The Thunder football team is ranked seventh in the D3football.com preseason poll

Wheaton, Ill. – The Wheaton football team is ranked seventh in the 2015 Division III preseason poll released by D3football.com on Monday afternoon. The Thunder earns the recognition following a 2014 season in which the program posted a 10-0 regular season record. Wheaton won the CCIW Championship for the second time in three years and advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Playoffs.

The Thunder football program is the highest ranked CCIW program in the poll, ahead of North Central College in 11th place. Wheaton is the second-highest ranked team for the NCAA Division III North Region, behind only second-place University of Mount Union.

This marks the tenth time that the Thunder program has been ranked in the website's preseason top-25 since D3football.com began its preseason poll in 2004.

The Thunder will open the 2015 season at Coe College on September 5 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Wheaton will open its home slate the following week when Adrian College visits McCully Stadium on September 12.

Originally published by Wheaton College Athletics: /news/2015/7/13/FB_0713150445.aspx