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 ( )