2015 Sporting News Division III Football Preview / Top 25 / Preseason All-Americans

BALTIMORE, MD -- The Johns Hopkins football team won't open the 2015 season for three more months, but the Blue Jays are already making news with a number 11 ranking the Sporting News Preseason Top 25 and a preseason All-America selection for senior guard Colin Egan from the Sporting News as well.

Johns Hopkins posted an 11-1 record, won a sixth consecutive Centennial Conference title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Playoffs last season. The 11 wins are a school single-season record and the Blue Jays ended the 2014 season ranked 10th in both the AFCA and D3football.com polls.

Egan is the latest in a long line of standout offensive linemen produced by Johns Hopkins. He earned First Team D3football.com All-America honors last season, when he also grabbed First Team D3football.com All-South, First Team All-ECAC South, First Team All-Centennial and First Team CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District as well. He was one of just three non-seniors to earn First Team D3football.com All-America honors on offense last season.

Johns Hopkins will open the 2015 season on Saturday, September 5 when the Blue Jays travel to Ashland, Virginia to take on Randolph-Macon. The Blue Jays' 10-game schedule includes five games at home, including matchups with Muhlenberg (9-2 in 2014) and Ursinus (7-3). The Mules are ranked 22nd in the Sporting News Preseason top 25 and finished one game behind JHU in the final Centennial standings last season.

2015 Sporting News Preseason Top 15
? NCAA Division III ?
1. Mount Union (OH) (14-1)
2. Linfield (OR) ((11-2)
3. Wisconsin-Whitewater (15-0)
4. Washington & Jefferson (PA) (10-2)
5. Mary Hardin-Baylor (TX) (11-1)
6. Wesley (DE) (12-2)
7. St. John's (MN) (10-2)
8. Wheaton (IL) (11-1)
9. Warburg (IA) (12-1)
10. Wittenberg (OH) (9-2)
11. Johns Hopkins (11-1)
12. Wisconsin-Oshkosh (9-2)
13. Texas Lutheran (9-2)
14. John Carroll (OH) (11-2)
15. Thomas More (KY) (8-2)

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