What it is: The President's Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III circuit which currently has nine schools playing football. Member schools are located in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
Website: http://www.pacathletics.org
Predicted order of finish (2009 overall record in parentheses, projected champion in BOLD type)
1. Thomas More (11-1): The Saints begin the 2010 campaign ranked in the Top 20 in two separate polls: 12th in The Sporting News, and 18th in Lindy's. They hope it ends in an a "three-peat": a third straight PAC title.
2. Washington & Jefferson (9-2): The Presidents will shoot for their 27th straight winning season this fall. It's currently the 10th best streak in all of D-III. But W&J faces a tough early season schedule that includes visits to NCAA playoff participants Delaware Valley and Thomas More.
3. Grove City (5-5): The Wolverines don't play their first home game of the season until September 25. That's when they'll take on Waynesburg.
4. Westminster (4-6): The Titans have had just seven losing seasons, to go with six national championships, over the last 59 years. 2009, unfortunately, was one of those down years.
5. Waynesburg (5-5): The Yellow Jackets have combined for break-even record of 10-10 the last two years. But they've also finished 2-4 in the PAC during that same span.
6. Geneva (8-3): The highlight of the 2009 season for the Golden Tornadoes was a thrilling, 29-28 win over Greenville (Ill.) in the NCCAA Victory Bowl.
7. Thiel (3-7): The Tomcats stunned Westminster, 24-21, on October 3, for their lone conference victory of 2009.
8. Bethany (W. Va.)--(3-7): The Bison haven't finished above .500 since finishing 6-3 in 2001.
9. St. Vincent's (0-10): The Bearcats enter the 2010 season having lost 18 straight games. In fact, they've won just one game overall since restarting their football program in 2007 after a 35-year absence.
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