The 2019 college football season kicks off this Thursday, August 22nd in the divisions covered here at Balladeer’s Blog. Here’s the D2 preseason rankings per the Glitternight Index:
NCAA Division Two – 1. MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS ### 2. FERRIS STATE BULLDOGS ### 3. VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS ### 4. NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE BEARCATS ### 5. TEXAS A&M AT COMMERCE LIONS ###
6. COLORADO STATE AT PUEBLO THUNDERWOLVES ### 7. GRAND VALLEY STATE LAKERS ### 8. OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY TIGERS ### 9. UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS GREYHOUNDS ### 10. HILLSDALE COLLEGE CHARGERS ### Continue reading
NCAA Division Three – 1. UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION PURPLE RAIDERS ### 2. UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR CRUSADERS (Defending Champions) ### 3. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLUE JAYS ### 4. SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY JOHNNIES ### 5. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT WHITEWATER WARHAWKS ### 
6. UNIVERSITY OF SAINT THOMAS TOMMIES ### 7. MUHLENBERG UNIVERSITY MULES ### 8. BETHEL (MN) ROYALS ### 9. WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE PRESIDENTS ### 10. HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY COWBOYS ### 
September 14th – The UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA ARGONAUTS at the SHORTER UNIVERSITY HAWKS … 1pm ET 
September 21st – The DELTA STATE STATESMEN host the FLORIDA TECH PANTHERS … 7pm ET 
NAIA – 1. MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE MUSTANGS ### 2. BENEDICTINE COLLEGE RAVENS ### 3. KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY COYOTES ### 4. MARIAN UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS ### 5. CONCORDIA (MI) CARDINALS ### 
6. SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY COUGARS ### 7. DICKINSON STATE BLUE HAWKS ### 8. REINHARDT UNIVERSITY EAGLES (Should be the Rottweilers) ### 9. EVANGEL UNIVERSITY CRUSADERS ### 10. BAKER UNIVERSITY WILDCATS ### 
The Maritime College football team and head coach 
WICHITA – For the second time in the Rion Rhoades’ era, the Hutchinson College Blue Dragons football team is the preseason favorite to win the Jayhawk Conference championship.
MONTREAL CARABINS 
OTTAWA GEE GEES 
ACADIA AXEMEN 
There is plenty to talk about concerning Jayhawk Conference football this year.
Three of the last four CFP Championship playoffs have featured the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Clemson Tigers. Such has been their dominance of college football in recent times, most football pundits anticipate Alabama and Clemson being leading contenders to make it four playoff appearances in the last five seasons. Some people believe it’s simply a formality that all other college sides will fall be the wayside at some point doing the season, with several other bigtime programs failing to live up to expectations.
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