D3football.com released its preseason poll for the 2015 season. Included on the list of the Top 25 teams is Bethel at No. 20 with 153 votes. The Royals Top 25 status marks the 58th time in the past 59 polls that BU has been among the nation's elite teams. Bethel begins its season with a nonconference road game against UW-Stout on September 3 at 7 p.m. in Menomonie, Wis., followed by a rematch against No. 6-ranked Wartburg at home on September 12.
 

1	UW-Whitewater (18)	15-0	614	1
2	Mount Union (6)	14-1	603	2
3	Linfield (1)	11-2	535	3
4	Mary Hardin-Baylor	11-1	531	6
5	Wesley	12-2	516	7
6	Wartburg	12-1	504	4
7	Wheaton (Ill.)	11-1	430	8
8	John Carroll	11-2	362	5
9	St. John's	10-2	356	12
10	Wabash	10-2	335	13
11	North Central (Ill.)	8-2	324	15
12	Widener	12-1	320	11
13	Johns Hopkins	11-1	303	10
14	St. Thomas	8-3	300	16
15	Washington and Jefferson	10-2	270	14
16	Hobart	12-1	257	9
17	Wittenberg	9-2	231	17
18	UW-Oshkosh	6-4	178	20
19	St. John Fisher	9-2	170	21
20	Bethel	7-3	153	--
21	Texas Lutheran	9-2	104	19
22	Centre	10-1	100	22
23	Thomas More	8-2	84	18
24	Chapman	8-2	70	23
25	Muhlenberg	9-2	61	--

Others receiving votes: Heidelberg 44; Franklin 42; Rowan 42; UW-Platteville 36; Delaware Valley 34; Hardin-Simmons 30; Christopher Newport 26; Montclair State 25; St. Lawrence 24; Guilford 24; Ithaca 21; MIT 16; Lycoming 11; Bridgewater (Va.) 9; Pacific Lutheran 8; Framingham State 7; Salisbury 5; Monmouth 3; Amherst 2; Louisiana College 2; Chicago 1; Hampden-Sydney 1; Redlands 1.

The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.