Little Movement in this Week's Division III Coaches' Poll
Courtesy: AFCA
Release: 10/05/2009
Courtesy: AFCA
http://www.afca.com/
Wheaton remains ranked No. 4 in the Division III Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
The top 16 teams remain unchanged in this week’s AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll as 22 of the 24 teams in action from last week’s rankings posted wins on Saturday. Previously unranked Illinois Wesleyan and Dickinson (Pa.) entered this week’s rankings at No. 24 and No. 25 respectively.
Mount Union remains No. 1 with 39 of 40 first place votes. No. 2 Wisconsin-Whitewater picked up the remaining first place vote. Mary Hardin-Baylor, Wheaton and Wesley round out the top five.
American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll October 5, 2009
Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Last Week Next Game
1.
Mount Union (Ohio) (39)
4-0
999
1
D. Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio), 30-0
Oct. 10 at No. 22 Capital (Ohio)
2.
Wis.-Whitewater (1)
4-0
959
2
D. Wis.-Platteville, 35-3
Oct. 10 vs. Wis.-Eau Claire
3.
Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)
4-0
917
3
D. Hardin-Simmons (Texas), 23-7
Oct. 10 at East Texas Baptist
4.
Wheaton (Ill.)
4-0
864
4
D. North Park (Ill.), 41-6
Oct. 10 vs. Augustana (Ill.)
5.
Wesley (Del.)
5-0
813
5
D. Frostburg St. (Md.), 44-19
Oct. 17 at Newport News (Va.)
6.
St. John’s (Minn.)
5-0
789
6
D. Bethel (Minn.), 16-14
Oct. 10 at Hamline (Minn.)
7.
Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)
5-0
754
7
D. Geneva (Pa.), 31-10
Oct. 17 at St. Vincent (Pa.)
8.
Central (Iowa)
5-0
679
8
D. Cornell (Iowa), 55-0
Oct. 10 at Simpson (Iowa)
9.
Linfield (Ore.)
4-0
673
9
D. Menlo (Calif.), 31-7
Oct. 10 at Whitworth (Wash.)
10.
Wabash (Ind.)
4-0
610
10
D. Allegheny (Pa.), 37-3
Oct. 10 vs. Washington (Mo.)
11.
Case Western Reserve (Ohio)
4-0
571
11
D. Denison (Ohio), 38-13
Oct. 10 at Wooster (Ohio)
12.
Monmouth (Ill.)
5-0
549
12
D. Grinnell (Iowa), 59-0
Oct. 10 vs. St. Norbert (Minn.)
13.
Otterbein (Ohio)
4-0
482
13
D. Heidelberg (Ohio), 49-20
Oct. 10 at Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio)
14.
North Central (Ill.)
3-1
444
14
D. Millikin (Ill.), 58-0
Oct. 10 vs. North Park (Ill.)
15.
St. Thomas (Minn.)
4-0
443
15
D. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 45-12
Oct. 10 vs. Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)
16.
Wis.-La Crosse
4-0
398
16
D. Wis.-Oshkosh, 32-15
Oct. 10 at Wis.-Platteville
17.
Willamette (Ore.)
4-1
261
20
D. Whitworth (Wash.), 42-13
Oct. 10 at Lewis & Clark (Ore.)
18.
Thomas More (Ky.)
4-0
257
18
D. Bethany (WVa.), 40-12
Oct. 10 at St. Vincent (Pa.)
19.
Alfred (N.Y.)
4-0
256
17
Idle
Oct. 10 vs. Hartwick (N.Y.)
20.
Ithaca (N.Y.)
4-1
229
19
D. Hartwick (N.Y.), 24-20
Oct. 10 vs. St. John Fisher (N.Y.)
21.
Cortland St. (N.Y.)
3-1
177
21
D. Buffalo St. (N.Y.), 42-13
Oct. 10 at Montclair St. (N.J.)
22.
Capital (Ohio)
4-0
138
25
D. Marietta (Ohio), 37-13
Oct.10 vs. No.1 Mount Union (Ohio)
23.
Franklin (Ind.)
3-1
128
22
D. Defiance (Ohio), 41-14
Oct. 10 at Bluffton (Ohio)
24.
Illinois Wesleyan
4-0
93
NR
D. Carthage (Wis.), 42-16
Oct. 10 vs. Millikin (Ill.)
25.
Dickinson (Pa.)
5-0
67
NR
D. Moravian (Pa.), 21-3
Oct. 10 vs. Johns Hopkins (Md.)
Dropped Out: Rensselaer (N.Y.) (23), Millsaps (Miss.) (24).
Others Receiving Votes: Redlands (Calif.), 49; Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 40; Occidental (Calif.), 40; Ohio Northern, 36; St. Norbert (Wis.), 36; Wittenberg (Ohio), 28; Albright (Pa.), 24; Centre (Ky.), 21; Bethel (Minn.), 19; Trinity (Conn.), 19; Trinity (Texas), 19; Millsaps (Miss.), 15; Delaware Valley (Pa.), 11; Mississippi College, 11; Johns Hopkins (Md.), 11; Wis.-Stevens Point, 11; Emory & Henry (Va.), 10; Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), 9; Wis.-Stout, 8; Wartburg (Iowa), 7; Coe (Iowa), 7; Trine (Ind.), 5; College of New Jersey, 4; Rowan (N.J.), 4; Union (N.Y.), 3; DePauw (Ind.), 1; Rensselaer (N.Y.), 1; Wooster (Ohio), 1.