Four Teams Enter This Week's Division III Top 25 Poll
Courtesy: AFCA
Release: 09/28/2009
Courtesy: AFCA
http://www.afca.com/
Mary Hardin-Baylor still sits No. 3 in the AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll.
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
Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Last Week Next 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.