2025 ESU Football

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The Pocono Record came out with their preview article of the Warriors this season. https://www.poconorecord.com/story/s...a/85772119007/

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I am pretty confident that GVSU could be upper half in pretty much every sport in the OVC or Horizon if they wanted to, and it wouldn't take a whole lot...

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Much better than the preseason coach's poll, good job to the voters.

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WEEK 1


Wheeling at Clarion (-7.5) - Based on who these teams have returning on offense (and not on defense) this could be a shootout....

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Flosports kills casual interest in leagues. I really hope the PSAC doesn't go down that path but I fear it's probably inevitable.

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Rock: too high
Kutztown: about right
Cal: a little high
IUP: a little low
ESU: a little low

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You're giving the coaches too much credit. Lately there has usually been one team in the conference per year that the coaches underrate. That might point...

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West Chester returns arguably the best player in the division, and it's year 2 of a coaching regime which means some continuity that wasn't there last...

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https://psacsports.org/news/2025/8/6...ason-poll.aspx

1. Kutztown (7)
2. East Stroudsburg

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https://psacsports.org/news/2025/8/6...ason-poll.aspx

1. Slippery Rock (4)
2. IUP (3)
3. California
4. Gannon
5. Seton Hill
6. Edinboro
7. Clarion

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Pre-season polls are coming out on social media and Clarion got picked 7th. That seems strange to me compared to how much talent Seton Hill and Gannon...

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Compiling the rankings in this thread:

1. Kutztown - 70 points (7 first place votes)
2. East Stroudsburg - 62 (2)
3. West Chester - 52
4. Bloomsburg - 46
5. Shepherd

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Looks like "D1 Rejects" explicitly covers D2, D3, and NAIA only. Glad to have coverage of the lower divisions but they could definitely use...