DAVIS, Calif. – Once again UC Davis football has registered on the national radar, this time coming in ranked No. 17 as part of the American Football Coaches Association Football Championship Series Preseason Coaches Poll, putting the Aggies on three preseason polls entering the 2024 season.
 
UC Davis recently earned a No. 18 ranking on the Stats Preform FCS Preseason Top 25 and earlier in the preseason the Aggies earned a No. 21 ranking on the HERO Sports FCS Preseason Top 25.
 
The Aggies are one of five Big Sky programs to be named to the list, with two more sitting just on the outside having received votes. Montana and Montana State come in at No. 3 and No. 4 respectively, while Idaho holds a No. 7 ranking and Sacramento State comes in at No. 10.
 
Last season, despite knocking off Sacramento State in the season finale, the Aggies were the last team left out of the national playoffs, with that being used as logs thrown onto the fire to enter 2024.
 
First year head coach and former Aggie quarterback Tim Plough takes the reigns for the first time as a head coach, becoming one of 13 coaches across the FCS in their first year at the helm. Plough returns to Davis, where he coached under another former Aggie then-head coach Dan Hawkins, from 2017-20.
 
UC Davis boasts preseason All-Americans senior running back Lan Larison, who has been named to the Walter Payton Preseason Watch List, junior defensive back Rex Connors (Buck Buchanan Preseason Watch List) and senior defensive lineman Zach Kennedy. They also can claim Big Sky Preseason All-Conference honoree junior kicker Hunter Ridley and the Big Sky Preseason Offensive Player of the Year in Larison.
 
2024 FALL CAMP: UC Davis opens fall camp on July 31 and all practices are open to media and fans. The Aggies will split time between the grass of Bob Biggs Practice Field and the turf of UC Davis Health Stadium. Fans and media can watch the Aggies regardless of which field they are on.
 
Filming and photography are ALLOWED for all sessions of practice held on BOB BIGGS PRACTICE FIELD (grass-field). Filming and photography are PROHIBITED for all sessions of practice held on the UC DAVIS HEALTH STADIUM turf field.
 
Players and coach Plough will be available to the media in the Bruce Edwards Club Room following each practice. Specific times are listed on the fall camp schedule.
 
UC Davis opens the season at Cal on Aug. 31, with kick set for 2 p.m. The Aggies open UC Davis Health Stadium on Sept. 7 with a 7 p.m. kickoff against Texas A&M-Commerce.
 
Fans can buy season tickets, group tickets, mini plans, single game tickets and corporate ticket packages, by clicking the links or by calling the Aggie Ticket Office at (530) 752-2471 or by emailing aggietickets@ucdavis.edu.