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The North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters (NDAPSSA) released its annual preseason poll Thursday evening. NDAPSSA ranked the top-five teams in both the Class B 11-man and 9-man football scenes.
2021 Class B 11-man State Champions, Kindred, collected 8 of 11 first place votes for 48 total points. Langdon/EM was a clear favorite for the No. 2 spotm racking up two first place votes for 35 total points.
2021 State runners-up Hillsboro/Central Valley claimed the No. 3 spot while Central Cass took the last first-place vote to the fourth slot. Bishop Ryan wound up rounding out the top-five Class B 11-man squads.
In the 9-man poll, 2021 state title holders, LaMoure/Litchville-Marion, took all 11 first-place votes to the bank. 2021 state runners-up, Cavalier, secured the second-place slot with 34 points.
New Salem-Almont, May-Port-C-G and Grant Co/Flasher proved to be the most popular No. 3-5 picks.
NDAPSSA Preseason Football Poll
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(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Class B 11-man
Team Rec. Pts.
1. Kindred (8) 0-0 48
2. Langdon/EM (2) 0-0 35
3. Hillsboro/CV 0-0 27
4. Central Cass (1) 0-0 26
5. Bishop Ryan 0-0 16
Others receiving votes: Shiloh Christian (0-0), Velva/Garrison (0-0), Hazen (0-0), Beulah (0-0), Bowman County (0-0)
9-man
Team Rec. Pts.
