Delta State Predicted To Win Gulf South Title
Delta State Predicted To Win Gulf South Title
Delta State was tabbed to win the 2023 GSC title, according to a preseason poll by the league’s head coaches.

Following the Gulf South Conference Football Media Day at the Wynfrey Hotel, Delta State was tabbed to win the 2023 GSC title, according to a preseason poll by the league’s head coaches.
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The Statesmen received 61 total points and six first-place votes to become the league’s favorite, while West Florida was second with 56 points and two first-place votes.
Delta State and West Florida shared the GSC regular-season title in 2022 after both teams finished with a 6-1 record in conference play. For the Statesmen, it marked their first league title, shared or outright, since 2014 and eighth all-time. The Argonauts meanwhile claimed their second-ever conference title back-to-back fashion.
If predictions hold, Delta State would capture conference titles in back-to-back season for the first time since the 2010 and 2011 seasons. West Florida meanwhile can become the first program to win three-consecutive GSC crowns since Valdosta State, which accomplished the feat in 2018, 2019 and 2021.
West Georgia was predicted to finish third as it received 52 points and one first-place vote, West Alabama followed in fourth with 44 points and Valdosta State collected 33 points to round out the top five.
2023 GSC Football Coaches Preseason Poll
- 1. Delta State – 61 pts (6)
- 2. West Florida – 56 pts (2)
- 3. West Georgia – 52 pts (1)
- 4. West Alabama – 44 pts
- 5. Valdosta State – 33 pts
- 6. Mississippi College – 32 pts
- 7. North Greenville – 24 pts
- 8. Shorter – 13 pts
- 9. Chowan – 10 pts
- *First-place votes in parenthesis ( )
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