Shepherd University Athletics

SHEPHERD RANKED 16TH IN FOOTBALL GAZETTE PRESEASON POLL

WESTMONT, IL -- The Shepherd University football team is ranked 16th in the Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette Preseason NCAA II Top 40 Poll. Shepherd, coming off a record-setting 11-1 mark in 2005, will open the 2006 campaign at Millersville on Aug. 26 at 4:00 p.m.

The complete poll is listed below.

JULY 17, 2006/FOOTBALL GAZETTE PRE-SEASON NCAA II Top 40

1 GRAND VALLEY STATE MI 13-0

2 SAGINAW VALLEY ST. MI 11-2

3 ALBANY STATE GA 8-2

4 NORTHWEST MISSOURI 11-4

5 EAST STROUDSBURG PA 11-3

6 PITTSBURG STATE KS 10-4

7 BLOOMSBURG PA 11-1

8 NORTH ALABAMA 11-3

9 PRESBYTERIAN SC 10-2

10 NEBRASKA-OMAHA 8-3

11 SOUTH DAKOTA 9-2

12 WEST TEXAS A&M 10-2

13 NORTH DAKOTA 10-3

14 WASHBURN 9-3

15 NO. CAROLINA CENTRAL 10-2

16 SHEPHERD WV 11-1

17 VALDOSTA STATE GA 9-3

18 EDINBORO PA 8-2

19 TUSKEGEE AL 11-1

20 NORTHWOOD MI 8-3

21 C.W. POST NY 10-3

22 CARSON-NEWMAN TN 8-2

23 CALIFORNIA PA 8-2

24 MINNESOTA-DULUTH 8-4

25 ASHLAND OH 9-2

26 CENTRAL WASHINGTON 8-2

27 WEST GEORGIA 7-4

28 DELTA STATE MS 7-4

29 WINONA STATE MN 8-3

30 CONCORDIA ST. PAUL 8-3

31 NEBRASKA-KEARNEY 9-3

32 CENTRAL MISSOURI 7-3

33 MISSOURI WESTERN 9-3

34 ANGELO STATE TX 9-3

35 SOUTHEASTERN OKLA. 8-2

36 TARLETON STATE TX 7-3

37 MICHIGAN TECH 6-3

38 WEST CHESTER PA 8-4

39 ARKANSAS TECH 7-3

40 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE 6-4