TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University football team has been placed at No. 25 nationally in the Athlon Sports 2020 FCS Preview, announced by the publication on Tuesday morning.
Towson is coming off its second consecutive winning season, earning seven victories. Four of those wins came against teams either nationally ranked or receiving votes in the polls. Towson was nationally ranked all season long in 2019, including as high as No. 5 after week three.
Last week, Shane Simpson, the 2018 CAA Special Teams Player of the Year before missing most of 2019 due to injury, was selected as a HERO Sports Preseason All-American. Aaron Gryzmkowski and Shane McDonough are returning 2019 All-CAA players to this year's team. Head coach Rob Ambrose enters his 12th season at the helm of his alma mater.
This is the second straight year where the Tigers are in the publication's preseason top-25, being at No. 11 at the start of 2019.
Five Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) teams stand in the top-25 of the Athlon Sports FCS preseason rankings, including Towson, James Madison at No. 4, Villanova at No. 8, New Hampshire at No. 15 and UAlbany at No. 23.
It is less than 100 days until Towson begins the 2020 campaign as the Tigers are scheduled to play at Maryland on Sept. 5.
Season tickets for 2020 are on sale. For more information, interested parties may contact the Towson Athletics ticket office by visiting www.towsontigers.com, calling 1-855-TU-TIGER or emailing jbehringer@towson.edu.
Athlon Sports is a monthly magazine, primarily focusing on college and professional football. The publication released its full top-25 preseason FCS rankings on Tuesday morning.
