The reigning Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Football Champions, Hanover College, are picked to repeat as league leaders in 2019 in a vote of the conference’s head coaches as they top the HCAC Football Preseason Poll.

The 2019 season kicks off with non-conference play on Thursday, Sept. 5.  The first conference game is Thursday, Sept. 19. The final week of the regular season is Saturday, Nov. 16, with the NCAA Tournament following thereafter.

Listed below is the 2019 HCAC Football Preseason Poll and the 2019 HCAC Players to Watch. 

2019 HCAC FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL
(#) Denotes First Place Votes
Hanover (7)                                         60 pts.
Franklin                                               52 pts.
Mount St. Joseph (1)                           51 pts.
Rose-Hulman                                      39 pts.
Manchester                                         28 pts.
Bluffton                                               26 pts.
Anderson                                            17 pts.
Defiance                                              15 pts.

2019 Bluffton Players to Watch:
Dylan Shaffer                          SR        Shelby               LB
Adam Duncan                         SR        Northwood        WR
Steph Kosakowski                   JR         Cleveland           DB
Brian Coleman                        JR         Toledo               DB
Kais Chiles                               JR         Wapakoneta      TE
Antonio Crossty                      JR         Wooster          DB
Cade McClellan                       JR         Edgerton            OL
Keith Holmes                           SO        Toldeo               DL