LEBANON, Ill. – The 2023 Great Lakes Valley Conference Preseason Football Coaches Poll was released Friday afternoon, with the University of Indianapolis voted as the preseason favorite. The announcement was made in conjunction with the annual GLVC Football Kickoff event, held on the campus of McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill.
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The poll featured the league's eight football-playing schools, with UIndy receiving 49 points and the maximum seven first-place votes (coaches are not permitted to vote for their own team). The Greyhounds return 15 starters – eight offensive, seven defensive – from last year's conference champion and NCAA playoff team.
Truman garnered the remaining first-place nod, with its 43 points good for second in the poll. Southwest Baptist (34 pts) and Missouri S&T (27) rounded out the top half of the ledger. The league also welcomes Upper Iowa University as a full-time member with fall, with the Peacocks landing at seventh in the preseason poll.
Overall, the Greyhounds have captured a league-best eight conference titles since the GLVC first began sponsoring football in 2012. The
2023 football schedule gets underway Sept. 2 when the Hounds host non-conference and former-GLIAC-rival Hillsdale under the lights at Key Stadium.
2023 GLVC PRESEASON POLL Â
| RK |
SCHOOL (1st-place votes) |
PTS |
| 1. |
UIndy (7) |
49 |
| 2. |
Truman (1) |
43 |
| 3. |
Southwest Baptist |
34 |
| 4. |
Missouri S&T |
27 |
| 5. |
McKendree |
24 |
| 6. |
Quincy |
19 |
| 7. |
Upper Iowa |
17 |
| 8. |
William Jewell |
11 |
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