Valley City (CSi) The Valley City State University football team moved up one spot in the first regular season edition of the NAIA Football Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released on Monday.
Despite a 28-14 loss on Saturday to then number 20 Robert Morris University, the Vikings were able to move up one spot to number 17 in the preseason poll.
VCSU is now 2-1 overall. The Vikings received 120 poll points in Monday’s poll. The Vikings begin conference play this Saturday with a 1 p.m. road game at Waldorf College.
Robert Morris, 2-0 moves up to number 11 in the nation. Marian (Ind.) is the top-ranked team in the poll and will face Robert Morris this Saturday.
Marian is followed by Morningside (Iowa), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Southern Oregon (1-1) and Faulkner (Ala.) to round out the top five.
Four teams that ranked ahead of VCSU in the preseason poll were dropped out of the poll this week.
