WACO, Texas -- THe Washburn Ichabods were picked 18th in the American Football Coaches Association Top 25 Division II Coaches Poll which was released today by the AFCA.Washburn opens the season Sept. 1 at Sioux Falls (S.D.).
The Ichabods have either received votes or been ranked in each of the last five preseason top 25 polls. The Ichabods opened the season at No. 10 in 2010, No. 25 in 2007 and at No. 16 in 2006. In the 2008 and 2009 preseason polls, the Ichabods received votes, but not enough to push them into the top 25 rankings.
2011 American Football Coaches Association Preseason Division II Coaches' Poll - August 15, 2011
Rank
|
School (1st votes)
|
2010 Rec.
|
Pts.
|
2010 Rank*
|
Season Opener
|
Head Coach
|
|
1.
|
Minnesota-Duluth (28)
|
15-0
|
724
|
1
|
Sept. 3 at No. 8 Augustana (S.D.)
|
Bob Nielson
|
|
2.
|
Delta St. (Miss.)
|
11-4
|
657
|
2
|
Aug. 27 vs. Elizabeth City St. (N.C.)
|
Ron Roberts
|
|
3.
|
Northwest Missouri St. (1)
|
12-2
|
624
|
3
|
Sept. 1 at Truman St. (Mo.)
|
Adam Dorrel
|
|
4.
|
Abilene Christian (Texas)
|
11-1
|
607
|
8
|
Sept. 1 at Tarleton St. (Texas)
|
Chris Thomsen
|
|
5.
|
Grand Valley St. (Mich.)
|
11-2
|
579
|
10
|
Sept. 1 vs. Western Oregon
|
Matt Mitchell
|
|
6.
|
North Alabama
|
9-4
|
468
|
22
|
Sept. 1 vs. Central Oklahoma
|
Terry Bowden
|
|
7.
|
Texas A&M-Kingsville
|
10-2
|
437
|
9
|
Sept. 2 at No. 22 Central Washington
|
Bo Atterberry
|
|
8.
|
Augustana (S.D.)
|
11-2
|
426
|
6
|
Sept. 3 vs. No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth
|
Mike Aldrich
|
|
9T.
|
Albany St. (Ga.)
|
11-1
|
379
|
4
|
Sept. 3 vs. Savannah St. (Ga.)
|
Mike White
|
|
9T.
|
Bloomsburg (Pa.)
|
10-3
|
379
|
15
|
Sept. 1 vs. Ashland (Ohio)
|
Danny Hale
|
|
11.
|
Shepherd (W.Va.)
|
12-2
|
377
|
7
|
Sept. 3 vs. Shippensburg (Pa.)
|
Monte Cater
|
|
12.
|
California (Pa.)
|
10-2
|
369
|
14
|
Sept. 1 vs. No. 13 St. Cloud State (Minn.)
|
John Luckhardt
|
|
13.
|
St. Cloud State (Minn.)
|
10-3
|
346
|
12
|
Sept. 1 at No. 12 California (Pa.)
|
Scott Underwood
|
|
14.
|
Wingate (N.C.)
|
9-3
|
284
|
20
|
Sept. 3 vs. No. 20 Valdosta St. (Ga.)
|
Joe Reich
|
|
15.
|
Central Missouri
|
11-3
|
270
|
5
|
Sept. 1 vs. Missouri Southern St.
|
Jim Svoboda
|
|
16.
|
Nebraska-Kearney
|
9-2
|
242
|
23
|
Sept. 1 at Wayne St. (Neb.)
|
Darrell Morris
|
|
17.
|
Mercyhurst (Pa.)
|
10-3
|
207
|
11
|
Sept. 3 vs. Notre Dame (Ohio)
|
Marty Schaetzle
|
|
18.
|
Washburn (Kan.)
|
8-4
|
201
|
NR
|
Sept. 1 at Sioux Falls (S.D.)
|
Craig Schurig
|
|
19.
|
West Texas A&M
|
8-4
|
186
|
18
|
Sept. 1 vs. Colorado St.-Pueblo
|
Don Carthel
|
|
20.
|
Valdosta St. (Ga.)
|
8-3
|
184
|
17
|
Sept. 3 at No. 14 Wingate (N.C.)
|
David Dean
|
|
21.
|
Wayne St. (Mich.)
|
9-2
|
177
|
21
|
Sept. 3 vs. Urbana (Ohio)
|
Paul Winters
|
|
22.
|
Central Washington
|
8-3
|
164
|
NR
|
Sept. 2 vs. No. 7 Texas A&M-Kingsville
|
Blaine Bennett
|
|
23.
|
Kutztown (Pa.)
|
10-2
|
144
|
13
|
Sept. 3 at St. Anselm (N.H.)
|
Raymond Monica
|
|
24.
|
Henderson St. (Ark.)
|
7-4
|
139
|
NR
|
Sept. 1 at Central Arkansas
|
Scott Maxfield
|
|
25T.
|
Hillsdale (Mich.)
|
9-3
|
91
|
16
|
Sept. 2 at Ferris St. (Mich.)
|
Keith Otterbein
|
|
25T.
|
Shaw (N.C.)
|
9-3
|
91
|
NR
|
Sept. 3 at Stillman (Ala.)
|
Darrell Asberry
|
*– Ranking in final AFCA Division II Poll of 2010
Others Receiving Votes: Colorado School of Mines, 87; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 80; Missouri Western St., 72; Tuskegee (Ala.), 68; West Liberty (W.Va.), 60; Sioux Falls (S.D.), 48; Colorado St.-Pueblo, 31; Michigan Tech, 31; New Haven (Conn.), 28; Ashland (Ohio), 24; Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 24; Wayne St. (Neb.), 17; Midwestern St. (Texas), 15; Morehouse (Ga.), 14; Southern Connecticut St., 14; Tusculum (Tenn.), 9; Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 7; Lincoln (Pa.), 7; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 7; West Alabama, 6; Central Oklahoma, 5; Winona St. (Minn.), 4; Winston-Salem St. (N.C.), 4; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 3; St. Augustine's (N.C.), 3; Chadron St. (Neb.), 1; Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.), 1; Harding (Ark.), 1; Merrimack (Mass.), 1; Minnesota St.-Mankato, 1.
