For the second consecutive year, the Kutztown Golden Bears were selected No. 1 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s Eastern Division Football Preseason Poll, as voted on by the conference’s head coaches.

In 2025, Kutztown earned the maximum seven first-place votes and are the two-time defending PSAC champions. The Golden Bears return seven starters from a defense that led NCAA Division II by allowing just 10.2 points per game in 2024.

East Stroudsburg, voted No. 2 in the East, led the PSAC in scoring at 33.6 points per, overall offense with 419.3 yards per game, and only allowed 15.9 points per game to opponents (third-best in the conference.)

The No. 3 team in the poll is West Chester, which won four of its last six contests and returns QB Cooper Jordan for his fourth and final season under center. On defense, seven starters are back – in addition to LB Connor Noble, who recorded 117 tackles last fall.

Several local players are part of this year’s team:

Antonio Russo is a redshirt sophomore quarterback from Northampton.

Jake Biery is a redshirt freshman defensive lineman from Northampton.

Wyatt Younes is a redshirt sophomore defensive back from Catasauqua who recorded on assisted tackle last season.

Kaden Weaver is a redshirt freshman from Whitehall.

Carter Troxell is a freshman linebacker from Whitehall.

Aaron Beete is a freshman defensive back from Freedom.

Devin Greene is a redshirt freshman from Bethlehem Catholic.

2025 PSAC Football Eastern Division Preseason Poll

1. Kutztown (7)

2. East Strouds. (1)

3. West Chester

4. Shepherd

5. Bloomsburg

6. Lock Haven

7. Shippensburg

8. Millersville