WSSU football team ranked sixth in preseason poll

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  --  Winston-Salem State’s football team, coming off a school and CIAA best 14-1 record, is ranked sixth in Lindy’s Football Annual Division II preseason poll.

The Rams, who made it to the national championship game last season, lost to Valdosta State 35-7. Valdosta State, the defending national champions, grabbed the preseason No. 1 spot in Lindy’s poll with West Texas A&M second.
Also in Lindy’s preseason poll is Lenoir-Rhyne at No. 20 and Tuskegee, who the Rams play in Cleveland on Sept. 21, is ranked No. 23.

In another preseason poll by The Sporting News the Rams are ranked 11th.

Minnesota State is No. 1 in the Sporting News preseason poll with Shippensburg second followed by West Texas A&M and Valdosta State. Tuskegee is ranked 19th by The Sporting News.

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Lindy's Division II Pre-Season Top 25
1. Valdosta State
2. West Texas A&M
3. Northwest Missouri State
4. Minnesota State-Mankato
5. Shippensburg
6. Winston-Salem State
7. IUP
8. Colorado State-Pueblo
9. Henderson State
10. Bloomsburg
11. New Haven
12. Missouri Western State
13. Indianapolis
14. Chadron State
15. Midwestern State
16. Winona State
17. Ashland
18. Harding
19. West Alabama
20. Lenoir-Rhyne
21. Saginaw Valley State
22. Grand Valley State
23. Tuskegee
24. Pittsburg State
25. Minnesota-Duluth

Sporting News DII Preview Top 25
1. Minnesota State
2. Shippensburg
3. West Texas A & M
4. Valdosta State
5. Ashland
6. Missouri Western
7. Duluth
8. New Haven
9. Carson-Newman
10. CSU-Pueblo
11. Winston-Salem State
12. Northwest Missouri State
13. Midwestern State
14. Lenoir-Rhyne
15. Grand Valley
16. Henderson St
17. Bloomsburg
18. West Alabama
19. Tuskegee
20. Chadron St
21. St. Cloud St
22. IUP
23. Indianapolis
24. Charleston
25. Miles