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SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The Dakota Wesleyan University football team was picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the Great Plains Athletic Conference preseason poll, the conference announced on Tuesday.
The poll is a survey of the conference’s head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own team.
The Tigers finished seventh in the conference with a 4-7 record in 2024, including a 4-6 mark in GPAC play in head coach Alex Kretzschmar’s first season leading the program. It is the eighth consecutive year DWU has been picked to finish in the bottom half of the conference in the preseason poll.
DWU opens the 2025 campaign with its traditional rivalry clash against non-conference opponent Dakota State on Saturday, Aug. 30, at Joe Quintal Field. The Tigers’ GPAC opener against Dordt (Iowa) on Saturday, Sept. 6, marks the beginning of a stretch where DWU plays four road games in five weeks.
Coming off a national semifinal appearance a year ago, Morningside was picked to finish first in the conference, garnering 99 points with nine of the 10 available first-place votes. Northwestern (Iowa) garnered the remaining two first-place votes, placing second at 89 points, followed by Dordt at 84. With 68 points, Concordia (Neb.) narrowly slotted into the fourth spot in the poll, ahead of Midland (Neb.) at 64 points and Mount Marty at 58 points. Hastings (Neb.) followed with 43 points, while Doane (Neb.) edged DWU 35-32. Briar Cliff (Iowa) and Waldorf (Iowa) round out the poll.
2025 GPAC preseason football coaches poll
Teams listed by preseason rank, point total and first-place votes in parentheses.
1. Morningside 99 (9)
2. Northwestern 89 (2)
3. Dordt 84
4. Concordia 68
5. Midland 64
6. Mount Marty 58
7. Hastings 43
8. Doane 35
9. Dakota Wesleyan 32
10. Briar Cliff 23
11. Waldorf 10
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