{"id":231312,"date":"2021-08-03T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=231312"},"modified":"2021-08-03T11:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:34:12","slug":"nsaa-preseason-football-poll-dickinson-st-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=231312","title":{"rendered":"NSAA Preseason Football Poll, Dickinson St. No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.playnorthstar.com\/article\/6581\">PlayNorthStar.com<\/a>)\u00a0\u2013 The North Star Athletic Association football head coaches had selected Dickinson State (N.D.) as the unanimous favorite to win the league title for the seventh consecutive year, the conference preseason poll was announced Monday by the conference office.\u00a0 Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team in the preseason poll.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Hawks collected six first-place votes and 36 points.\u00a0 Dickinson State won their sixth straight North Star football conference title last season by going undefeated 9-0 record.\u00a0 DiSU qualified for the NAIA Football Championships Series (FCS), falling to eventual national runner-up Northwestern (Iowa) in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>Dickinson State was ranked No. 11 in the final NAIA Football Coaches\u2019 Top 25 national poll last spring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Valley City State (N.D.) picked up its final first-place vote in the poll, recording 31 points.<\/strong>\u00a0 The Vikings received votes\u2019 recognition in the final NAIA Football Coaches\u2019 Top 25 national poll after going 5-2 record in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Waldorf (Iowa) was third with 25 points, followed by Dakota State (S.D.) fourth with 22 points.\u00a0 Mayville State (N.D.) finished fifth with 14 points, while Presentation (S.D.) was sixth with 11 points.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa Wesleyan, located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, joins the North Star Athletic Association as an associate member in the football conference.\u00a0 The Tigers placed seventh in the coaches\u2019 preseason poll with eight points.<\/p>\n<p>To earn an automatic bid to the NAIA Football Playoffs, a team need to be in the \u2018Top 20\u2032 in the national poll and win the conference title.\u00a0 The NAIA FCS playoffs are set for Nov. 20 with the opening round games, followed by quarterfinals round on Nov. 27 and semifinals round on Dec. 4.\u00a0 The NAIA FCS championship game is set for Dec. 18 with the location to be announced on a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The North Star football season gets underway on Sept. 18 with Waldorf visiting Valley City State, Dickinson State traveling to Mayville State and Dakota State hosting Presentation.\u00a0 Each team is scheduled to play a total of eight league games, while Iowa Wesleyan is scheduled to play a total of six NSAA conference contests.<\/p>\n<p>IWU is set to make their North Star Athletic Association debut at home versus Valley City State on Sept. 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