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
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference
T1: Framingham State (4) - 59
T1: UMass Dartmouth (4) - 59
3: Bridgewater State - 46
4: Plymouth State (1) - 44
5: Mass Maritime - 42
6: Worcester State - 27
7: Westfield State - 22
8: Fitchburg State - 16
9: Dean - 9
1: Eastern (9) - 81
2: Delaware Valley - 66
3: Misericordia - 61
T4: Lebanon Valley - 52
T4: Stevenson - 52
6: King’s - 48
7: Widener - 31
8: Ablright - 27
9: FDU-Florham - 22
10: Alvernia - 10
New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic Conference
1: Springfield (7) - 49
2: Salve Regina - 38
3: Merchant Marine - 37
4: Coast Guard (1) - 36
5: MIT - 22
6: Maritime - 19
7: WPI - 16
8: Norwich - 7
Coming soon: CNE, NESCAC
Region 2
1: Johns Hopkins (6) - 46
2: Carnegie Mellon - 40
3: Franklin & Marshall (2) - 38
4: Muhlenberg - 36
5: Ursinus - 24
6: Dickinson - 20
7: Gettysburg - 12
8: McDaniel - 8
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
1: Union (6) - 47
2: Ithaca (1) - 41
3: RPI (1) - 40
4: Hobart - 31
5: St. Lawrence - 23
6: Rochester - 21
7: Buffalo State - 13
8: Hilbert - 7
New Jersey Athletic Conference
1: Salisbury (6)
2: Christopher Newport (1)
3: Rowan (1)
4: Montclair State (dark horse)
5: TCNJ
6: Kean
7: William Paterson
8: Vermont State-Castleton
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) - 79
NR. St. Francis (Reclassifying to D3)
Coming soon: E8
Region 3
1: Hardin-Simmons (7) - 66
2: Mary Hardin-Baylor (4) - 64
3: McMurry (1) - 39
4: East Texas Baptist - 35
5: Howard Payne - 34
6: Schreiner - 14
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
1: Randolph-Macon (7) - 49
2: Hampden-Sydney (1) - 38
3: Washington and Lee - 38
4: Shenandoah - 33
5: Bridgewater - 23
6: Roanoke - 23
7: Guilford - 12
8: Averett - 8
1: Trinity (TX) (5) - 54
2: Berry (3) - 52
3: Centre - 38
T4: Maryville - 37
T4: Millsaps - 37
6: Southwestern - 27
7: Rhodes - 20
8: Sewanee - 15
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
1: Texas Lutheran (4) - 34
2: Hendrix (2) - 32
3: Centenary - 18
T4: Austin - 17
T4: Lyon - 17
6: Gallaudet - 8
1: LaGrange (6) - 48
2: Huntingdon (1) - 40
3: Belhaven - 35
4: Brevard (1) - 34
5: N.C. Wesleyan - 23
T6: Greensboro - 18
T6: Southern Virginia - 18
8: Methodist - 8
Region 4
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
1: Hanover (6) - 36
2: Mount St. Joseph (1) - 31
3: Franklin - 24
4: Rose-Hulman - 21
5: Bluffton - 17
6: Anderson - 11
7: Manchester - 7
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1: Hope (7) - 7
2: Alma - 15
3: Adrian (1) - 17
4: Calvin - 28
5: Trine - 29
6: Albion - 40
7: Kalamazoo - 42
8: Olivet - 46
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
1: Mount Union (8) - 64
2: Baldwin Wallace - 54
3: Ohio Northern (1) - 53
4: Heidelberg - 43
5: Marietta - 32
6: Muskingum - 31
7: Capital - 21
8: Wilmington - 18
9: Otterbein - 8
Region 5
1: Wartburg (7) - 49
2: Coe - 42
3: Central - 38
4: Dubuque - 29
5: Simpson - 27
6: Loras - 20
7: Nebraska Wesleyan - 10
8: Buena Vista - 9
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
1: North Central (8) - 64
2: Wheaton (1) - 57
3: Augustana - 47
4: Illinois Wesleyan - 45
5: Carroll - 32
6: Carthage - 29
7: North Park - 25
8: Millikin - 17
9: Elmhurst - 8
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
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
1: Aurora (12) - 149
2: Concordia Wisconsin (3) - 132
3: St. Norbert - 122
4: Benedictine (2) - 115
5: Wisconsin Lutheran - 90
6: Lakeland - 74
7: Concordia Chicago - 59
8: Rockford - 38
9: Eureka (1) - 31
Region 6
1: Whitworth (5) - 47
2: Linfield (3) - 45
3: Pacific Lutheran - 33
4: Lewis & Clark - 31
5: George Fox - 29
6: Pacific - 18
7: Puget Sound - 11
8: Willamette - 10
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1: Chapman (8) - 64
2: California Lutheran - 52
3: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps - 46
4: Pomona-Pitzer - 42
5: Redlands - 38
6: La Verne - 26
7: Azusa Pacific - 16
8: Whittier - 9
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
1: Crown (3) - 23
2: Northwestern (1) - 19
3: Martin Luther (1) - 15
4: Greenville - 13
5: Westminster (1) - 12
6: Minnesota Morris - 8
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1: Platteville
2: La Crosse
3: River Falls
4: Whitewater
5: Oshkosh
6: Stout Polytechnic
7: Stevens Point
8: Eau Claire
Coming Never: MIAC
Independents
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