Football | 07/27/23 | 10:18 AM

DILLON, Mont. — The Frontier Conference has announced the results of the 2023 Preseason Football Coaches' Poll. Carroll College finished third in the preseason polling.

The Fighting Saints, 2022 Frontier Conference Co-Champions, and the conference's lone representative in the NAIA Football Championship Series, were voted to finish third in the eyes of the coaches around the league. 

Carroll received one-first place vote, with the College of Idaho receiving five-first place votes.

The Saints will open the season on Thursday, August 31, in a non-conference tilt with Montana Tech in Butte

Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. First place was worth eight points, second place worth seven points, third place worth six points, fourth place worth five points, fifth place worth four points, sixth place worth three points, seventh place worth two points and eighth place, one point. (First-Place Votes in Parentheses)