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Northwest Ranked 16th in NJCAA Football Pre-season Poll
For the first time since the 2012 season, second-year head coach Jack Wright and the Northwest Rangers will open the season ranked in the NJCAA Football Top 20 Pre-season Poll.
Northwest is ranked 16th and is one of five schools from the MACJC in the poll. Reigning back-to-back national champions East Mississippi come in as the top-ranked team, while two-time south division champion Copiah-Lincoln enters at No. 7, followed by Gulf Coast at No. 9 and Jones County at No. 19.
Earlier in the week, the Rangers were picked to finish fourth in the conference standings by a vote of MACJC representatives behind EMCC, Co-Lin and Gulf Coast.
Northwest has made the playoffs 25 out of the last 33 seasons and ended 2014 with a second place finish in the north division, followed by a narrow loss to 11th-ranked Copiah-Lincoln in the first round of the state playoffs.
Northwest will kick off the 2015 campaign at No. 19 Jones County on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. Live video, audio and stats will be provided all season long at www.nwccrangers.com.
Written by Brian Lentz/NWCCRANGERS.com
| Sat, Aug 31 |  | vs Furman | W, 76-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | vs Middle Tennessee | W, 52-3 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | @ Wake Forest | W, 40-6 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | vs Georgia Southern | W, 52-13 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Kentucky | L, 20-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ South Carolina | W, 27-3 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs LSU | L, 29-26 (2 OT) |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | vs Oklahoma | W, 26-14 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Arkansas | W, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Georgia | W, 28-10 |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | @ Florida | L, 24-17 |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | vs Mississippi State | W, 26-14 |