Olivet picked seventh in 2011 MIAA preseason football poll
The Olivet College football team has been picked seventh in the MIAA preseason poll, announced today by the league publicist.
ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- The Olivet College football team has been picked seventh in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) preseason poll, announced today by the league publicist.
In voting by the coaches, the Comets received 35 total points. Defending MIAA champion Trine (Ind.) University was selected as the preseason favorite with six points, followed by Albion and Adrian colleges with 12 and 15 points, respectively. The rest of the top six were Hope College (23) in fourth , Alma College (25) in fifth and Kalamazoo College (31) in sixth.
Olivet is under the leadership of second-year head coach Rich Hulkow. The Comets are expecting 32 letterwinners, including 15 starters, to return for the 2011 season.
Olivet will open the 2011 season Sept. 3 when it hosts Cornell (Iowa) College. Game time from the Cutler Athletic Complex is 1 p.m.
| 1. | Trine, Ind. (6) | 6 |
| 2. | Albion (1) | 12 |
| 3. | Adrian | 15 |
| 4. | Hope | 23 |
| 5. | Alma | 25 |
| 6. | Kalamazoo | 31 |
| 7. | OLIVET | 35 |
KEY: number of first-place votes in parenthesis. Coaches could not vote for their own team.