KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the preseason edition of the Coaches Top 25 poll released on Monday, Valor Football enters the 2023 season, currently receiving votes.
Evangel completed a 7-3 campaign in the 2022 season in the Heart of America but will begin competition in the KCAC in 2023. The Valor are joined by Southwestern (#11), Avila (#18), and Kansas Wesleyan (#20) in the preseason poll.
Valor Football takes the field on Saturday (Aug. 26) evening to open the season at home against the nationally ranked Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes at 6:00 p.m.
The full preseason poll can be viewed below.
| RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 3 | Northwestern (Iowa) [17] | 13-1 | 418 |
| 2 | 12 | Keiser (Fla.) [1] | 10-4 | 383 |
| 3 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) | 13-1 | 379 |
| 4 | 1 | Morningside (Iowa) | 11-1 | 375 |
| 5 | 5 | Indiana Wesleyan | 11-2 | 340 |
| 6 | 7 | Marian (Ind.) | 9-2 | 335 |
| 7 | 6 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 11-2 | 317 |
| 8 | 4 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 13-1 | 311 |
| 9 | 8 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 10-2 | 294 |
| 10 | 9 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 8-2 | 286 |
| 11 | 10 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 9-2 | 238 |
| 12 | 18 | College of Idaho | 8-2 | 237 |
| 13 | 11 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 9-3 | 231 |
| 14 | 15 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 9-2 | 209 |
| 15 | 16 | Carroll (Mont.) | 8-3 | 144 |
| 16 | 24 | Montana Tech | 7-3 | 130 |
| 17 | 19 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 7-2 | 125 |
| 18 | 13 | Avila (Mo.) | 10-2 | 122 |
| 19 | 17 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 8-3 | 118 |
| 20 | NR | Kansas Wesleyan | 8-3 | 115 |
| 21 | 22 | Texas Wesleyan | 9-2 | 113 |
| 21 | 21 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 7-3 | 113 |
| 23 | 14 | Bethel (Kan.) | 9-1 | 75 |
| 24 | 23 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 7-3 | 70 |
| 25 | 25 | Dordt (Iowa) | 7-3 | 33 |
Receiving Votes: Arizona Christian 30; Evangel (Mo.) 23; Concordia (Mich.) 20; Bluefield (Va.) 13; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 10; Montana Western 6; Southeastern (Fla.) 4; Louisiana Christian 3
