Balladeer’s Blog presents its preseason rankings for NCAA D3 college football.
To the surprise of nobody the Whitewater Warhawks (logo at left) and the Mount Union Purple Raiders come in at numbers one and two. For newbies to D3 football the Warhawks and the Purple Raiders have played each other in the national championship game for the past SEVEN YEARS IN A ROW!!!
The Warhawks are the defending champs and have won four of the seven clashes between these two powerhouses who have emerged from the dust of the playoffs to battle for the title so frequently in recent years. For the third year in a row I’ll use my stale, tired joke that Mount Union and Whitewater should play for the championship on Labor Day Weekend and the rest of the D3 season should just be canceled.
Will it be eight years in a row that these two gridiron juggernauts monopolize the title matchup or will one of the other teams at last rise up and knock at least one of them out come playoff time? Stay tuned to Balladeer’s Blog to find out.
1. UWW Warhawks (defending champs) ### 2. Mt Union Purple Raiders ### 3. Mary Hardin Baylor University Crusaders ### 4. Wesley Wolverines ### 5. Saint Thomas University Tommies ### 6. Salisbury Sea Gulls ### 7. Linfield College Wildcats ### 8. North Central Cardinals ### 9. Wabash College Little Giants ### 10. Delaware Valley Aggies ### 11. Cal Lutheran University Kingsmen ### 12. Franklin Grizzlies
I ONLY DO A TOP TWELVE BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET AROUND TENTH AND BELOW I THINK YOU’RE JUST GUESSING FOR THE MOST PART.
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I hope Wesley or MHBU can upset one of them this year.
I’m sure you’re not alone on that!
Nice blog and nice list! Never heard of any of these teams before but ur getting me caught up in following them this season.
That’s great! Go ahead and spread the word if you like!
Shit! What a rivalry! Seven years in a row! And they get there through playoffs, not a BCS piece of shit?
Yep, 7 years in a row they’ve been the last 2 teams standing at the end of the playoffs.
MHBU all the way this year!
I guess we’ll see!
Kewl! Can’t wait to catch their game results back here!
Thanks! Everybody’s welcome!
Thanks for showing the tommies more love than the D3 poll did!
Hey, no problem!
Da – yum! 7 years in a row!
And possibly 8 this year.
I want to follow these teams now! Kickass drama!
Be here for my Sunday recaps of noteworthy games, then!!
Your coverage of D3 is more fun than they do themselves.
Thanks! I think it’s my weird sense of humor!
This is the year Wesley makes their move and wins the title!
We’ll all be watching to see if it turns out that way!
Whoever heard of these teams? Nobody! But u make it fun 2 follow them!
Thanx!
Watch out for the Tommies!
Will do!
The Warhawks will win the championship again.
We will see I guesss
Mount Union is taking Whitewater down this year! Bank it!
We;ll know in 3 months!
Why don’t Whitewater and Mt Union just move up to Division 2?
I’ve wondered that myself.
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you for supplying this information.
No problem