LANCASTER, Pa. – August 7, 2013 – Four-time defending Conference champion Johns Hopkins is the preseason favorite to capture the 2013 Centennial football crown in a poll of head coaches and sports information directors. 

The Blue Jays, who won their seventh Centennial title last year, picked up 17 of a possible 20 first-place votes for 161 points. Voters were not permitted to select their own team. Franklin & Marshall was second in the balloting with three firsts and 139 points, while Ursinus was sloted for the No. 3 position with 122 points.

Muhlenberg (120) and Gettysburg (98) round out the top five, while Susquehanna (86), Juniata (57), Dickinson (54), Moravian (39) and McDaniel (24) follow.

The Centennial preseason poll has predicted the Conference champion in 13 of the last 15 years, including five in a row.

2013 Preseason Poll

1. Johns Hopkins (17) 161

2. Franklin & Marshall (3) 139

3. Ursinus 122

4. Muhlenberg 120

5. Gettysburg 98

6. Susquehanna 86

7. Juniata 57

8. Dickinson 54

9. Moravian 39

10. McDaniel 24 

(#) first-place votes

Previous Poll Results

Year Preseason Favorite Finish

2012 Johns Hopkins 1st

2011 Johns Hopkins 1st

2010 Johns Hopkins T-1st

2009 Johns Hopkins 1st

2008 Muhlenberg 1st

2007 Ursinus 3rd

2006 Johns Hopkins T-3rd

2005 Johns Hopkins 1st

2004 Johns Hopkins T-1st

2003 Muhlenberg T-1st

2002 McDaniel T-1st

2001 McDaniel T-1st

2000 McDaniel 1st

1999 McDaniel 1st

1998 McDaniel 1st

1997 Ursinus 2nd

1996 Franklin & Marshall 2nd

1995 Dickinson 2nd

1994 Dickinson 1st

1993 Dickinson T-1st

1992 Dickinson 1st

1991 Dickinson 1st

1990 Dickinson 1st