HILLSBORO, Ore. – The JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 Junior College team rankings were released on Saturday and lists Northwest No. 21 in the annual preseason poll. | Dirty 30 Rankings

The rankings include the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and California programs and reflect the performance on the field, the strength of that programs conference, team records, players in key positions and input from Brad Hoiseth and the staff at JCGridiron.com. JCGridiron is the JUCO affiliate of Rivals and Yahoo! Sports.

Northwest is coming off an 8-2 overall record, first bowl win in 20 years and finished as the MACJC North Division Co-Champions along with East Mississippi at 5-1. The Rangers have won, shared or finished runner-up in the north division in six of the past seven seasons. 

Northwest debuts a new coach in 2013 in Brad LaPlante and returns just three starters and 12 lettermen. 

The JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 is in its eighth season and is the unofficial junior college poll. The NJCAA rankings are official and will be released in August at www.njcaa.org.