2026 D3 Football Preseason Coaches Polls

Click the conference names to visit their respective press releases regarding preseason polls.

Number in parentheses represents first place votes, second number represents points. Some conferences did not report point total and just reported rankings. Some ranking methods have ascending or descending values.

Region 1

Coming soon: CNE, MASCAC, MAC, NESCAC NEWMAC

Region 2

Presidents' Athletic Conference

  1. Washington & Jefferson (37) - 497

  2. Grove City (5) - 453

  3. Westminster (3) - 395

  4. Case Western Reserve - 361

  5. Geneva - 339

  6. Allegheny - 250

  7. Waynesburg - 222

  8. Saint Vincent - 201

  9. Hiram - 152

  10. Thiel - 87

  11. Bethany (1) WTF!!?? - 79

    NR. St. Francis (Reclassifying to D3)

Landmark Conference

  1. Susquehanna (4) - 34

  2. Lycoming (2) - 30

  3. Wilkes (1) - 29

  4. Western Connecticut - 20

  5. Catholic - 14

  6. Moravian - 13

  7. Juniata - 7

Coming soon: Centennial, E8, Liberty League, NJAC

Region 3

Coming Soon: ASC, ODAC, SAA, SCAC, USA South

Region 4

North Coast Athletic Conference

  1. John Carroll (6) - 95

  2. DePauw (4) - 93

  3. Wabash - 76

  4. WashU - 68

  5. Denison - 57

  6. Wittenberg - 51

  7. Ohio Wesleyan - 38

  8. Wooster - 36

  9. Kenyon - 22

  10. Oberlin - 14

Coming Soon: HCAC, MIAA, OAC

Region 5

Midwest Conference

  1. Monmouth (9) - 99

  2. Lake Forest (2) - 90

  3. Chicago - 80

  4. Illinois - 77

  5. Ripon - 59

  6. Cornell - 58

  7. Grinnell - 39

  8. Knox - 34

  9. Luther - 31

  10. Beloit - 25

  11. Lawrence - 13

Coming Soon: ARC, CCIW, NACC

Region 6

Coming Soon: MIAC, NWC, SCIAC, UMAC, WIAC

Independents

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