The Michigan Times

Additional helmet-design images can be viewed at the UM-Flint Footbal Club Web site.

The rankings are in and the schedule is posted for the 2009 UM-Flint Football Club. According to the National Club Football Rankings Web site, UM-Flint sits at 13 in their pre-season rankings out of the 20 ranked teams.

Their ranking puts them one ahead of the Ohio State University Buckeyes club team and one behind the University of New Orleans Privateers, both Midwestern Club Football Conference (MCFC) foes.

The MCFC is comprised of two divisions, the North Division and the South Division. UM-Flint joins OSU in the North along with the fifth-ranked Marquette University Golden Eagles and the 15th-ranked Wright State University Raiders.

The top-ranked Xavier University Musketeers head the South Division and they are accompanied by the third-ranked Miami University RedHawks, the 12th-ranked Privateers and the 16th-ranked Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) Cougars.

With a few open dates still remaining on the schedule, UM-Flint is currently set to open up the season at Wright State on Sept. 13. The following week, they play their home opener at Atwood Stadium against the RedHawks.

A visit to Cincinnati on Sept. 26 to play the top-ranked Musketeers highlights the schedule along with an Oct. 25 home game and a Nov. 7 road game against the Buckeyes.

Their look will likely be a traditional U-M design with a twist. The UM-Flint uniform design, which can be viewed at their Web site, www.um-flintfootballclub.com, features the classic winged-helmet design with a more futuristic edge to it and the traditional maize and blue colors for the home uniforms while the road jerseys will feature a little more maize than the team from Ann Arbor.

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