COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRESEASON RANKINGS: NCAA D2

The 2017 college football season for the divisions covered here at Balladeer’s Blog gets underway this coming Thursday night. To satisfy our pigskin hunger til then here’s another of my Top 20 preseason rankings, this time for NCAA Division 2. 

 ### 1. NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE BEARCATS (Defending Champions going for a Threepeat)     ###     2. GRAND VALLEY STATE LAKERS     ###     3. SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY RAMS     ###     4. UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS COUGARS     ###     5. HARDING UNIVERSITY BISON     ###    

  ### 6. CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY IN PENNSYLVANIA VULCANS     ###     7. FERRIS STATE BULLDOGS     ###     8. COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES OREDIGGERS     ###     9. EMPORIA STATE HORNETS     ###     10. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI MULES     ###    

 ### 11. INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CRIMSON HAWKS     ###     12. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE BRAVES     ###     13. AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COUGARS     ###     14. VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS     ###     15. LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY AT C.W. POST PIONEERS     ###    

 ### 16. NORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY CRUSADERS     ###     17. FLORIDA TECH PANTHERS     ###     18. TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY GOLDEN TIGERS     ###     19. NEWBERRY UNIVERSITY WOLVES     ###     20. MIDWESTERN STATE MUSTANGS     ###