(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) - Beginning the MIAA Football Media Day in Kansas City, MIAA Commissioner Mike Racy unveiled the 2021 coaches and media polls.

Central Missouri ranks among the top in each poll having been voted to a second-place tie with Fort Hays State in the coaches poll with each team receiving one first-place vote and 105 points apiece. In the media poll, Mules Football earned the outright spot at second with 124 points and one first-place vote.

Mules Football will open the new season at home on Thursday, September 2nd against Pittsburg State with a 7 p.m. kickoff. The league's kick-off date will mark 656 days since the last MIAA football competition and will begin an 11-game conference schedule. To view the Mules' complete schedule, click here: 2021 Central Missouri Mules Football Schedule

For information on Mules Football season tickets, please contact tickets@ucmo.edu or contact the office at 660-543-4063. 
 

2021 MIAA Football Preseason Coaches Poll

1. Northwest Missouri (10) – 120 points

  T-2.   Central Missouri (1) – 105 points
  T-2.   Fort Hays State (1) – 105 points
     4.    Nebraska Kearney – 86 points
     5.    Missouri Western – 71 points
     6.    Washburn – 69 points
     7.    Pittsburg State – 66 points
     8.    Emporia State – 55 points
     9.    Central Oklahoma – 52 points
T-10.   Missouri Southern – 24 points
T-10.   Northeastern State – 24 points
    12.   Lincoln – 15 points  
Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own team.

2021 MIAA Football Preseason Media Poll
     1.    Northwest Missouri (10) – 142 points
     2.    Central Missouri (1) – 124 points
     3.    Fort Hays State (1) – 120 points
     4.    Missouri Western – 99 points
     5.    Nebraska Kearney – 98 points
     6.    Pittsburg State – 91 points
     7.    Washburn – 70 points
     8.    Central Oklahoma – 62 points
     9.    Emporia State – 56 points
    10.   Missouri Southern – 33 points
    11.   Northeastern State – 25 points
    12.   Lincoln – 16 points