The American Rivers Conference released the 2019 Football Preseason Coaches’ Poll Thursday. Wartburg was selected to finish first in the conference standings for the third consecutive season.
The reigning league champion Knights earned 63 points along with seven first place votes, finishing 10 points ahead of the runners-up from Central and Dubuque, with 53 points each.
Wartburg turned in an 8-3 overall and 7-1 conference mark in 2018 en route to earning its 16th conference title in program history, increasing its consecutive winning season streak to 26 straight seasons.
The Knights open the 2019 season on the road with a non-conference game at Greenville University of Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. That game and all Knights football games can be heard on KWAY Country AM 1470 FM 96.3.