Courtesy: AFCA http://www.afca.com/ Linfield enters the Coaches' Poll for the first time this season at No. 25.

With the exception of Wabash and Muhlenberg flip-flopping positions, the Top 10 remained unchanged after the seventh week of action in the AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll.

Mount Union still has a stranglehold on the No. 1 position after a 49-0 blanking of Heidelberg. The Purple Raiders are 6-0 and received 30 of the 40 first place votes. No. 2 Wisconsin-Whitewater beat Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 44-3, and received the final 10 first place votes. No. 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor is still unbeaten on the season at 6-0 as the Crusaders downed Mississippi College, 26-14. No. 4 Muhlenberg switched places with new No. 5 Wabash in this week’s poll after a 49-6 drubbing of McDaniel, while the Little Giants edged past Wittenberg, 13-10.

North Central stayed in the sixth spot after beating Carthage, 31-24, as it prepares to face conference rival Wheaton in a Top 10 showdown on Saturday. The No. 7 Thunder beat Millikin, 37-15. No. 8 Washington & Jefferson pounded St. Vincent, 72-20. Cortland State stayed in the ninth position after a 41-14 win over Western Connecticut, and No. 10 Millsaps is 7-0 after beating Sewanee, 38-17.

No. 11 Trinity (Texas) kept pace with conference rival Millsaps, moving its record to 6-0 after a 45-32 win over DePauw. Case Western moved up a spot to No. 12 after beating Ohio Wesleyan, 35-7. Hardin-Simmons dominated Howard Payne, 60-13, and jumped over Wesley in the poll to No. 13. The Wolverines stayed in the 14th position despite blanking Newport News, 48-0. No. 15 Willamette defeated Pacific Lutheran, 45-18, and moved its record to 7-0.

No. 16 Salisbury moved its record to 6-1 by beating Lake Erie, 39-15. Hampden-Sydney is up three places to No. 17 after a 39-29 win over Washington & Lee. No. 18 Otterbein kept pace with Mount Union in the OAC by moving its record to 6-0 after a 30-14 victory over Wilmington. No. 19 Occidental edged past Chapman, 31-28, while No. 20 Monmouth outscored Ripon, 38-35.

Curry made the biggest move in the poll this week, jumping four spots to No. 21 after recording a 46-27 win over Endicott. Rensselaer enters the poll at No. 22 after the Engineers moved to 5-0 with a 35-14 victory over Susquehanna. Ithaca also moves into the poll this week at No. 23. The Bombers beat Frostburg State, 51-24. Wisconsin-Eau Claire fell 13 places to No. 24 after its 27-19 loss to Wisconsin-River Falls. No. 25 Linfield is the third new team in this week’s Coaches’ Poll. The Wildcats are 4-1 after a dominating 55-7 win over Lewis & Clark.

Conference Breakdown: America Southwest (Mary Hardin-Baylor, Hardin-Simmons), Atlantic Central (Wesley, Salisbury), Illinois-Wisconsin (Wheaton, North Central), Northwest (Willamette, Linfield), Ohio (Mount Union, Otterbein), Southern Collegiate (Trinity {Texas}, Millsaps), Wisconsin (Wisconsin-Whitewater, Wisconsin-Eau Claire), Centennial (Muhlenberg), Empire (Ithaca), Liberty (Rensselaer), Midwest (Monmouth {Ill.}), New England Football Conference (Curry), New Jersey (Cortland St.), North Coast (Wabash), Old Dominion (Hampden-Sydney), Presidents (Washington & Jefferson), Southern California (Occidental), UAA (Case Western).

Head-to-Head
No. 6 North Central travels to No. 7 Wheaton while No. 25 Linfield hosts No. 15 Willamette in this week’s match-ups of ranked teams.

No. 7 Wheaton holds the series advantage over No. 6 North Central, 47-36-3, including the last two in a row. North Central’s last win in the series came in 2005, 35-26. The final Top 25 match-up is a battle for the top spot in the Northwest Conference as No. 15 Willamette and No. 25 Linfield both come into the game with identical 3-0 conference marks. Willamette’s 33-32 victory last season broke a string of seven straight victories for the Wildcats, dating back to 2000.

Poll Points
Washington & Jefferson rolled up 751 yards of total offense while limiting St. Vincent to just 107 yards in the Presidents’ 72-20 win ... Wesley College senior Larry Beavers was named the ACFC Special Teams Player of the Week after returning the opening kickoff 79 yards for a touchdown in the Wolverines 48-0 win over Newport News. He also scored on a 43-yard punt return ... The Ithaca offensive line was chosen as Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Week, which marks the first time in the conference’s seven years of choosing weekly award winners that a team’s offensive line has been chosen. The group of Sean Mirkov, Chris Gray, Ben Garvey, Eric Russo and Jake Queener did not give up a sack in 34 pass attempts and helped the Bombers record a season-best total of 272 rushing yards.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Last Week	Next Game
1.	Mount Union (Ohio) (30)	6-0	990	1	D. Heidelberg (Ohio), 49-0	Oct. 25 at Wilmington (Ohio)
2.	Wis.-Whitewater (10)	6-0	968	2	D. Wis.-Oshkosh, 44-3	Oct. 25 vs. Wis.-Stevens Point
3.	Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)	6-0	912	3	D. Mississippi College, 26-14	Oct. 25 at Southern Oregon
4.	Muhlenberg (Pa.)	7-0	821	5	D. McDaniel (Md.), 49-6	Oct. 25 vs. Franklin & Marshall (Pa.)
5.	Wabash (Ind.)	6-0	818	4	D. Wittenberg (Ohio), 13-10	Oct. 25 vs. Wooster (Ohio)
6.	North Central (Ill.)	6-0	779	6	D. Carthage (Wis.), 31-24	Oct. 25 at No. 7 Wheaton (Ill.)
7.	Wheaton (Ill.)	6-0	767	7	D. Millikin (Ill.), 37-15	Oct. 25 vs. No. 6 North Central (Ill.)
8.	Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)	6-0	718	8	D. St. Vincent (Pa.), 72-20	Oct. 25 vs. Westminster (Pa.)
9.	Cortland St. (N.Y.)	6-0	671	9	D. Western Connecticut, 41-14	Oct. 25 vs. William Paterson (N.J.)
10.	Millsaps (Miss.)	7-0	630	10	D. Sewanee (Tenn.), 38-17	Nov. 1 at No. 11 Trinity (Texas)
11.	Trinity (Texas)	6-0	594	11t	D. DePauw (Ind.), 45-32	Oct. 25 at Sewanee (Tenn.)
12.	Case Western (Ohio)	6-0	518	13	D. Ohio Wesleyan, 35-7	Oct. 25 at Hiram (Ohio)
13.	Hardin-Simmons (Texas)	6-1	507	15	D. Howard Payne (Texas), 60-13	Oct. 25 vs. Sul Ross St. (Texas)
14.	Wesley (Del.)	4-1	478	14	D. Newport News (Va.), 48-0	Oct. 25 at Webber International (Fla.)
15.	Willamette (Ore.)	7-0	463	16	D. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), 45-18	Oct. 25 at No. 25 Linfield (Ore.)
16.	Salisbury (Md.)	6-1	330	19	D. Lake Erie (Ohio), 39-15	Oct. 25 at Becker (Maine)
17.	Hampden-Sydney (Va.)	7-0	329	20	D. Washington & Lee (Va.), 39-29	Oct. 25 vs. Catholic (D.C.)
18.	Otterbein (Ohio)	6-0	315	21	D. Wilmington (Ohio), 30-14	Oct. 25 at Capital (Ohio)
19.	Occidental (Calif.)	5-0	241	22	D. Chapman (Calif.), 31-28	Oct. 25 at LaVerne (Calif.)
20.	Monmouth (Ill.)	7-0	202	23	D. Ripon (Wis.), 38-35	Oct. 25 vs. Lake Forest (Ill.)
21.	Curry (Mass.)	7-0	156	25	D. Endicott (Mass.), 46-27	Oct. 25 at Plymouth St. (N.H.)
22.	Rensselaer (N.Y.)	5-0	114	NR	D. Susquehanna (Pa.), 35-14	Oct. 25 at St. Lawrence (N.Y.)
23.	Ithaca (N.Y.)	5-1	98	NR	D. Frostburg St. (Md.), 51-24	Oct. 25 vs. Utica (N.Y.)
24.	Wis.-Eau Claire	5-2	76	11t	Lost to Wis.-River Falls, 27-19	Oct. 25 at Wis.-Platteville
25.	Linfield (Ore.)	4-1	75	NR	D. Lewis & Clark (Ore.), 55-7	Oct. 25 vs. No. 15 Willamette (Ore.)

Dropped Out: Capital (Ohio) (17), Delaware Valley (Pa.) (18), Carleton (Minn.) (24).

Others Receiving Votes: John Carroll (Ohio), 73; Redlands (Calif.), 57; Montclair St. (N.J.), 53; Trine (Ind.), 43; Delaware Valley (Pa.), 34; Trinity (Conn.), 30; Capital (Ohio), 27; Rowan (N.J.), 18; Wooster (Ohio), 16; Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), 15; Christopher Newport (Va.), 12; Thomas More (Ky.), 11; Wis.-Stevens Point, 9; Wartburg (Iowa), 8; Carleton (Minn.), 7; Franklin (Ind.), 7; Huntingdon (Ala.), 5; LaGrange (Ga.), 3; Luther (Iowa), 1; Ferrum (Va.), 1.