LYCOMING FOOTBALL RANKED 13TH IN THE NATION IN STREET & SMITH'S PRESEASON POLL  

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The Lycoming College football program finds itself in familiar territory as the 2002 football season approaches. The Warriors have been ranked 13th in the nation in Street & Smith's College Football 2002 preseason Division III Top-25.

Lycoming completed the 2001 season with a record of 8-1 and was ranked 10th in the nation in the final American Football Coaches Association poll. The Warriors return 12 starters from that team, including seven defenders from a unit that was tops in the Middle Atlantic Conference in both points and yards allowed. The key to the 2002 season will be the development of an offense that will feature new starters at quarterback, tailback, and all three receiver positions.

Winning the conference championship and returning to the NCAA playoffs will not be an easy task for Lycoming as the Middle Atlantic Conference is among the strongest in the nation. Along with the Warriors at number 13, defending champion Widener University was picked 5th and King's College was picked 21st in the Street & Smith's poll. Wilkes University also checks in on a "best of the rest" list of 10 schools in addition to the top-25. 

Lycoming kicks off its season on Saturday, September 7, when they travel to Delaware Valley College. The Warriors first home game will be on Saturday, September 21, when they host rival Susquehanna University at 1:30 p.m.

Street & Smith's Top-25
1. St. John's (Minnesota)
2. Mount Union
3. Rowan
4. Augustana (Illinois)
5. Widener
6. Washington & Jefferson
7. Wittenberg
8. Ohio Northern
9. Wisc.-Stevens Point
10. Bridgewater
11. Trinity (Texas)
12. Pacific Lutheran
13. Lycoming
14. Western Connecticut
15. Montclair St.
16. Western Maryland
17. Hardin-Simmons
18. Wisc.-Stout
19. Westfield St.
20. Wabash
21. King's
22. Linfield
23. Central (Iowa)
24. Mary Hardin-Baylor
25. John Carroll