Football selected to finish fourth in NACC Preseason Poll

WAUKESHA, Wis. – Concordia University Wisconsin's football team was selected to finish fourth in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference in a vote by the league's head coaches and athletic communicators.

The Falcons are coming off a 5-5 overall record from a year ago and a 3-3 in NACC play. CUW will look to fill the void of multiple seniors that were lost to graduation.

Benedictine University was chosen defend its NACC football title with nine first-place votes and 92 points, while Wisconsin Lutheran College was picked to finish second 66 total points and four first-place votes. Lakeland College was third with 69 points and one first-place vote.  CUW tallied 63 total points from the voting's.

CUW opens their season at home in a non-conference match-up against North Park at 1 p.m. on Sept. 5 at Tomasini Stadium. All seven teams will have played their opening non-conference game following Saturday, Sept. 5. The NACC portion of the schedule begins on Saturday, Oct. 3.

The NACC's champion earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA III Championship.

2015 NACC Preseason Poll
1. Benedictine (9), 92
2. Wisconsin Lutheran (4), 83
3. Lakeland (1), 69
4. Concordia Wisconsin, 63
5. Aurora, 40
6. Rockford, 25
7. Concordia Chicago, 20

First-place votes in parentheses
Voted by the conference's head coaches and sports information directors
7-6-5-4-3-2-1 point scale used