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Top 14 Unchanged in Final Regular Season Division III Coaches' Poll
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          Release: 11/16/2009
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With only three ranked teams suffering defeats on Saturday there was little movement in the final regular season AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll. Mount Union (Ohio) remains atop the rankings after receiving 39 first place votes. No. 2 Wisconsin-Whitewater received the remaining No. 1 vote. Wesley (Del.), St. John’s (Minn.) and Central (Iowa) round out the top five.

St. Norbert (Wis.) and Montclair State (N.J.) moved into the rankings at No. 24 and No. 25 respectively. Montclair State defeated No. 24 Kean 14-6 on Saturday.

American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll
November 16, 2009

RankSchool (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Last WeekNext Game
1. Mount Union (Ohio) (39) 10-0 999 1 D. Marietta (Ohio), 56-0 Nov. 21 vs. No. 13 Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)
2. Wis.-Whitewater (1) 10-0 960 2 D. Wis.-La Crosse, 48-21 Nov. 21 vs. Lakeland (Wis.)
3. Wesley (Del.) 10-0 906 3 D. Ohio Dominican, 32-28 Nov. 21 vs. North Carolina Wesleyan
4. St. John’s (Minn.) 10-0 881 4 D. Carleton (Minn.), 41-14 Nov. 21 vs. No. 21 Coe (Iowa)
5. Central (Iowa) 10-0 807 5 Idle Nov. 21 vs. No. 9 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)
6. Linfield (Ore.) 9-0 796 6 D. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), 62-44 Nov. 21 vs. No. 22 California Lutheran
7. Case Western Reserve (Ohio) 10-0 708 7 D. Washington (Mo.), 28-8 Nov. 21 vs. Trine (Mich.)
8. Monmouth (Ill.) 10-0 697 8 Idle Nov. 21 vs. No. 12 St. Thomas (Minn.)
9. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 9-1 680 9 D. Sul Ross St. (Texas), 48-16 Nov. 21 at No. 5 Central (Iowa)
10. Thomas More (Ky.) 10-0 640 10 D. No. 17 Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), 42-17 Nov. 21 vs. DePauw (Ind.)
11. Wittenberg (Ohio) 10-0 580 11 D. Wooster (Ohio), 42-6 Nov. 21 vs. No. 23 Mount St. Joseph (Ohio)
12. St. Thomas (Minn.) 9-1 552 12 D. Northwestern (Minn.), 63-14 Nov. 21 at No. 8 Monmouth (Ill.)
13. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 9-1 478 13 D. Waynesburg (Pa.), 35-12 Nov. 21 at No. 1 Mount Union (Ohio)
14. Hampden-Sydney (Va.) 10-0 442 15 D. Randolph-Macon (Va.), 34-27 Nov. 21 vs. Johns Hopkins (Md.)
15. Wabash (Ind.) 9-1 428 14 D. DePauw (Ind.), 32-12 Nov. 21 at No. 16 Illinois Wesleyan
16. Illinois Wesleyan 9-1 423 16 D. North Park (Ill.), 49-0 Nov. 21 vs. No. 15 Wabash (Ind.)
17. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 9-1 340 18 D. Widener (Pa.), 28-16 Nov. 21 vs. Susquehanna (Pa.)
18. North Central (Ill.) 8-2 275 19 D. Elmhurst (Ill.), 49-24 Season Complete
19. Ohio Northern 8-2 259 21 D. Wilmington (Ohio), 52-14 Season Complete
20. Willamette (Ore.) 8-2 216 20 D. Menlo (Calif.), 48-10 Season Complete
21. Coe (Iowa) 9-1 193 22 D. Cornell (Iowa), 56-7 Nov. 21 at No. 4 St. John’s (Minn.)
22. California Lutheran 8-1 168 25 D. Redlands (Calif.), 31-20 Nov. 21 at No. 6 Linfield (Ore.)
23. Mount St. Joseph (Ohio) 9-1 90 19 Lost to No. 10 Thomas More (Ky.), 42-17 Nov. 21 at No. 11 Wittenberg (Ohio)
24. St. Norbert (Wis.) 9-1 82 NR Idle Season Complete
25. Montclair St. (N.J.) 9-1 78 NR D. No. 24 Kean, 14-6 Nov. 21 vs. Maine Maritime

Dropped Out: Wheaton (Ill.) (23), Kean (N.J.) (24).

Others Receiving Votes: Mississippi College, 76; Alfred (N.Y.), 60; Albright (Pa.), 42; Otterbein (Ohio), 32; Trine (Mich.), 30; Capital (Ohio), 13; Carthage (Wis.), 10; Bethel (Minn.), Kean (N.J.), 8; 8; Wheaton (Ill.), 6; Wis.-Stout, 6; Huntingdon (Ala.), 4; North Carolina Wesleyan, 4; Amherst (Mass.), 3; Johns Hopkins (Md.), 3; DePauw (Ind.), 2; Curry (Mass.), 1; Ithaca (N.Y.), 1.
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