The Wofford football team is ranked fourth, while receiving one first-place vote, in the official preseason Division I-AA poll released by ESPN/USA Today.

The Terriers are the SoCon's winningest team over the last two seasons with a 21-5 overall record and 14-2 league mark.

Wofford returns 15 starters (eight offensive, seven defensive) and 43 of 55 lettermen from last year's squad that posted a 12-2 overall record and 8-0 league mark in capturing the SoCon title and advancing to the national semifinals.

The Terriers report to campus Monday for the start of preseason camp. The first practice is Aug. 18. Wofford opens the 2004 campaign Sept. 11 at South Carolina State.

Listed below is the ESPN/USA Today Division I-AA Top 25 poll with first-place votes in parentheses and total points received. Wofford non-conference opponents S.C. State and Big South Conference champion Gardner-Webb were listed among others receiving votes.

1. Delaware (26) - 863
2. Southern Illinois (6) - 791
3. Montana - 702
4. Wofford (1) - 685
5. Colgate - 664
6. Northern Iowa (1) - 644
7. McNeese State (1) - 592
8. Furman - 532
9. Georgia Southern - 500
10. Villanova - 466
11. Maine - 428
12. Western Illinois - 414
13. Northern Arizona - 392
14. Western Kentucky - 367
15. Montana State - 308
16. Grambling - 301
17. Stephen F. Austin - 280
18. Northwestern State - 264
19. Massachusetts - 247
20. Appalachian State - 246
21. Northeastern - 234
22. Lehigh - 192
23. Eastern Kentucky - 161
24. North Carolina A&T - 151
25. Southern - 148