Football season is close. MidwestSports.Net takes a look at the teams within the MidwestSports.Net footprint that look to have quality seasons in 2018 with these preseason rankings. Today we rank the top 10 in NCAA Division II and NAIA.
[Rank, Team, 2017 Record]
DIVISION II
1 – Fort Hays State (11-1)
2 – Northwest Missouri (9-3)
3 – Harding (11-4)
4 – Southern Arkansas (7-4)
5 – Central Missouri (7-4)
6 – Pittsburg State (7-4)
7 – Central Oklahoma (7-4)
8 – Ouachita (9-3)
9 – Arkansas Tech (8-4)
10 – Southeastern Oklahoma (7-4)
NAIA
1 – Morningside (13-1)
2 – Northwestern (Iowa) (11-3)
3 – Langston (10-1)
4 – Baker (10-2)
5 – Benedictine (9-3)
6 – Oklahoma Panhandle (7-3)
7 – Grand View (9-3)
8 – Sterling (9-3)
9 – Tabor (8-2)
10 – Kansas Wesleyan (8-3)