July 17, 2006

Two Great West Football Conference teams were ranked in the Division I-AA Preseason Top 25 poll selected by The Sports Xchange and appearing in the 2006 USA Today Sports Weekly College Football preview.

Cal Poly was ranked No. 4 and North Dakota State was No. 23 in the preseason poll.
Division I-AA Preseason Top 25
(as selected by The Sports Xchange)
1.Appalachian State
2.New Hampshire
3.Furman
4.CAL POLY
5.Southern Illinois
6.Northern Iowa
7.James Madison
8.Montana
9.Texas State
10.Illinois State
11.Georgia Southern
12.Youngstown State
13.Eastern Illinois
14.Massachusetts
15.Hampton
16.Nicholls State
17.Delaware
18.Lafayette
19.Eastern Kentucky
20.Richmond
21.Coastal Carolina
22.Hofstra
23.NORTH DAKOTA STATE
24.McNeese State
25.Montana State
(appeared in USA Today Sports Weekly College football preview)