St. Norbert the pick to win Midwest Conference

(WNFL) GRINNELL, Iowa – The Midwest Conference (MWC) football coaches have picked St. Norbert College to win its 17^th MWC title in their annual Preseason Coaches’ Poll.The MWC will have just one division in 2016 after having divisional play the past two seasons.  Member institutions’ schedules will include an eight-game conference slate. The Green Knights garnered six first-place votes and totaled 96 points in the poll.  Monmouth College is expected to be St. Norbert’s top competition for the conference crown after picking up four first-place tallies and 94 total points.  The Fighting Scots host the Green Knights on November 5. Illinois College, under new head coach Ray DeFrisco, earned the final top vote and finished third in the poll with 75 points.  Ripon College came in fourth with 68 points and Lake Forest College took fifth with 67 points. Macalester College finished sixth with 56, just edging out Cornell College (55).  Beloit College (36), Knox College (27), Lawrence University (17) and Grinnell College (14) complete the poll.