C# - How To Get Html.DropdownFor() To Select Current Element

I must be missing something simple here. This code was working and i can't seem to figure out why it stopped.

First, I generate a selectlist in the controller like this:

// Select List
ViewData["FieldTypesList"] = new SelectList(
genesisRepository.FieldTypes, "ftID", "ftName"
);

The View that uses this select list looks like this:

<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<Genesis.Domain.Entities.Stream2FieldTypes>" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="Genesis.Domain.Entities" %>
<%: Html.DropDownListFor(
model => model.FieldTypeID,
(SelectList)ViewData["FieldTypesList"]
)%>
<%:Model.FieldTypeID.ToString() %>

However... the HTML that gets generated shows this:

<select id="Stream2FieldTypes_0_" name="Stream2FieldTypes[0]"><option value="1">Text Area</option>
<option value="2">Text Box</option>
<option value="3">Rich Text</option>
<option value="4">Image</option>
<option value="5">DateTime</option>
<option value="6">Decimal</option>
<option value="7">Integer</option>
</select>
3 <!--FYI: current value-->

I am completely missing why the view does not render html that selects 3 (Rich Text).