The 10 colleges and universities that compete in football within the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference will be showcased on Thursday in the CAVEA Theater on the campus of the Metropolitan State University of Denver. READ MORE
The RMAC Kickoff will be broadcast for free of charge on the conference’s network beginning at 10:30 a.m. Miles Dunklin will be handling the interviews, as each school will be represented by its head coach, along with an offensive and defensive player.
The Preseason Coaches Poll and Preseason All-RMAC teams will be announced at noon. Interim RMAC commissioner Lexie Vernon will also be interviewed. Here is the schedule for Thursday.
- 10:30 a.m. – Black Hills State, Cooper Brown (Sr., DE), Cameron Goods (Sr., RB), Josh Breske (HC)
- 10:45 a.m. – N.M. Highlands, Cayden Walton (Jr., RB), Awsten Turnbow (Fr., FS), Kurt Taufa’asau (HC)
- 11 a.m. – Chadron State, Preston Pearson (Sr., WR/HB), Dax Yeradi (Sr., S), and Jay Long (HC)
- 11:15 a.m. – S. D. Mines, AJ Kelly (Sr., OL), Will Lester (Sr., DB, Arvada), Charlie Flohr (HC)
- 11:30 a.m. – Fort Lewis, Jacob Penney (Jr., LB), Jamille Humphrey (Sr., WR, Aurora), Johnny Cox (HC)
- 11:45 a.m. – RMAC Commissioner Lexie Vernon
- 12:30 p.m. – Mesa, Kash Bradley (Sr., DB/KR/PR), Aiden Taylor (Sr., RB), Miles Kochevar (HC)
- 12:45 p.m. – Adams State, Seth Moss (Sr., LB, Buena Vista), Damian Orozco (Sr., TE, Alamosa), Levi Gallas (HC)
- 1 p.m. – Western Colorado – Drew Nash (Jr., QB), Ricky Freymond (Jr., DE), Jas Bains (HC)
- 1:15 p.m. – Mines, Flynn Schiele (Sr., WR), Jackson Zimmermann (Sr., CB, Highlands Ranch), Bob Stitt (HC)
- 1:30 p.m. – CSU Pueblo, Roman Fuller (Sr., QB), Gary Seidenberger (Jr., LB), Philip Vigil (HC)
The 2025 RMAC season kicks off on August 28 with CSU Pueblo hosting South Dakota Mines in a RMAC contest. New Mexico Highlands and Western Colorado challenge opponents from the Lone Star Conference. Here are the first games for the 10 RMAC colleges and universities.
August 28
- Sioux Falls (Northern Sun Conference) at Black Hills State, 6 p.m.
- South Dakota Mines at CSU Pueblo, 6 p.m. (RMAC game)
- New Mexico Highlands at Eastern New Mexico (Lone Star Conference, 6 p.m.
- West Texas A&M (Lone Star Conference) at Western Colorado, 6 p.m.
August 30
- William Jewell (Great Lakes Valley Conference) at Fort Lewis, noon
- Eastern New Mexico (Lone Star Conference) at Colorado Mesa, 1 p.m.
- Adams State at Western New Mexico (Lone Star Conference), 6 p.m.
- Chadron State (RMAC) at Northern Colorado, TBA (ESPN+)
September 4
- Colorado Mines at West Texas A&M (Lone Star Conference), 6 p.m.
