The Muhlenberg football team is ranked 11th in the D3football.com preseason poll.

This is the third straight season that the Mules have appeared in the D3football.com preseason top 25. They were eighth in 2019 and 13th last fall. Muhlenberg has received votes in the D3football.com preseason poll seven times in the last eight seasons.

Muhlenberg has advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament each of the last three seasons, making it to the semifinals in 2019. The Mules are 35-5 during that span, winning or sharing the CC title each season, and are one of only six Division III schools to have won at least eight games every season since 2012.

Last year, Muhlenberg finished with a record of 11-2, taking Mount Union to overtime in the NCAA quarterfinals. The Mules were ranked seventh in the final poll for the second straight season.

There are some familiar names in the poll, and one that will soon be familiar to the Mules. The top-ranked team in the preseason poll is defending national champion Mary Hardin-Baylor, Muhlenberg's opponent in its September 3 season opener.

The Mules have faced the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the poll, North Central and Mount Union, three times in the last three postseasons. Centennial Conference rival Johns Hopkins is one spot ahead of Muhlenberg at No. 10, and another CC foe, Susquehanna, landed just outside the top 25.

No. 15 Delaware Valley, No. 21 Randolph-Macon and No. 22 Salisbury are teams that Muhlenberg has defeated in the postseason since 2018.

After returning from their season-opening trip to Texas, the Mules are scheduled to begin CC play with their home opener against Dickinson on September 10.