The Grand Valley State Lakers are No. 8 in the 2022 College Football America Yearbook’s Division II Preseason Top 30.
The Lakers are coming off a 2021 in which they went 10-2 overall and 6-1 in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action. The Lakers were second in league play behind Ferris State, which won the GLIAC, went undefeated and claimed the national championship.
The Lakers reached the playoffs, where they beat Lindenwood in the first round before losing to Ferris State, 54-20, in the next round.
The Lakers open the season against a pair of teams from Colorado — hosting Colorado Mines on Sept. 1 and traveling to CSU-Pueblo on Sept. 10. The Lakers open GLIAC action on Oct. 1 at home against Saginaw Valley State, and the get a rematch with Ferris State at Big Rapids, Mich., on Oct. 15.
The Division II section of the 2022 College Football America Yearbook features 24 pages of content including:
- National Division II preview and Preseason Top 30;
- Division II preseason Starting Lineup;
- Update on each Division II conference;
- Capsules for every Division II team, including 2021 results and 2022 schedules;
- A dozen color action, coach and stadium photos.
The 2022 College Football America Yearbook features more than 900 college football teams from the United States and Canada in more than 250 striking, full-color pages. That includes every team from the NCAA (FBS, FCS, Division II and Division III), NAIA, NJCAA, CCCAA and U Sports (Canada). It also includes updates on club football, one-year postgraduate prep/sports academies and Mexican college football, along with dozens of action shots and stadium photos taken by the CFA staff.
The print edition is available online via Amazon.com and other major retailers such as Barnes & Noble.
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