2015 Schedule

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University football team has been ranked in the Division II preseason top-25 poll by both Sporting News and Lindy's and sophomore defensive end Marcus Martin has been named a preseason All-American by Sporting News.
 
The latest issue of Sporting News that is on retail shelves currently includes the Division II preseason poll that ranks Slippery Rock No. 9 overall and second among four Super Region 1 institutions in the top-25. The Rock was also ranked No. 25 in the Lindy's Sports preseason poll (both polls listed below).
 
Martin was listed in the Sporting News issue as a preseason All-American after his breakout freshman year last fall. He broke the SRU single-season sack record and finished with 16.0 sacks to help lead The Rock to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship and an NCAA tournament appearance.
 
Martin was named the PSAC Western Division Freshman of the Year and went on to earn All-America honors from Daktronics, D2football.com, AP Little and the Don Hansen Football Gazette. He was also named as a national finalist for the Cliff Harris Award, which recognizes the top small college defensive player in the country.
 
Slippery Rock finished the 2014 season with a 9-3 overall record and won the PSAC championship by defeating then unbeaten and fifth-ranked Bloomsburg. The Rock won the PSAC West title for the third time in the last four years.
 
Concord is the top Super Region 1 team listed in the Sporting News preseason rankings at No. 5. Slippery Rock follows at No. 9 and the region is also represented by PSAC Eastern Division institutions Bloomsburg at No. 13 and West Chester at No. 18.
 
Bloomsburg is the top Super Region 1 team in the Lindy's poll at No. 4. The region is represented by Concord at No. 7, West Chester at No. 16 and Slippery Rock at No. 25.
 
The Rock will open the 2015 season on the road at the University of New Haven (Conn.) Sept. 5.
 

Sporting News NCAA Division II Football Preseason Top 25

1. Minnesota Duluth
2. Ferris State
3. CSU-Pueblo
4. Ohio Dominican
5. Concord *
6. Minnesota State-Mankato
7. Northwest Missouri State
8. West Georgia
9. SLIPPERY ROCK *
10. West Texas A&M
11. Valdosta State
12. Colorado School of Mines
13. Bloomsburg *
14. Pittsburg State
15. Angelo State
16. North Alabama
17. Ouachita Baptist
18. West Chester *
19. Lenoir-Rhyne
20. Sioux Falls
21. Delta State
22. Central Washington
23. Virginia State
24. Tuskegee
25. Azusa Pacific
 
Lindy's Sports NCAA Division II Football Preseason Top 25

1. Minnesota State
2. West Georgia
3. Minnesota-Duluth
4. Bloomsburg *
5. North Alabama
6. Pittsburg State
7. Concord *
8. Valdosta State
9. Delta State
10. Ferris State
11. Sioux Falls
12. Ohio Domincan
13. Northwest Missouri State
14. Lenoir-Rhyne
15. CSU-Pueblo
16. West Chester *
17. Angelo State
18. Michigan Tech
19. Ouachita Baptist
20. Grand Valley State
21. Colorado School of Mines
22. Tuskegee
23. Ashland (Ohio)
24. Azusa Pacific
25. SLIPPERY ROCK *

* Super Region 1 Teams