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The Eastern Washington University football team has been ranked 12th nationally in the winter/spring preseason rankings released Tuesday (Feb. 9) by Athlon Sports.
 
Weber State is ranked No. 2 in the nation behind North Dakota State, and Idaho is the other Big Sky Conference school in the rankings at No. 24. Eastern opens the winter/spring season at Idaho on Feb. 27, and will end the regular season on April 10th versus the Vandals.
 
Eastern does not play Weber State, but the Eagles are scheduled to play at UC Davis on April 3. The Aggies are listed "On the Cusp" in the rankings.
 
The ranking comes a day after Eastern was picked 14th in winter/spring rankings by Hero Sports, which also honored Eric Barriere as the sole quarterback on its preseason All-America squad. Eastern earned five other top 25 rankings last fall. The Eagles were picked 18th by STATS, and Hero Sports and Street and Smith's also gave the Eagles that ranking. Eastern was No. 20 in the Athlon Sports Preseason Top 25 rankings and were ranked 23rd by College Football America.
 
 

EWU 2020-21 EWU Preseason Honors & Rankings From the Fall

(as of Feb. 8, 2021)
 
FCS Top 25 Preseason Rankings
12th (winter/spring) - Athlon Sports (#1 NDSU, #2 Weber State, #24 Idaho)
14th (winter/spring) - Hero Sports (#1 NDSU, #3 Weber State)
18th (fall) - STATS (#1 NDSU, #4 Weber State, #6 Montana State, #7 Montana, #12 Sacramento State)
18th (fall) - Hero Sports (#1 NDSU, #3 Weber State, #5 Montana State, #7 Montana, #12 Sacramento State)
18th (fall) - Street & Smith's (#1 NDSU, #5 Weber State, #8 Montana State, #9 Montana, #16 Sacramento State)
20th (fall) - Athlon Sports (#1 NDSU, #4 Sacramento State, #6 Weber State, #7 Montana State, #9 Montana)
23rd (fall) - College FB America (#1 NDSU, #6 Montana, #7 Montana State, #8 Weber State, #11 Sac State)
 
Senior Co-Captains
QB Eric Barriere (2nd Year), S Calin Criner (1st Year), DB Ty Graham (1st Year), RB Tamarick Pierce (1st Year), LB Jack Sendelbach (2nd Year), OT Tristen Taylor (1st Year)
 
All-America
QB Eric Barriere - 1st Team Hero Sports (winter/spring)
QB Eric Barriere - 2nd Team Hero Sports (fall)
QB Eric Barriere - 3rd Team STATS (fall)
QB Eric Barriere - 4th Team Phil Steele Publications (fall)
QB Eric Barriere - College Sports Journal (fall; one of three quarterbacks on 60-player team)
LB Chris Ojoh – 3rd Team Hero Sports
 
All-Big Sky Conference
QB Eric Barriere – Official Team Selected by League Office (also MVP on offense) & 1st Team Phil Steele Publications
OL Tristen Taylor – Official Team Selected by League Office & 2nd Team Phil Steele Publications
WR Andrew Boston – 3rd Team Phil Steele Publications
DL Mitchell Johnson – 3rd Team Phil Steele Publications
K Seth Harrison – 3rd Team Phil Steele Publications