2026 ODAC football preseason poll published

FOREST, Va. – A new year, and new faces are abound for Averett University football, as the Cougars were chosen to finish eighth in the newly revealed Old Dominion Athletic Conference preseason poll on Tuesday. Reigning champions of the ODAC for the fourth year straight, and 25th in the D3football.com rankings, Randolph-Macon College sits atop the poll with seven out of eight first-place votes with another trip to the NCAA second round the previous season. Hampden-Sydney College bumps up to the second spot with the remaining first-place vote, tied in said position with Washington and Lee University. Shenandoah University is…