Courtesy: AFCA http://www.afca.com/ Head Coach Chris Thomsen has ACU is ranked No. 1 in the Division II Coaches' Poll for the first time.

There is a new No. 1 in the AFCA Division II Coaches’ Top 25 Poll as Abilene Christian (Texas) takes over the top spot after then-No. 1 Grand Valley State (Mich.) was upset by Hillsdale (Mich.), 27-24. The loss was the Lakers first conference defeat since Oct. 23, 2004, as they drop to No. 8 in this week’s poll. The new No. 1 Wildcats moved their record to 7-0 after a 38-14 win over then-No. 23 Angelo State (Texas). North Alabama moves to No. 2 and received two first-place votes, with Central Washington, Bloomsburg (Pa.) and Northwest Missouri State rounding out the Top 5.

Four new teams jumped into the poll this week, with two being their first-ever rankings in the AFCA Division II Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. Findlay (Ohio) comes in at No. 18, while newcomers West Liberty (W.Va.) is No. 21 and Northern Michigan is sitting at No. 23. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) re-enters the poll at No. 25. Findlay was last ranked in the Coaches’ Poll on Oct. 7, 2003.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Last Week	Next Game
1.	Abilene Christian (Texas) (23)	7-0	621	2	D. No. 23 Angelo St. (Texas), 38-14	Oct. 17 vs. West Texas A&M
2.	North Alabama (2)	7-0	600	3	D. North Greenville (S.C.), 50-3	Oct. 15 vs. Delta St. (Miss.)
3.	Central Washington	7-0	570	4	D. Humboldt St. (Calif.), 34-27	Oct. 17 vs. Western Oregon
4.	Bloomsburg (Pa.)	7-0	546	5	D. East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 27-13	Oct. 17 vs. Cheyney (Pa.)
5.	Northwest Missouri St.	6-1	521	6	D. Missouri Southern St., 52-6	Oct. 17 at Emporia St. (Kan.)
6.	Minnesota St.-Mankato	7-0	492	7	D. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.), 54-3	Oct. 17 vs. Minnesota St.-Moorhead
7.	Texas A&M-Kingsville	7-0	450	9	D. Texas A&M-Commerce, 35-34	Oct. 17 at No. 22 Midwestern St. (Texas)
8.	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	6-1	446	1	Lost to Hillsdale (Mich.), 27-24	Oct. 17 vs. No. 18 Findlay (Ohio)
9.	Minnesota-Duluth	6-1	445	8	D. Northern St. (S.D.), 42-0	Oct. 17 vs. St. Cloud State (Minn.)
10.	Albany St. (Ga.)	6-0	401	10	D. Miles (Ala.), 31-7	Oct. 17 at Clark Atlanta (Ga.)
11.	Charleston (W.Va.)	7-0	362	11	D. Seton Hill (Pa.), 59-43	Oct. 17 at North Greenville (S.C.)
12.	Edinboro (Pa.)	6-1	334	13	D. Indiana (Pa.), 38-24	Oct. 17 at California (Pa.)
13.	Tarleton St. (Texas)	6-1	320	15	D. No. 18 Midwestern St. (Tex.), 31-28	Oct. 17 at Eastern New Mexico
14.	Central Missouri	6-1	303	16t	D. Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 48-3	Oct. 17 at No. 15 Missouri Western St.
15.	Missouri Western St.	6-1	274	16t	D. Truman St. (Mo.), 38-14	Oct. 17 vs. No. 14 Central Missouri
16.	Nebraska-Kearney	6-1	249	21	D. New Mexico Highlands, 52-3	Oct. 17 vs. Western New Mexico
17.	North Carolina-Pembroke	6-1	157	25	D. Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 38-7	Oct. 24 at Concord (W.Va.)
18.	Findlay (Ohio)	6-1	149	NR	D. Michigan Tech, 14-5	Oct. 17 at No. 8 Grand Valley St. (Mich.)
19.	Tuskegee (Ala.)	5-2	127	24	D. Morehouse (Ga.), 30-16	Oct. 24 at No. 10 Albany St. (Ga.)
20.	Washburn (Kan.)	5-2	113	12	Lost to Nebraska-Omaha, 31-21	Oct. 17 vs. Pittsburg St. (Kan.)
21.	West Liberty (W.Va.)	6-1	93	NR	D. West Virginia St., 52-30	Oct. 17 at Shepherd (W.Va.)
22.	Midwestern St. (Texas)	5-2	91	18	Lost to No. 15 Tarleton St. (Tex.), 31-28	Oct. 17 vs. No. 7 Texas A&M-Kingsville
23.	Northern Michigan	5-1	76	NR	D. No. 19 Wayne St. (Mich.), 45-20	Oct. 17 vs. Hillsdale (Mich.)
24.	Wayne St. (Neb.)	5-2	68	14	Lost to Bemidji St. (Minn.), 21-10	Oct. 17 at Winona St. (Minn.)
25.	Carson-Newman (Tenn.)	5-2	57	NR	D. Catawba (N.C.), 41-31	Oct. 17 at Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)

Dropped Out: Wayne St. (Mich.) (19), Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) (20), Delta St. (Miss.) (22), Angelo St. (Texas) (23)

Others Receiving Votes: Wingate (N.C.), 54; California (Pa.), 45; Angelo St. (Texas), 39; Hillsdale (Mich.), 22; Bentley (Mass.), 18; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 18; Nebraska-Omaha, 15; Winona St. (Minn.), 12; Wayne St. (Mich.), 10; Colorado School of Mines, 8; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 5; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 4; Delta St. (Miss.), 3; Shippensburg (Pa.), 3; Ashland (Ohio), 2; Shepherd (W.Va.), 2.