KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the preseason edition of the coaches Top 25 poll released on Monday, Valor Football enters the 2023 season, currently receiving votes.
Evangel completed a 7-3 campaign in the 2022 season in the Heart of America, but will begin competition in the KCAC in 2023. The Valor are joined by Southwestern (#11), Avila (#18), Kansas Wesleyan (#20), and Bethel (#23) in the preseason poll.
Valor Football takes the field on Saturday (Aug. 26) evening to open the season at home against the nationally ranked Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes at 6:00 p.m.
The full preseason poll can be viewed below.
|
RANK
|
LAST
|
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]
|
RECORD
|
POINTS
|
|
1
|
3
|
Northwestern (Iowa) [17]
|
13-1
|
418
|
|
2
|
12
|
Keiser (Fla.) [1]
|
10-4
|
383
|
|
3
|
2
|
Grand View (Iowa)
|
13-1
|
379
|
|
4
|
1
|
Morningside (Iowa)
|
11-1
|
375
|
|
5
|
5
|
Indiana Wesleyan
|
11-2
|
340
|
|
6
|
7
|
Marian (Ind.)
|
9-2
|
335
|
|
7
|
6
|
Benedictine (Kan.)
|
11-2
|
317
|
|
8
|
4
|
Bethel (Tenn.)
|
13-1
|
311
|
|
9
|
8
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
|
10-2
|
294
|
|
10
|
9
|
Reinhardt (Ga.)
|
8-2
|
286
|
|
11
|
10
|
Southwestern (Kan.)
|
9-2
|
238
|
|
12
|
18
|
College of Idaho
|
8-2
|
237
|
|
13
|
11
|
Saint Xavier (Ill.)
|
9-3
|
231
|
|
14
|
15
|
St. Thomas (Fla.)
|
9-2
|
209
|
|
15
|
16
|
Carroll (Mont.)
|
8-3
|
144
|
|
16
|
24
|
Montana Tech
|
7-3
|
130
|
|
17
|
19
|
OUAZ (Ariz.)
|
7-2
|
125
|
|
18
|
13
|
Avila (Mo.)
|
10-2
|
122
|
|
19
|
17
|
Dickinson State (N.D.)
|
8-3
|
118
|
|
20
|
NR
|
Kansas Wesleyan
|
8-3
|
115
|
|
21
|
22
|
Texas Wesleyan
|
9-2
|
113
|
|
21
|
21
|
Georgetown (Ky.)
|
7-3
|
113
|
|
23
|
14
|
Bethel (Kan.)
|
9-1
|
75
|
|
24
|
23
|
St. Francis (Ill.)
|
7-3
|
70
|
|
25
|
25
|
Dordt (Iowa)
|
7-3
|
33
|
Receiving Votes: Arizona Christian 30; Evangel (Mo.) 23; Concordia (Mich.) 20; Bluefield (Va.) 13; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 10; Montana Western 6; Southeastern (Fla.) 4; Louisiana Christian 3
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