Wooster Picked Third, Fourth at NCAC Football Media Day

GRANVILLE, Ohio – The College of Wooster, coming off an 8-2 overall record in 2006, was forecasted to finish in third-place in the North Coast Athletic Conference, according to the media members that were on hand for Thursday’s NCAC Football Media Day at Granville Golf Course, while the Fighting Scots were picked fourth by the league’s head coaches.

Wooster returns just nine full-time starters (three offense, four defense, two specialists), but it has not finished below fifth-place in the 10-team league since 1994.

The preseason favorite is Wabash College, which collected 29 first-place votes from the 32-member media contingent and 317 total points as well as seven first-place votes and 97 points from the coaches. Wittenberg University, which tied for first with Wabash last season, was the second-place pick by both groups (281 points from the media, 91 from the coaches) while garnering the remaining first-place votes.

The Scots were involved in the only difference between the two polls, with Allegheny College being tabbed third by the coaches (76 points) and fourth by the media (222 points). Ohio Wesleyan University was selected fifth by both (185 points from the media, 60 from the coaches).

Oberlin College, Kenyon College, Denison University, Earlham College, and Hiram College rounded out each poll, respectively.

Wooster officially begins the 2007 campaign at John Carroll University on Saturday, Sept. 1, at 1:30 p.m. It will be a rematch of the teams’ 2006 opener, which the Scots won 30-22.