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Little Movement in this Week's Division III Coaches' Poll
Courtesy: AFCA
          Release: 10/05/2009
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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
RankSchool (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Last WeekNext 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.
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