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GNAC Preseason Poll

1. University of St. Joseph's (CT) (9)
2. Rivier (3)
3. St. Joseph's (Maine) (1)
4. Norwich
5. Albertus Magnus
6. Regis
7. Emmanuel
8. Dean
9. New England College
10. Colby-Sawyer
11. Elms
12. Lasell
13. Mitchell

Would be interesting to know how many guys transferred (other than the above mentioned Wolfenbarger). Even in smaller levels you see guys leave when a coach is canned or takes a new job.

The new tracker Etchglow has put together says they lost 33 total including graduation. As the bugs are worked out this is going to be a fun tool to have.

Quote from: OzJohnnie on August 21, 2026, 08:58:51 PMMrs Oz and I have had a week's holiday in tropical Far North Queensland (FNQ, in the local lingo) and as I was walking through part of the hotel, I noticed that not only has Gough Whitlam, Australia's only Prime Minister to be dismissed by the Queen/King, been here, but Bobby beat me here as well.  I'm having a year of Bobby.  You're everywhere.

From the boyhood home in Hibbing to some long ago tour stop at FNQ (see what I did there), that's a quality Dylan find in your year of Bobby.

Similar to the Seinfeld bit "Nothing finer than being in your diner" episode. But then again, maybe not.

Re: Medical Waiver, although my son never took them, he qualified 2x so I know a bit about them. The NCAA actually uses 21 games as the denominator, so the fact Quinn only played 7 his Jr year would allow him to retain eligibility for 1 additional year.

Hardship Waiver Rule

Standard Denominator

I guess I missed the memo that we call that school in Menomonie UW-Stout Polytechnic.

Hobart/Skidmore
Vassar
Union
SLU/RPI/Clarkson
Ithaca
RIT
Bard

Hobart has several key players coming back and will be tough.Skidmore had a really good season and on paper their recruiting class looks good. Union had another good recruiting class on paper. Let's see if these classes can relate to the field. RPI and Clarkson you never know. The other teams I just don't know. As far as SLU is concerned, I don't have really high hopes. Their recruiting classes on paper doesn't wow you like before but hopefully they do better on the field.  Their coach finally accepted a transfer but will see how that turns out. His denial of transfers before were just plain stupid as there are different reasons why players want to do it. To all the teams I wish them a healthy and good season that will be entertaining.

Northwest Conference Preseason Poll

1. Whitman
2. Pacific Lutheran
3. Puget Sound
4. Willamette
5. Whitworth
6. George Fox
7. Pacific
8. Linfield
9. Lewis & Clark

I think Whitman has lost too many of its top players to be comfortable in that top position.  Pacific Lutheran has its top scorer (Bliskis) coming back and most of its starters. Regardless, it should be a good battle at the top of the table again.

In Trinity's first preseason context, they took on St. Mary's (D2).

St. Mary's won 2-1 on a second half goal

Solid result for Trinity.  Here was their starting lineup. 

Quote from: The Third Division on August 21, 2026, 09:49:17 PMsewanee hires a HC with prior d3 coaching experience but still falls below rhodes who they beat 28-6 last year

Nearly half their roster (42 of 93) are freshmen.  That's a larger class than last season (25 of 80) so the new guy did a good job of recruiting, but freshmen rarely contribute their first season.  And Freitag was OC at Monmouth - primarily coaching OL until last season, when he added QBs - so the jury is certainly out on how well he'll do as a HC.  Certainly is used to working with successful teams, but you have to have talent to be successful. 

Sewanee have a new DC and OC (also from Monmouth - representing promotions from their former roles) and one of the three assistants is new (from Averett).  That's a lot of new puzzle pieces to assemble heading into the season.