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BREVARD, N.C. – The Brevard College Tornados football program has been tabbed second in the annual USA South Conference coaches poll for the second consecutive season.

The Tornados, who received 51 total points and one first-place vote in the poll, finished just behind three-time defending conference champion Huntingdon College, who earned 62 points and six first-place votes.

Finishing just behind Brevard was Methodist University with 49 points, while Belhaven University earned a pair of first-place votes and 48 points in the poll. The USA South will once again feature nine football-playing institutions this season as the League welcomes Belhaven into the Conference with the departure of Averett University.

NC Wesleyan University (5^th place, 34 points), Maryville College (6^th, 33 points), LaGrange College (7^th, 21 points), Southern Virginia University (8^th, 17 points), and Greensboro College (9^th, 9 points) rounded out the preseason poll.

Beginning in the 2022-23 season of competition, USA South opponents Belhaven, Huntingdon, LaGrange, and Maryville will be affiliate members of the USA South Conference in the sports of football, men's and women's lacrosse, with the formation of the brand new Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS. Brevard, Greensboro, Methodist, NC Wesleyan, and Southern Virginia remain full-time members of the USA South.

Brevard will look to continue the program's unprecedented run of recent success, as the Tornados – led by sixth-year Head Coach Bill Khayat – have had three-consecutive winning seasons for the first time in program history. Brevard's six conference wins a season ago set a new program record for single-season conference victories. The Tornados earned numerous accolades during the Fall 2021 season, including eight All-Conference selections, three All-Region honorees, two Cliff Harris Award nominees, and a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.

BC returns a large portion of its 2021 roster that propelled the Tornados to a third-place finish in the USA South, while also welcoming over 70 newcomers to the program. For the first time in program history, Brevard will also feature a JV program that will compete in three contests – with two being at Ives-Lemel Family Field.

The Tornados open the 2022 campaign on Saturday, September 3 at 1 p.m. vs. NCAA DII Shorter University at Ives-Lemel Family Field.

Several season-ticket and reserved parking options are now available for the 2022 Brevard College football season. A variety of membership levels and price points are available for the Tornado Club. For more information on joining the Tornado Club, please click here, email tornadoclub@brevard.edu or contact Assistant Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator Kristin Rosato at (828) 641-0347.

2022 Brevard College Football Schedule

September 3, 1 p.m. vs. Shorter

September 10, 1 p.m. at Apprentice

September 17, 6 p.m. at Averett

October 1, 2 p.m. vs. Greensboro*

October 8, 2 p.m. vs. Methodist* (Homecoming)

October 15, 1 p.m. at Huntingdon*

October 22, 3 p.m. vs. LaGrange*

October 29, 2 p.m. at Maryville*

November 5, 1 p.m. vs. Belhaven*

November 12, 1 p.m. at Southern Virginia*

All Times Eastern

*Conference game

2022 Brevard College JV Football Schedule

September 4, 2 p.m. at Palmetto Prep Academy

October 2, 2 p.m. vs. Palmetto Prep Academy

October 23, 2 p.m. vs. Aces Elite Sports Academy

All Times Eastern

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