Courtesy: AFCA http://www.afca.com/ Central (Iowa) cracks the Top 5 in the Division III Coaches' Poll for the first time this season.

No. 3 Wheaton’s (Ill.) loss to then-No. 12 North Central (Ill.) paved the way for Central (Iowa) to move into the top five in this week’s AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll. Mount Union remains No. 1 after collecting 39 of 40 first place votes this week. Wisconsin-Whitewater remains No. 2 and garnered the remaining first place vote. Wesley (Del.) and St. John’s (Minn.) move up one spot to No. 3 and No. 4 respectively while the Dutch move up one spot to No. 5.

Wheaton tumbled from third to No. 14 while North Central moved up to No. 9 on the strength of its 27-7 victory. Mount St. Joseph (Ohio) is the lone newcomer in the rankings this week, sharing the No. 23 spot with Occidental (Calif.)

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Last Week	Next Game
1.	Mount Union (Ohio) (39)	7-0	997	1	D. Wilmington (Ohio), 56-0	Oct. 31 at John Carroll (Ohio)
2.	Wis.-Whitewater (1)	7-0	961	2	D. Wis.-River Falls, 38-14	Oct. 31 at Wis.-Stevens Point
3.	Wesley (Del.)	7-0	905	4	D. Webber International (Fla.), 34-7	Oct. 31 vs. Salisbury (Md.)
4.	St. John’s (Minn.)	8-0	854	5	D. St. Olaf (Minn.), 10-3	Nov. 7 at Augsburg (Minn.)
5.	Central (Iowa)	8-0	802	6	D. Loras (Iowa), 41-17	Oct. 31 vs. Buena Vista (Iowa)
6.	Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)	7-0	777	7	D. Westminster (Pa.), 49-7	Oct. 31 vs. No. 13 Thomas More (Ky.)
7.	Linfield (Ore.)	7-0	764	8	D. No. 14 Willamette (Ore.), 30-27	Oct. 31 vs. Puget Sound (Wash.)
8.	Case Western Reserve (Ohio)	7-0	658	9	D. Hiram (Ohio), 63-14	Oct. 31 at Chicago (Ill.)
9.	North Central (Ill.)	6-1	654	12	D. No. 3 Wheaton (Ill.), 27-7	Oct. 31 at Illinois Wesleyan
10.	Monmouth (Ill.)	8-0	638	10	D. Lake Forest (Ill.), 51-14	Oct. 31 vs. Illinois College
11.	Otterbein (Ohio)	7-0	614	11	D. No. 17 Capital (Ohio), 35-34	Oct. 31 at Marietta (Ohio)
12.	Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)	6-1	550	13	D. Southern Oregon, 21-0	Oct. 31 vs. East Texas Baptist
13.	Thomas More (Ky.)	7-0	442	15	D. Thiel (Pa.), 28-14	Oct. 31 at No. 6 Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)
14.	Wheaton (Ill.)	6-1	418	3	Lost to No. 12 North Central (Ill.), 27-7	Oct. 31 vs. Elmhurst (Ill.)
15.	Wittenberg (Ohio)	7-0	404	16	D. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), 28-7	Oct. 31 at Denison (Ohio)
16.	St. Thomas (Minn.)	6-1	392	19	D. Carleton (Minn.), 48-28	Oct. 31 vs. Augsburg (Minn.)
17.	Mississippi College	6-1	346	20	D. East Texas Baptist, 26-7	Oct. 31 vs. Howard Payne (Texas)
18.	Alfred (N.Y.)	6-0	325	18	D. St. John Fisher (N.Y.), 31-28	Oct. 31 vs. Rochester (N.Y.)
19.	Wabash (Ind.)	6-1	262	21	D. Wooster (Ohio), 37-27	Oct. 31 at Oberlin (Ohio)
20.	Hampden-Sydney (Va.)	8-0	230	23	D. Catholic (D.C.), 21-7	Nov. 7 vs. Salisbury (Md.)
21.	Albright (Pa.)	7-0	200	24	D. Widener (Pa.), 31-17	Oct. 31 vs. FDU-Florham (N.J.)
22.	Willamette (Ore.)	6-2	135	14	Lost to No. 8 Linfield (Ore.), 30-27	Nov. 7 at Puget Sound (Wash.)
23t.	Mount St. Joseph (Ohio)	7-0	120	NR	D. No. 22 Franklin (Ind.), 26-16	Oct. 31 at Manchester (Ind.)
23t.	Occidental (Calif.)	5-1	120	25	D. LaVerne (Calif.), 14-13	Oct. 31 vs. California Lutheran
25.	Capital (Ohio)	5-2	95	17	Lost to No. 11 Otterbein (Ohio), 35-34	Oct. 31 at Muskingum (Ohio)

Dropped Out: Franklin (Ind.) (22).

Others Receiving Votes: Delaware Valley (Pa.), 62; Ohio Northern, 48; Wis.-Stevens Point, 42; Rowan (N.J.), 35; Bethel (Minn.), 28; Coe (Iowa), 25; Trinity (Conn.), 24; Trine (Ind.), 19; Redlands (Calif.), 15; St. Norbert (Wis.), 12; DePauw (Ind.), 11; Illinois Wesleyan, 8; California Lutheran, 6; Franklin (Ind.), 6; Centre (Ky.), 5; Dickinson (Pa.), 5; Kean (N.J.), 3; Wis.-La Crosse, 2; Springfield (Mass.), 1.