WORCESTER, Mass. — The Holy Cross football team has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the Patriot League by Hero Sports. The Crusaders earned the top spot in the preseason conference rankings, followed by Lafayette, Fordham, Bucknell, Colgate, Lehigh and Georgetown.
Hero Sports Patriot League Preview
Hero Sports Patriot League Preseason Rankings
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.
Hero Sports 2020 Patriot League Preseason Rankings
1. Holy Cross
2. Lafayette
3. Fordham
4. Bucknell
5. Colgate
6. Lehigh
7. Georgetown
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