Courtesy: AFCA http://www.afca.com/ Mount Union has begun every AFCA Coaches' Poll at No. 1 or No. 2 since the poll began in 1999.
The Mount Union Purple Raiders begin the 2009 season atop the AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll. Mount Union received 39 of 40 first place votes to earn the top spot in the first poll of 2009. The Purple Raiders have been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in every season-opening AFCA poll dating back to the inaugural poll in 1999. No. 2 Wisconsin-Whitewater received the remaining first place vote. Mary Hardin-Baylor, Wheaton and Wesley round out the top five.
American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll September 21, 2009
Rank
School (1st votes)
Rec.
Pts.
Prev.
Last Week
Next Game
1.
Mount Union (Ohio) (39)
2-0
999
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D. Ohio Northern, 30-10
Sept. 26 vs. Muskingum (Ohio)
2.
Wis.-Whitewater (1)
2-0
947
—
Idle
Sept. 26 vs. Puget Sound (Wash.)
3.
Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)
2-0
905
—
D. Texas Lutheran, 59-7
Sept. 26 vs. McMurry (Texas)
4.
Wheaton (Ill.)
2-0
852
—
D. Concordia (Wis.), 54-3
Sept. 26 vs. Hope (Mich.)
5.
Wesley (Del.)
3-0
808
—
D. Delaware Valley (Pa.), 31-13
Sept. 26 at LaGrange (Ga.)
6.
St. John’s (Minn.)
3-0
768
—
D. Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), 31-17
Sept. 26 at Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)
7.
Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)
3-0
700
—
D. Thiel (Pa.), 56-16
Sept. 26 at Grove City (Pa.)
8.
Cortland St. (N.Y.)
2-0
693
—
D. Rowan (N.J.), 24-14
Sept. 26 vs. Kean (N.J.)
9.
Wabash (Ind.)
2-0
575
—
D. Chicago (Ill.), 48-10
Sept. 26 vs. Kenyon (Ohio)
10.
Case Western Reserve (Ohio)
3-0
560
—
D. Oberlin (Ohio), 41-6
Oct. 3 at Denison (Ohio)
11.
Central (Iowa)
3-0
501
—
D. Dubuque (Iowa), 41-27
Sept. 26 vs. Coe (Iowa)
12.
Linfield (Ore.)
2-0
498
—
D. Occidental (Calif.), 31-27
Sept. 26 at Southern Oregon
13.
Monmouth (Ill.)
3-0
484
—
D. Beloit (Wis.), 58-0
Sept. 26 vs. Carroll (Wis.)
14.
Ohio Northern
1-1
363
—
Lost to Mount Union (Ohio), 30-10
Sept. 26 at No. 15 Otterbein (Ohio)
15.
Otterbein (Ohio)
2-0
328
—
D. Muskingum (Ohio), 38-21
Sept. 26 vs. No. 14 Ohio Northern
16.
North Central (Ill.)
1-1
324
—
Idle
Sept. 26 vs. Olivet (Mich.)
17.
St. Thomas (Minn.)
2-0
305
—
D. St. Olaf (Minn.), 27-16
Sept. 26 at Hamline (Minn.)
18.
Trinity (Texas)
3-0
293
—
D. Rhodes (Tenn.), 40-19
Sept. 26 at Millsaps (Miss.)
19.
Wis.-Stevens Point
1-1
247
—
D. Missouri S&T, 21-17
Sept. 26 at Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
20.
Trine (Ind.)
2-0
182
—
D. Defiance (Ohio), 40-9
Sept. 26 at Franklin (Ind.)
21.
Wis.-La Crosse
2-0
174
—
D. Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 49-24
Sept. 26 vs. Missouri S&T
22.
Ithaca (N.Y.)
2-1
172
—
D. Widener (Pa.), 41-17
Sept. 26 at Utica (N.Y.)
23.
Alfred (N.Y.)
3-0
112
—
D. St. Lawrence (N.Y.), 38-16
Sept. 26 vs. Springfield (Mass.)
24.
Thomas More (Ky.)
2-0
109
—
D. Waynesburg (Pa.), 42-7
Sept. 26 at Westminster (Pa.)
25.
Willamette (Ore.)
2-1
90
—
D. Southern Oregon, 22-15
Sept. 26 vs. La Verne (Calif.)
Others Receiving Votes: Frankilin (Ind.), 88; Rensselaer (N.Y.), 87; Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), 55; Hardin-Simmons (Texas), 54; Millsaps (Miss.), 49; St. John Fisher (N.Y.), 49; Illinois Wesleyan, 45; Occidental (Calif.), 44; Redlands (Calif.), 41; Centre (Ky.), 35; Wartburg (Iowa), 34; Bethel (Minn.), 33; Capital (Ohio), 29; Wilkes (Pa.), 28; Rowan (N.J.), 27; Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 25 Dickinson (Pa.), 25; Louisiana College, 25; St. Norbert (Wis.), 24; Johns Hopkins (D.C.), 23; DePauw (Ind.), 21; Trinity (Conn.), 17; Union (N.Y.), 16; Wis.-Eau Claire, 15; Wooster (Ohio), 11; Delaware Valley (Pa.), 11; Augustana (Ill.), 10; Millikin (Ill.), 10; Mississippi College, 9; Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.), 9; Muhlenberg (Pa.), 8; College of New Jersey, 7; Montclair St. (N.J.), 7; Wittenberg (Ohio), 7; Emory & Henry (Va.), 5; Adrian (Mich.), 5; Albright (Pa.), 4; Brockport (N.Y.), 4; Christopher Newport (Va.), 4; Lebanon Valley (Pa.), 4; St. Olaf (Minn.), 4; Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), 2; Springfield (Mass.), 1.
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