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Issued: July 8, 2008

FOOTBALL RANKED IN PRESEASON POLLS

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Following its NCAA Division III playoff run during 2007, the UW-Eau Claire football team has received recognition in two national preseason polls for the 2008 season.

The Blugolds are ranked 12th in Lindy’s Division III preseason top 25 poll and 15th in the USA Today Sports Weekly’s college football season preview magazine.

Eau Claire will kickoff its 2008 campaign with a road game on September 6 in McKenzie, Tenn. against Bethel College. On September 13 the Blugolds will open conference play with a home game against defending national champion UW-Whitewater.

USA Today Sports preseason rankings
1. Mount Union (Ohio)
2. Wesley
3. UW-Whitewater
4. Wabash
5. St. John's
6. St. John Fisher
7. Capital
8. North Central
9. Muhlenberg
10. Bethel
11. Salisbury
12. Mary Hardin-Baylor
13. Cortland State
14. Central
15. UW-Eau Claire
16. Case Western Reserve
17. Wartburg
18. Wheaton (Ill.)
19. Ohio Northern
20. Washington & Jefferson
21. Ithaca
22. Redlands
23. Millsaps
24. Albright
25. Franklin

Lindy’s Division III Preseason Top 25
1. Mount Union
2. UW-Whitewater
3. Bethel (Minn.)
4. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)
5. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)
6. Wesley (Del.)
7. Wabash (Ind.)
8. Capital (Ohio)
9. St. John’s (Minn.)
10. Case Western Reserve (Ohio)
11. Wittenberg (Ohio)
12. UW-Eau Claire
13. Wartburg
14. North Central (Ill.)
15. Central
16. St. John Fisher (N.Y.)
17. Ithaca (N.Y.)
18. North Carolina Wesleyan
19. Trinity (Texas)
20. Salisbury (Md.)
21. Rensselaer (N.Y.)
22. Muhlenberg (Pa.)
23. Redlands (Calif.)
24. Linfield (Ore.)
25. Occidental (Calif.)

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