Others Receiving Votes:Â Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 87; Central Missouri, 82; West Alabama, 67; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 59; American International (Mass.), 51; Ferris St. (Mich.), 41; California (Pa.), 38; Missouri Western St., 38; Albany St. (Ga.), 32; Midwestern St. (Texas), 31; Harding (Ark.), 27; Colorado School of Mines, 20; Newberry (S.C.), 20; Concord (W.Va.), 19; East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 19; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 13; Eastern New Mexico, 12; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 9; Winona St. (Minn.), 9; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 7; Sioux Falls (S.D.), 7; Truman St. (Mo.), 5; Findlay (Ohio), 3; Miles (Ala.), 3; Chadron St. (Neb.), 2; Michigan Tech, 2; Washburn (Kan.), 2; West Georgia, 2.
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