LEBANON, Ill. – The 2024 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.
 
With the addition of Lincoln University this year, the poll featured the league's nine football-playing schools. UIndy receive the maximum 64 points and eight 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 55 points good for second in the poll. McKendree was just behind with 51 points, while Missouri S&T rounded out the top four with 40.

Overall, the Greyhounds have captured a league-best nine conference titles since the GLVC first began sponsoring football in 2012. The 2024 football schedule gets underway Sept. 7 with a road trip to Hillsdale. The home opener comes in week two with a conference clash versus Truman Sep. 14.


2024 GLVC PRESEASON POLL  

RK	SCHOOL (1st-place votes)	PTS
1.	UIndy (8)	64
2.	Truman (1)	55
3.	McKendree	51
4.	Missouri S&T	40
5.	Southwest Baptist	33
6.	Quincy	29
7.	Upper Iowa	25
8.	William Jewell	14
9.	Lincoln	13