SMALL COLLEGE PREVIEWS
Bacone College
Location: Muskogee
League: Central States Football League (NAIA)
Head Coach: Trevor Rubly
2012 record: 7-3
Top players: DL Deantre Harlan (6-5, 280, Jr.), QB Kyle Kuban (6-0, 205, Sr.), RB Aron McCoy (5-8, 178, Sr.), LB Jercorey Quarterman (6-2, 200, Sr.)
Notable: Picked to finish second in the CSFL in the preseason poll ... Led the NAIA in total defense last season and was third in scoring defense ... Kyle Kuban returns for his fourth season at Bacone and earned all-CSFL honors last year on the field and in the classroom.
Schedule
Aug. 31: at McPherson (Kan.) 7 p.m.
Sept. 7: Northwestern (Iowa) 6 p.m.
Sept. 14: Southwestern (Texas) 5 p.m.
Sept. 21: at Lamar 7 p.m.
Sept. 28: Haskell (Kan.) 6 p.m.
Oct. 12: at Wayland Baptist 2 p.m.
Oct. 19: Panhandle State 2 p.m.
Oct. 26: at Texas College 2 p.m.
Nov. 2: Oklahoma Baptist 2 p.m.
Nov. 9: Langston 2 p.m.
Nov. 16: at Southwest Assemblies of God 6 p.m.
Langston University
Location: Langston
League: Central States Football League (NAIA)
Head Coach: Dwone Sanders
2012 record: 6-4
Top players: DE Ronald Burgess (6-2, 250, Sr.), P David DeHarde (6-0, 180, So.), LB Chace Green (6-2, 220, Jr.), QB Jac'Quon Miles (6-2, 200, Sr.), FS Isaiah Ross (5-10, 190, Sr.)
Notable: Langston was voted the Central States Football League team to beat in 2013, as the Lions received six of the nine first-place votes in the preseason poll ... The Lions ranked third in the NAIA last season in total defense and sixth in scoring defense. They return nine defensive starters.
Schedule
Aug. 31: at Northern Colorado 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 14: at Incarnate Word 6 p.m.
Sept. 21: at Nicholls State 6 p.m.
Sept. 28: at Northwestern State 6 p.m.
Oct. 12: at SW Assemblies 2 p.m.
Oct. 19: Texas College 2 p.m.
Oct. 26: Oklahoma Baptist 2 p.m.
Nov. 2: at Panhandle State 2 p.m.
Nov. 9: at Bacone 2 p.m.
Nov. 16: Wayland Baptist 2 p.m.
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Location: Miami, Okla.
League: Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Head Coach: Sherard Poteete
2012 record: 9-3
Top players: OL Derrick Crawford (6-4, 315), CB Ronnie Davis (6-1, 170), S Devron Moore (6-1, 180), LB Akii Smith (6-2, 220)
Notable: NEO plays what is being billed as the first college football game in the country this season when it opens at home Aug. 22 against Metro State (Colo.) ... This will be the first season at the helm for head coach Sherard Poteete, who had been serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas. He is a former all-state quarterback at Union High School.
Schedule
Aug. 22: Metropolitan State 7 p.m.
Aug. 31: at Highland (Kan.) CC 7 p.m.
Sept. 14: Blinn College 7 p.m.
Sept. 21: Southeast Prep 3 p.m.
Sept. 26: Tyler JC 7 p.m.
Oct. 5: Trinity Valley 2 p.m.
Oct. 12: at Kilgore College 3 p.m.
Oct. 19: Cisco College 2 p.m.
Oct. 26: at Navarro College 1 p.m.
Northeastern State
Location: Tahlequah
League: Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (NCAA Division II)
Head Coach: Kenny Evans
2012 record: 4-6
Top players: QB Johnny Deaton (6-3, 210, Sr.), RB Joel Rockmore (5-7, 185, Jr.), LB Langston Jones (6-0, 205, Sr.), DB Victor Johnson (6-1, 190, Sr.,), LB Jack Gray (6-1, 220, Sr.)
Notable: NSU ended last season on a four-game winning streak ... The RiverHawks will miss offensive tackle Michael Bowie, who became just the 10th player in school history to be drafted when the Seattle Seahawks selected him in the seventh round.
Schedule
Sept. 7: at Pittsburg State 7 p.m.
Sept. 14: Missouri Southern State 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 21: Washburn 6 p.m.
Sept. 28: at Emporia State 1 p.m.
Oct. 5: Northwest Missouri State 2 p.m.
Oct. 12: at Missouri Western State 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 19: Eastern New Mexico 2 p.m.
Oct. 26: at Central Missouri 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 2: Southwest Baptist 2 p.m.
Nov. 9: at Lincoln (Mo.) 2 p.m.
Nov. 16: Central Oklahoma 1 p.m.
