With the start of football season, just a few months away, Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine arrived on newsstands today.

The Texas A&M University-Commerce football team is picked to finish fourth in the Lone Star Conference. The publication ranked the Lone Star Conference members as an entire conference rather than separate pre-season polls for the North and South Division.

Picked ahead of the Lions are three members of the South Division - West Texas A&M, Abilene Christian and Tarleton State. A&M-Commerce is picked the highest among the five members of the North Division. The 2008 season will get underway on Saturday, August 30th against Southland Conference, NCAA Championship Bowl Sub-Division member Northwestern State.

The Lions will return 46 letterwinners from a 2007 squad that shared the program's first-ever Lone Star Conference North Division title. Among the returnees are all-region performers, Nabil El-Amin, Elliot Jones and Darron Sheppard as well as six all-LSC North Division selections including El-Amin, Jones and Sheppard. Head Coach Scotty Conley returns for his fifth year as the head coach.

2008 Schedule
Aug. 30 - at Northwestern State (La.) - 6 pm
Sept. 6 - Angelo State (Letterwinner's Reunion) - 7 pm
Sept. 13 - at Abilene Christian - 6 pm
Sept. 20 - Eastern New Mexico - 7 pm
Sept. 27 - at Central Oklahoma• - 6 pm
Oct. 4 - at Northeastern State• - 2 pm
Oct. 11 - at Texas A&M-Kingsville - 7 pm
Oct. 18 - East Central• - 2 pm
Nov. 1 - Southeastern Oklahoma State (Homecoming)• - 2 pm
Nov. 8 - Southwestern Oklahoma State (Veteran's Day)• - 2 pm
Nov. 15 - NCAA Division II First Round Playoffs - TBA
• Lone Star Conference North Division games
Dates, times and locations are subject to change


Lone Star Conference Pre-Season Poll according to Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine
1. West Texas
2. Abilene Christian
3. Tarleton State
4. Texas A&M-Commerce
5. Texas A&M-Kingsville
6. Southeastern Oklahoma State
7. Midwestern State
8. Southwestern Oklahoma State
9. Angelo State
10. Central Oklahoma
11. Eastern New Mexico
12. East Central
13. Northeastern State