ALVA, OKLAHOMA - The Great American Conference released their annual preseason poll rankings based off of the conference head coaches. Northwestern Men's Track comes in ranked seventh in the poll as the program enters its first season in the Division II era.
The projected conference standings for the GAC is led by Harding with 36 points while earning five first place votes from the conference. Oklahoma Baptist earns second after receiving 31 points with one first place vote. Southern Arkansas rounds out the top three for the conference.Â
East Central places fourth with 20 total points followed by Southern Nazarene with 14 points who rounds out the top five of the poll.Â
In sixth comes the Tigers of Ouachita Baptist with 13 first place votes followed by Northwestern Oklahoma State taking 10 points to close out the rankings.
Men's Track will open the outdoor season in San Marcos, Texas for the first meet hosted by Texas State University. This will be the first Men's meet since 1996.Â
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