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July 12, 2018MARYVILLE, Mo.

Bearcats picked 9th in Street & Smith's Preseason Top 25

Northwest Missouri State University finds itself in the top 10 in the first top 25 ranking from a national publication ahead of the 2018 football season.

The Street & Smith's College Football Yearbook selected the Bearcats as the ninth ranked team in the nation in its NCAA Division II Football Preseason Top 25.

The 'Cats are coming off a 9-3 campaign and playoff appearance in Rich Wright's first season as head coach.

Northwest returns a pair of All-MIAA First Team performers from a season ago -- senior defensive end Austen Eskew and senior linebacker Ben Althoff.

The 2018 season opens August 30 in Maryville as Northwest hosts Missouri Western in a 7pm kickoff.

Street & Smith's NCAA Division II Football Top 25:

1. West Florida (11-4)
2. Indiana, Pa. (13-1)
3. Minnesota State (13-1)
4. Fort Hays State, Kan. (11-1)
5. Grand Valley State, Mich. (8-3)
6. Texas A&M Commerce (14-1)
7. Indianapolis (11-1)
8. Harding, Ark. (11-4)
9. Northwest Missouri State, 9-3
10. Midwestern State, Texas (10-1)
11. Central Washington (11-1)
12. Shepherd, W.V., 10-1
13. Ashland, Ohio, 11-2
14. Colorado State-Pueblo, 9-3
15. Sioux Falls, 9-3
16. West Georgia, 9-4
17. Assumption, 11-2
18. Central Missouri, 9-3
19. Ferris State, Mich., 11-2
20. West Alabama, 10-3
21. Findlay, Ohio, 10-3
22. Carson-Newman, Tenn., 8-3
23. Virginia State, 10-1
24. Edinboro, Pa., 7-4
25. Colorado School of Mines, 7-4