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Four Teams Enter This Week's Division III Top 25 Poll
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          Release: 09/28/2009
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Losses by four previously ranked teams opened the door for four schools to move into this week’s AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll. Franklin, Rensselaer, Millsaps and Capital join the rankings at 22, 23, 24 and 25 respectively. The top five is unchanged this week. Mount Union remains No. 1 this week with 39 first place votes followed by Wisconsin-Whitewater, which received the remaining first place vote, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Wheaton and Wesley.

American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll
September 28, 2009

RankSchool (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Last WeekNext Game
1. Mount Union (Ohio) (39) 3-0 999 1 D. Muskingum (Ohio), 45-14 Oct. 3 vs. Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio)
2. Wis.-Whitewater (1) 3-0 958 2 D. Puget Sound (Wash.), 42-7 Oct. 3 vs. Wis.-Platteville
3. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 3-0 916 3 D. McMurry (Texas), 41-8 Oct. 3 at Hardin-Simmons (Texas)
4. Wheaton (Ill.) 3-0 861 4 D. Hope (Mich.), 32-20 Oct. 3 at North Park (Ill.)
5. Wesley (Del.) 4-0 843 5 D. LaGrange (Ga.), 56-7 Oct. 3 vs. Frostburg St. (Md.)
6. St. John’s (Minn.) 4-0 790 6 D. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 38-10 Oct. 3 vs. Bethel (Minn.)
7. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 4-0 732 7 D. Grove City (Pa.), 28-10 Oct. 3 vs. Geneva (Pa.)
8. Central (Iowa) 4-0 621 11 D. Coe (Iowa), 24-6 Oct. 3 vs. Cornell (Iowa)
9. Linfield (Ore.) 3-0 618 12 D. Southern Oregon, 37-21 Oct. 3 at Menlo (Calif.)
10. Wabash (Ind.) 3-0 612 9 D. Kenyon (Ohio), 62-24 Oct. 3 at Allegheny (Pa.)
11. Case Western Reserve (Ohio) 3-0 592 10 Idle Oct. 3 at Denison (Ohio)
12. Monmouth (Ill.) 4-0 547 13 D. Carroll (Wis.), 41-3 Oct. 3 at Grinnell (Iowa)
13. Otterbein (Ohio) 3-0 511 15 D. No. 14 Ohio Northern, 38-36 Oct. vs. Heidelberg (Ohio)
14. North Central (Ill.) 2-1 434 16 D. Olivet (Mich.), 69-18 Oct. 3 at Millikin (Ill.)
15. St. Thomas (Minn.) 3-0 420 17 D. Hamline (Minn.), 63-10 Oct. 3 vs. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)
16. Wis.-La Crosse 3-0 379 21 D. Missouri S&T, 48-0 Oct. 3 vs. Wis.-Oshkosh
17. Alfred (N.Y.) 4-0 234 23 D. Springfield (Mass.), 49-28 Oct. 10 vs. Hartwick (N.Y.)
18. Thomas More (Ky.) 3-0 228 24 D. Westminster (Pa.), 34-16 Oct. 3 vs. Bethany (WVa.)
19. Ithaca (N.Y.) 3-1 226 22 D. Utica (N.Y.), 27-24 Oct. 3 at Hartwick (N.Y.)
20. Willamette (Ore.) 3-1 221 25 D. La Verne (Calif.), 52-7 Oct. 3 vs. Whitworth (Wash.)
21. Cortland St. (N.Y.) 2-1 132 8 Lost to Kean (N.J.), 24-10 Oct. 3 at Buffalo St. (N.Y.)
22. Franklin (Ind.) 2-1 124 NR D. No. 20 Trine (Ind.), 30-29 Oct. 3 vs. Defiance (Ohio)
23. Rensselaer (N.Y.) 3-0 94 NR D. Worcester Tech (Mass.), 42-33 Oct. 3 vs. Rochester (N.Y.)
24. Millsaps (Miss.) 3-1 72 NR D. No. 18 Trinity (Texas), 24-6 Oct. 3 at DePauw (Ind.)
25. Capital (Ohio) 3-0 69 NR D. Wilmington (Ohio), 37-21 Oct. 3 at Marietta (Ohio)

Dropped Out: Ohio Northern (14), Trinity (Texas) (18), Wis.-Stevens Point (19), Trine (Ind.) (20).
 
Others Receiving Votes: Bethel (Minn.), 63; Illinois Wesleyan, 56; Dickinson (Pa.), 54; Redlands (Calif.), 51; Ohio Northern, 50; Occidental (Calif.), 48; Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 46; Wilkes (Pa.), 44; St. Norbert (Minn.), 41; Centre (Ky.), 31; Trine (Ind.), 28; St. John Fisher (N.Y.), 25; Mississippi College, 25; College of New Jersey, 22; Trinity (Conn.), 22; Trinity (Texas), 21; Wartburg (Iowa), 21; Wittenberg (Ohio), 19; Johns Hopkins (Md.), 11; Emory & Henry (Va.), 11; Wis.-Stout, 10; Delaware Valley (Pa.), 10; Albright (Pa.), 8; DePauw (Ind.), 8; Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), 8; Widener (Pa.), 7; St. Olaf (Minn.), 7; Millikin (Ill.), 7; Rowan (N.J.), 5; Wis.-Stevens Point, 4; Wooster (Ohio), 4; Elmhurst (Ill.), 3; Carthage (Wis.), 2; Montclair St. (N.J.), 2; Union (N.Y.), 2; Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.), 1.
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