2003 Preseason Polls

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D3football.com Football 2003 NCAA Division III Pre-Season Poll

1 Mount Union
2 Wheaton
3 Baldwin-Wallace
4 Mary Hardin-Baylor
5 Howard Payne
6 St. John's
7 Linfield
8 Rowan
9 Ithaca
10 Trinity
11 Wartburg
12 UW-Stout
13 Hardin-Simmons
14 Bridgewater
15 UW-La Crosse
16 Lycoming
17 Ohio Northern
18 Wabash
19 Hanover
20 Hampden-Sydney
21 UW-Stevens Point
22 Central
23 Washington & Jefferson
24 Augustana
25 Wooster

The next five: (listed alphabetically) Case Western, Concordia-Moorhead, Kings Point, McDaniel, Wittenberg


Sports Ilustrated College Football 2003 Division III Preseason Poll

RANK TEAM 2002 RECORD 2002 RANK
1 ST. JOHN'S (MINN.) 12-2 4
2 MOUNT UNION (OHIO) 14-0 1
3 ROWAN (N.J.) 10-1 9
4 WABASH (IND.) 12-1 7
5 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON (PA.) 9-3 21
6 WHEATON (ILL.) 10-2 11
7 BRIDGEWATER (VA.) 11-1 3
8 BALDWIN-WALLACE (OHIO) 8-2 NR
9 HANOVER (IND.) 10-1 12
10 WISCONSIN-STOUT 7-3 NR

Street & Smith's College Football 2003 NCAA Division III Pre-Season Poll

1. Mount Union
2. Saint John's, Minn.
3. Rowan
4. Wabash
5. Wheaton, Ill.
6. Baldwin-Wallace
7. Washington & Jefferson
8. Trinity, Texas
9. Brockport State
10. Linfield
11. Wis.-La Crosse
12. Bridgewater
13. Wartburg
14. Lycoming
15. Augustana, Ill.
16. Wis.-Stout
17. Muhlenberg
18. Hanover
19. Wittenberg
20. Central, Iowa
21. Hardin-Simmons
22. Widener
23. Alma
24. Worcester State
25. Ohio Northern


Lindy's Division III 2003 Top 25

1. Mt. Union (Ohio)
2. St. John's (Minn)
3. Rowan (NJ)
4. John Carroll (Ohio)
5. Bridgewater (Va)
6. Wabash (Ind)
7. Trinity (Texas)
8. Hanover (Ind)
9. Washington & Jefferson (Pa)
10. Linfield (Ore)
11. UW-Stout
12. Wheaton (Ill)
13. Hardin-Simmons (Texas)
14. Pacific Lutheran (Wash)
15. Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio)
16. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)
17. Wittenberg (Ohio)
18. Central (Iowa)
19. Widener (Pa)
20. Wartburg (Iowa)
21. UW-Stevens Point
22. Howard Payne (Texas)
23. Brockport State (NY)
24. Alma (Mich)
25. St. Norbert (Wis).


Don Hansen's 2003 Preseason Top 40 Division III

1 MOUNT UNION OH
2 ST. JOHN'S MN
3 TRINITY TX
4 WABASH IN
5 ROWAN NJ
6 LINFIELD OR
7 WHEATON IL
8 BROCKPORT STATE NY
9 BRIDGEWATER VA
10 BALDWIN-WALLACE OH
11 WITTENBERG OH
12 WARTBURG IA
13 HANOVER IN
14 MUHLENBERG PA
15 WISC.-LA CROSSE
16 WASH. & JEFF. PA
17 JOHN CARROLL OH
18 M. HARDIN-BAYLOR TX
19 WISCONSIN-STOUT
20 AUGUSTANA IL
21 HARDIN-SIMMONS TX
22 ALMA MI
23 HOWARD PAYNE TX
24 COE IA
25 LYCOMING PA
26 OHIO NORTHERN
27 WIDENER PA
28 KING'S PA
29 RENSSELAER TECH NY
30 HARTWICK NY
31 CENTRAL COLLEGE IA
32 REDLANDS CA
33 JOHNS HOPKINS MD
34 WISC.-EAU CLAIRE
35 MC DANIEL MD
36 CORTLAND STATE NY
37 HOBART NY
38 LAKE FOREST IL
39 CAPITAL OH
40 WORCESTER STATE MA