From left to right, #47, Senior Linebacker Justin McPhail, Liberal, KS, #6, Senior quarterback Treveon Albert, Atlanta, GA, #9, Senior defensive back Daniel Lindsey, Inkster, MI, #84, Senior tight end Zach Gaughan, Hays, KS.
The 2015 football season kicks off with two MIAA teams ranked in the American Football Coaches Association preseason top 10, being released today. The MIAA joins the Northern Sun and Great Lakes Intercollegiate as league’s who begin the season with two teams in the top ten.
Northwest Missouri is ranked fifth in the poll with Pittsburg State picked to finish seventh in the preseason poll. NWMSU opens the season on Sept. 3 at Nebraska-Kearney while PSU will be on the road at Northeastern State the same day.
Central Missouri and Central Oklahoma represented the MIAA in bowl games last season and also received preseason top 10 votes.
Fort Hays State kicks the season off at Central Oklahoma on Thursday September 3, plays Pittsburg State at Lewis Field on September 26, at Northwest Missouri State on October 24 and Central Missouri on November 14 at Lewis Field.
