WACO, Texas –  For the third time this month and second time today, the UIndy football team earned a top 10 spot in a major preseason poll. After garnering the No. 8 ranking in the Lindy's Sports Division II preseason poll and No. 7 in the D2Football.com media poll, the Greyhounds were tabbed ninth in the American Football Coaches Association DII Preseason Poll.

In addition to a number of incoming transfers and a talented recruiting class, the Greyhounds welcome back 11 starters and eight all-conference performers from last year's GLVC championship team. The previous fall was an historic one for the Hounds, who matched the school record with 11 wis while notching program firsts with a fourth-consecutive playoff appearance and first-ever second-round home game.

The Greyhounds received votes in the DII coaches poll throughout the 2025 regular season, peaking at No. 8 in mid-November before settling at No. 10 in the final edition. UIndy swept through the GLVC schedule before dominating conference-rival Truman in the opening round of the  playoffs, 57-14, before falling to nationally-ranked Minnesota State in the second round, 35-27.


AFCA DII PRESEASON POLL

RK	SCHOOL (1st-place votes)	'25 REC	PTS	'25 RANK
1.	Ferris St. (31)	16-0	775	1
2.	Harding	15-1	738	2
3.	Kutztown	14-1	684	3
4.	Pittsburg St.	10-3	647	6
5.	Minnesota St.	10-4	587	8
6.	Colorado St.-Pueblo	10-2	581	11
7.	Central Washington	10-2	478	13
8.	Northwest Missouri St.	9-3	470	17
T9.	Grand Valley St.	7-3	451	NR
T9.	UIndy	11-2	451	10
11.	Western Colorado	10-3	379	12
12.	Minnesota-Duluth	10-2	372	16
13.	Ashland	10-3	328	15
14.	Virginia Union	9-3	318	21
15.	Newberry	12-2	276	4
16.	Findlay	10-2	250	19
17.	Frostburg St.	11-3	228	14
18.	UT Permian Basin	11-3	197	5
19.	Wingate	9-3	183	NR
20.	Augustana (S.D.)	9-2	181	25
21.	Albany St.	12-2	172	7
22.	Western Oregon	8-3	165	NR
23.	Johnson C. Smith	10-2	159	18
24.	Ouachita Baptist	7-4	146	NR
25.	Indiana (Pa.)	7-4	97	NR