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CLARION- - Clarion returns 13 total starters from last year’s team that went 3-8 overall with a 1-5 record in the PSAC West division. Eight of those starters are on the offensive side of the ball, including all five starters along the offensive line for the second consecutive season.

SETON HILL- SHU returns All-Region, first team All-PSAC West, and 2025 D2Football.com’s Elite 100 preseason second team RB Ky’Ron Craggette. Craggette ran for 1,287 yards and 13 touchdowns, which each led the PSAC.

EDINBORO- The Fighting Scots will enter 2025 with a new head coach leading a whole new coaching staff. Matt Scott comes to Edinboro after serving as the defensive coordinator at New Haven.

EAST STROUDSBURG- - Defensive playmakers returning include DB Everette Dingle, the redshirt junior who tallied five interceptions and earned D2CCA All-Super Region, All-PSAC, and 2025 D2 Football Watch 100 Second Team Defense honors. Additional All-Conference honorees with multi-year starting experience that are back include redshirt junior DL Jake Williamson and redshirt senior DB Malachi Bowman.

GANNON- Bryson Costa excelled as both a punter and placekicker as a freshman. He was accorded first team D2CCA All-Super Region 1 honors and second team All-PSAC West accolades, both at punter. Costa has been named to the D2Football.com Elite 100 Watch List Second Team for the 2025 preseason.

SHEPHERD- - The Rams return three 2024 All-PSAC East honorees in OL Brandon Carr (FT), RB Malakai Brown (FT), and RB Jordan Barnett (ST). Carr also garnered All-Region honors and 2025 D2Football.com Preseason Elite 100 Watch List Second Team.


THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 (WEEK 0)
Wheeling at Clarion, 6 PM
Fairmont State at Seton Hill, 7 PM
Edinboro at East Stroudsburg, 7:05 PM

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 (WEEK 0)
Davenport at Gannon, 12 PM
Shepherd at Frostburg State, 6 PM