MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Washington & Jefferson College Football claimed the No. 23 rank in the nation on the final D3football.com poll, announced by the organization Tuesday (Jan. 7).
 
W&J last finished in the top 25 on the final D3football.com Poll following the 2017 season. That year, the Presidents finished with a 11-1 record and finished No. 16.
 
Dawson Dietz (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) highlighted the D3football.com awards for the Presidents in the 2024 season, collecting his third D3football.com All-America designation as well as earning his first All-Region 2 Defensive Player of the Year honor. The Presidents also garnered six total All-Region 2 honorees.
 
W&J Football earned three D3football.com Team of the Week members. Dietz was honored twice in back-to-back weeks (Oct. 29 and Nov. 5) while Zach Cernuto (Scottdale, Pa./Southmoreland) picked up a team of the week honor Nov. 5.
 
In this season's final poll, W&J shifted down six spots since suffering their second-round loss to Randolph-Macon (38-22) but remained one of three Presidents' Athletic Conference institutions in the top 25.
 
The Presidents' capped the year with a 9-2 (9-1 PAC) record on the season. The team added its 27^th Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship after sealing the conference title with a win over Allegheny in the final bout of the regular season. The Presidents earned their 27^th trip to the postseason through the conference's Pool-A (automatic) bid.
 
W&J racked up countless accolades including nearly sweeping the All-PAC awards with Jacob Pugh (Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) and Dietz winning offensive and defensive player of the year honors. Head coach Mike Sirianni also picked up his eighth PAC Coach of the Year honor, coaching 16 Presidents to All-PAC honors.
 
With plenty of work to be put in prior to the 2025 season, W&J looks to kick off the upcoming football schedule at home against Utica on Saturday (Sept. 6) slated for a 12:00 p.m. start.
 
Projected 2025 Schedule (Times are subject to change) 
Sept. 6 - Utica, Noon
Sept. 13 - at Hampden-Sydney, 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 27 - at Grove City
Oct. 4 - at Hiram
Oct. 11 - Westminster, 2:00 p.m.
Oct. 18 - at Saint Vincent
Oct. 25 - Waynesburg, TBA
Nov. 1 - Case Western Reserve
Nov. 8 - at Geneva
Nov. 15 - Thiel, 1:00 p.m.