As the calendar turns into August, that means football season is right around the corner. After finishing the 2022 season with a 10-1 record and advancing to the second round of the playoffs, the Linfield Wildcats football team opens the preseason inside the top-10 of the D3football.com rankings, landing seventh. Defending national champion North Central (Ill.) grabbed the No. 1 spot, having received 22 of the 25 first-place votes. The Wildcats embark on the 2023 season looking to extend the longest streak of consecutive winning season in college football history alive to 67 seasons.
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The poll is voted on weekly by a panel of coaches, sports information directors and media members split across the six regions of NCAA Division III football. Weekly polls will start on Sunday, Sept. 3, after the opening weekend of games.
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| Rank |
School (First-place votes) |
2022 W-L |
Points |
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| 1 |
North Central (Ill.) (22) |
15-0 |
622 |
| 2 |
Mount Union (3) |
14-1 |
597 |
| 3 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
12-2 |
553 |
| 4 |
Trinity (Texas) |
11-1 |
511 |
| 5 |
Wartburg |
13-1 |
500 |
| 6 |
St. John's |
10-2 |
495 |
| 7 |
Linfield |
10-1 |
434 |
| 8 |
Hardin-Simmons |
9-2 |
397 |
| 9 |
Ithaca |
12-1 |
362 |
| 10 |
Delaware Valley |
12-1 |
349 |
| 11 |
UW-Whitewater |
8-3 |
322 |
| 12 |
UW-La Crosse |
9-2 |
304 |
| 13 |
Wheaton (Ill.) |
8-3 |
285 |
| 14 |
Bethel |
10-3 |
278 |
| 15 |
Randolph-Macon |
11-1 |
256 |
| 16 |
Carnegie Mellon |
11-1 |
248 |
| 17 |
Cortland |
9-2 |
237 |
| 18 |
Johns Hopkins |
10-1 |
182 |
| 19 |
John Carroll |
8-2 |
165 |
| 20 |
Aurora |
11-2 |
155 |
| 21 |
UW-Oshkosh |
6-4 |
140 |
| 22 |
Susquehanna |
10-1 |
134 |
| 23 |
UW-River Falls |
7-4 |
127 |
| 24 |
Alma |
11-1 |
99 |
| 25 |
Salisbury |
9-2 |
59 |
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Season tickets available for purchase
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Season tickets for the 2023 Linfield football season are available for purchase for the Wildcats' four scheduled home games. The Wildcats open the season with two road contests Sept. 9 at Denison University and Sept. 16 at University of Redlands. The 'Cats begin Northwest Conference play against Willamette Sept. 30. Other home games include Oct. 14 vs George Fox (Homecoming), Oct. 28 vs Pacific (Family Weekend) and Nov. 11 vs Whitworth (Pacific Office Automation Hall of Fame Game).
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Other Ticket information
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Reserved single-game tickets and general admission single-game tickets go on sale August 27.
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Single-game tickets purchased online sales end at 3 p.m. on Fridays before each home football game.
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Unsold covered seats may be purchased the day of the game. The ticket window opens at 11 a.m. on game day.
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General admission tickets may be purchased online in advance as well as the day of the game.
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