WORCESTER, Mass. — The Holy Cross football team has been ranked among the top squads in the nation in the
College Football America Yearbook 2020 Preseason FCS Top 30. The Crusaders, listed at No. 30 in the rankings, were the only Patriot League team selected for the Top 30. North Dakota State was picked as the preseason No. 1 team in the nation.
Holy Cross is coming off a 2019 campaign in which it went 7-6 overall, won the Patriot League championship with a 5-1 mark in conference games and advanced to the NCAA football championship subdivision playoffs. The Crusaders will return 15 starters off that team, including six student-athletes who earned All-Patriot League honors a year ago: sophomore wide receiver
Ayir Asante, senior quarterback
Connor Degenhardt, sophomore linebacker
Jacob Dobbs, senior offensive lineman
Brian Foley, junior defensive back
Terrell Prince and senior defensive lineman
Benton Whitley.
2020 College Football America FCS Preseason Top 30
1. North Dakota State
2. Northern Iowa
3. James Madison
4. Villanova
5. South Dakota State
6. Montana
7. Montana State
8. Weber State
9. Illinois State
10. Kennesaw State
11. Sacramento State
12. Wofford
13. Nicholls State
14. Austin Peay
15. Furman
16. Southeast Missouri
17. Central Arkansas
18. North Carolina A&T
19. Central Connecticut State
20. Monmouth
21. Florida A&M
22. Albany
23. Eastern Washington
24. Dartmouth
25. San Diego
26. Southeastern Louisiana
27. Alcorn State
28. Yale
29. North Dakota
30. Holy Cross
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