COLUMBIA, Ky.  – The Lindsey Wilson football team is ranked No. 20 in the 2024 NAIA GoRout Preseason Top 25, NAIA officials announced Monday.

Last season, the Blue Raiders posted a 7-3 overall record and finished 4-2 in Mid-South Conference play.

Lindsey Wilson averaged 36.4 points per game and 353.4 yards per game in 2023. Defensively, the Blue Raiders ranked in the top 20 of the NAIA allowing just 17.4 points per game and ranked second allowing 75.1 rushing yards a game.

Reigning national champions Keiser (Fla.) sits atop the poll with 349 points and 14 first-place votes. Northwestern (Iowa) comes in at No. 2 in the poll with 337 points and the final two first-place votes. MSC member Georgetown (Ky.) is third with 310 points, College of Idaho and Grand View (Iowa) round out the top five with 308 and 291 points, respectively.

Bethel (Tenn.) is also ranked from the MSC coming in at No. 8.

The 2024 season kicks off for the Blue Raiders on Thursday, Aug. 29 when they travel to Texas Wesleyan at 6 p.m. CT.