- St. Olaf Cracks Top 25 in Division III Coaches' Poll
AFCA NEWS
St. Olaf (Minn.) joins the poll at No. 24 in this week’s AFCA Division III Coaches’ Top 25 Poll after beating Hamline (Minn.), 40-0. This is the first time the Oles have been ranked since 2007. Dubuque (Iowa) rejoins the poll this week at No. 25 after defeating Luther (Iowa), 45-0. Salisbury (Md.) had the biggest fall in this weeks’ poll while still remaining in the Top 25, dropping five spots to No. 15 after a loss to No. 8 Wesley (Del.), 23-14. Then-No. 16 Adrian (Mich.) and then-No. 23 Wisconsin-Oshkosh both dropped out of the poll this week after losing to unranked teams. There are two Top 25 matchups this coming weekend. No. 7 North Central (Ill.) will host No. 12 Wheaton (Ill.) and No. 10 Wabash (Ind.) will host No. 21 Wittenberg (Ohio).
Wisconsin-Whitewater remains No. 1 this week with 39 first place votes followed by Mount Union (Ohio), which received the remaining three first place votes. St. Thomas (Minn.), Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) and Linfield (Ore.) round out the Top 5.
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. | Last Week | Next Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wis.-Whitewater (39) | 8-0 | 1047 | 1 | D. Wis.-Stevens Point, 31-16 | Nov. 5 at Wis.-Eau Claire |
| 2. | Mount Union (Ohio) (3) | 8-0 | 1011 | 2 | D. Otterbein (Ohio), 42-0 | Nov. 5 vs. Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) |
| 3. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 9-0 | 948 | 3 | D. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 20-7 | Nov. 5 at Carleton (Minn.) |
| 4. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) | 8-0 | 904 | 4 | D. Howard Payne (Texas), 57-6 | Nov. 5 vs. Sul Ross St. (Texas) |
| 5. | Linfield (Ore.) | 7-0 | 886 | 5 | D. Menlo (Calif.), 23-6 | Nov. 5 at Whitworth (Wash.) |
| 6. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 8-0 | 792 | 6 | D. Westminster (Pa.), 27-10 | Nov. 5. vs. Waynesburg (Pa.) |
| 7. | North Central (Ill.) | 7-1 | 780 | 7 | D. Elmhurst (Ill.), 51-10 | Nov. 5 vs. No. 12 Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 8. | Wesley (Del.) | 7-1 | 737 | 9 | D. No. 10 Salisbury (Md.), 23-14 | Nov. 5 at Apprentice School (Va.) |
| 9. | Delaware Valley | 8-0 | 707 | 8 | Idle | Nov. 5 at Lycoming (Pa.) |
| 10. | Wabash (Ind.) | 8-0 | 626 | 11 | D. Allegheny (Pa.), 22-16 | Nov. 5 vs. No. 21 Wittenberg (Ohio) |
| 11. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 8-0 | 617 | 12 | D. Ursinus (Pa.), 37-9 | Nov. 5 vs. Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) |
| 12. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-1 | 544 | 13 | D. Augustana (Ill.), 36-7 | Nov. 5 at No. 7 North Central (Ill.) |
| 13. | Trinity (Texas) | 8-0 | 507 | 14 | D. Birmingham-Southern (Ala.), 24-16 | Nov. 5 vs. Centre (Ky.) |
| 14. | California Lutheran | 6-1 | 462 | 15 | D. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.), 54-6 | Nov. 5 at Chapman (Calif.) |
| 15. | Salisbury (Md.) | 7-1 | 433 | 10 | Lost to No. 9 Wesley (Del.), 23-14 | Nov. 5 vs. St. John Fisher (N.Y.) |
| 16. | Redlands (Calif.) | 6-1 | 398 | 17 | D. La Verne (Calif.), 38-28 | Nov. 5 vs. Whittier (Calif.) |
| 17. | Kean (N.J.) | 7-1 | 351 | 18 | D. Rowan (N.J.), 13-6 | Nov. 5 at William Paterson (N.J.) |
| 18. | Franklin (Ind.) | 7-1 | 325 | 19 | D. Anderson (Ind.), 62-27 | Nov. 5 at Earlham (Ind.) |
| 19. | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-1 | 271 | 20 | D. Millikin (Ill.), 28-25 | Nov. 5 at Carthage (Wis.) |
| 20. | Montclair St. (N.J.) | 7-1 | 269 | 21 | D. Western Connecticut, 38-7 | Nov. 5 at Rowan (N.J.) |
| 21. | Wittenberg (Ohio) | 7-1 | 185 | 22 | Idle | Nov. 5 at No. 10 Wabash (Ind.) |
| 22. | Louisiana College | 7-1 | 178 | 24 | D. Texas Lutheran, 37-16 | Nov. 5 vs. McMurry (Texas) |
| 23. | Bethel (Minn.) | 6-2 | 130 | 25 | D. Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), 27-13 | Nov. 5 vs. Hamline (Minn.) |
| 24. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 7-1 | 126 | NR | D. Hamline (Minn.), 40-0 | Nov. 5 at St. John’s (Minn.) |
| 25. | Dubuque (Iowa) | 8-1 | 82 | NR | D. Luther (Iowa), 45-0 | Nov. 5 at Coe (Iowa) |
Dropped Out: Adrian (Mich.) (16), Wis.-Oshkosh (23).
Others Receiving Votes: Adrian (Mich.), 56; Centre (Ky.), 52; Hobart (N.Y.), 44; Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 42; McMurry (Texas), 26; St. John Fisher (N.Y.), 20; Washington & Lee (Va.), 19; Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio), 18; Monmouth (Ill.), 15; Wartburg (Iowa), 14; Cortland St. (N.Y.), 7; Lycoming (Pa.), 7; Endicott (Mass.), 5; Birmingham-Southern (Ala.), 4; Lewis & Clark (Ore.), 2; Trinity (Conn.), 2; Widener (Pa.), 1.
