McLEAN, Va. - The Wesley College football is ranked 11th in NCAA Division III in the USA Today Sports Weekly 2009 College Football Special Edition Preseason Top 25.

The ranking is the Wolverines highest so far this summer.  Wesley was rated 15th earlier this summer by the The Sporting News.

The Wolverines' 2009 schedule features a number of squads ranked in the top 25.  Wesley hosts Christopher Newport in the season opener on September 6 and the Captains are rated No. 21.

Atlantic Central Football Conference (ACFC) rival Salisbury, who visits Dr. Scott D. Miller Stadium on October 31, checked in at No. 24.  Rounding out the top 25 is a Delaware Valley squad that hosts the Wolverines on September 19.

Wesley finished 2008 with a record of 9-2 and won its fourth consecutive ACFC Championship and advanced to the NCAA Division III Football Championship Second Round.

The USA Today Sports Weekly 2009 College Football Special Edition is currently available on newstands.

USA Today Sports Weekly 2009 College Football Special Edition Preseason Top 25

1. Mount Union
2. Wisconsin-Whitewater
3. Mary Hardin-Baylor
4. Hardin-Simmons
5. North Central
6. Wisconsin-Stevens Point
7. Willamette
8. Wheaton
9. Wartburg
10. Ithaca
11. WESLEY
12. Cortland State
13. St. John's (Minn.)
14. Monmouth (Ill.)
15. Washington & Jefferson
16. Hobart
17. St. Thomas (Minn.)
18. Case Western Reserve
19. DePauw
20. Trinity (Texas)
21. Christopher Newport
22. Curry
23. Redlands
24. Salisbury
25. Delaware Valley