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INDIANAPOLIS – On the eve of the first-ever Great Lakes Valley Conference football season, the UIndy football team was picked as the unanimous No. 1 in the GLVC Preseason Coaches' Poll, released Friday afternoon.

Unveiled at the conclusion of today's GLVC Football Kickoff 2012 event, the poll featured the league's nine football-playing schools, with UIndy receiving the maximum eight first-place votes and 64 points (no team could vote for itself).  The Greyhounds return 16 starters – nine offensive, seven defensive –  from a 2011 squad that put up seven wins in the perennially-tough Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC).

Associate-member Urbana University garnered 55 points and the only other first-place nod to take second place.  Missouri S&T (52 pts) was a close third, while Saint Joseph's (37) and William Jewell (33) rounded out the top five.  The complete poll is below.

The conference released the poll results in reverse order via Twitter throughout the day's kickoff festivities.  The event, held in the Millennium Student Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, featured GLVC coaches and players interacting with media and fans through a variety of platforms.


UIndy Head Coach Bob Bartolomeo and preseason All-America receiver Mar'Quone Edmonds represented the Greyhounds.  Like their GLVC counterparts, the pair fielded questions submitted through Twitter and Facebook, in addition to taking part in a video press conference and a media roundtable.

All of the day's happenings, including videos, photos and related tweets, can be accessed on the event's homepage, available here.

2012 GLVC PRESEASON COACHES POLL
RK	SCHOOL	PTS
1	UIndy (8)	64
2	Urbana (1)	55
3	Missouri S&T	52
4	Saint Joseph's	37
5	William Jewell	33
6	McKendree	26
7	Quincy	21
T8	Central State	18
T8	Kentucky Wesleyan	18
*first-place votes in parentheses