- Salve Regina Enters Coaches' Poll for First Time
Salve Regina Enters Coaches' Poll for First Time
The AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll has three new faces in it this week, including No. 24 Salve Regina (R.I.), which makes its first appearance in the poll ever. The Seahawks enter the poll on the strength of a 7-0 record following a 37-33 victory over Curry (Mass.) on Saturday. No. 23 Wittenberg (Ohio) returns to the poll after a brief hiatus with a 41-17 victory over Chicago (Ill.), and No. 22 Rowan (N.J.) returns to the poll for the first time since Dec. 20, 2010.
No. 3 St. Thomas (Minn.) emerged victorious against then-No. 7 Bethel (Minn.) in this week’s top-ranked meeting, routing the Royals in a 37-0 win. The rest of the Top 5 took care of business as well, with No.1 Mount Union (Ohio) securing 41 first-place votes and No. 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) taking the last one.
2012 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll - October 15, 2012
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. | Last Week | Next Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mount Union (Ohio) (41) | 6-0 | 1049 | 1 | D. Capital (Ohio), 62-0 | Oct. 20 at Otterbein (Ohio) |
| 2. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) (1) | 6-0 | 1007 | 2 | D. Louisiana College, 30-3 | Oct. 20 vs. Hardin-Simmons (Texas) |
| 3. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 6-0 | 955 | 3 | D. No. 7 Bethel (Minn.), 37-0 | Oct. 20 at Hamline (Minn.) |
| 4. | Linfield (Ore.) | 5-0 | 918 | 4 | D. Whitworth (Wash.), 54-15 | Oct. 20 at Lewis & Clark (Ore.) |
| 5. | Wis.-Whitewater | 5-1 | 852 | 5 | D. Wis.-Stout, 41-7 | Oct. 20 vs. No. 13 Wis.-Oshkosh |
| 6. | Wesley (Del.) | 5-1 | 832 | 6 | D. Virginia-Lynchburg, 24-7 | Oct. 20 at Menlo (Calif.) |
| 7. | Hobart (N.Y.) | 6-0 | 736 | 8 | Idle | Oct. 20 vs. Rennselaer (Mass.) |
| 8. | Salisbury (Md.) | 5-1 | 730 | 9 | D. Hartwick (N.Y.), 37-7 | Oct. 20 vs. Alfred (N.Y.) |
| 9. | North Central (Ill.) |
5-1 | 656 | 10 | D. North Park (Ill.), 58-17 | Oct. 20 at Cathage (Wisc.) |
| 10. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) |
6-0 | 630 | 11 | D. Dickinson (Pa.), 49-0 | Oct. 19 vs. Gettysburg (Pa.) |
| 11. | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-0 | 572 | 13 | D. Carthage (Wisc.), 45-7 | Oct. 20 at Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 12. | Cal Lutheran | 4-1 | 558 | 12 | D. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.), 45-10 | Oct. 20 vs. Occidental (Calif.) |
| 13. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 6-0 | 543 | 16 | D. No. 14 Wis.-Platteville, 34-13 | Oct. 20 at No. 5 Wis.-Whitewater |
| 14. | Widener (Pa.) | 6-0 | 503 | 15 | Idle | Oct. 20 at Lycoming (Pa.) |
| 15. | Wabash (Ind.) | 5-1 | 426 | 18 | D. Washington U. (Mo.), 34-14 | Oct. 20 vs. Wooster (Ohio) |
| 16. | Heidelberg (Ohio) | 6-0 | 382 | 20 | D. Otterbein (Ohio), 21-0 | Oct. 20 vs. Muskingum (Ohio) |
| 17. | Bethel (Minn.) | 5-1 | 370 | 7 | Lost to No. 3 St. Thomas (Minn.), 37-0 | Oct. 20 at Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) |
| 18. | Coe (Iowa) | 6-0 | 311 | 22 | D. Dubuque (Iowa), 41-38 | Oct. 20 at Simpson (Iowa) |
| 19. | Willamette (Ore.) | 6-0 | 271 | 24 | D. Lewis & Clark (Ore.), 56-20 | Oct. 20 at Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) |
| 20. | Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) | 5-1 | 228 | 23 | D. Wilmington (Ohio), 49-17 | Oct. 20 at Captial (Ohio) |
| 21. | Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) | 5-1 | 178 | 25 | D. Hamline (Minn.), 63-14 | Oct. 20 at Augsburg (Minn.) |
| 22. | Rowan (N.J.) | 5-1 | 123 | NR | Idle | Oct. 20 at Cortland St. (N.Y.) |
| 23. | Wittenberg (Ohio) | 5-1 | 110 | NR | D. Chicago (Ill.), 41-17 | Oct. 20 at Allegheny (Pa.) |
| 24. | Salve Regina (R.I.) | 7-0 | 109 | NR | D. Curry (Mass.), 37-33 | Oct. 19 at MIT (Mass.) |
| 25. | Wis.-Platteville | 4-2 | 89 | 14 | Lost to No. 16 Wis.-Oshkosh, 34-13 | Oct. 20 vs. Wis.-River Falls |
Dropped Out: St. John Fisher (N.Y.) (17); Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) (19); Wheaton (Ill.) (21).
Others Receiving Votes: Waynesburg (Pa.), 69; Concordia (Ill.), 61; Franklin (Ind.), 59; Huntingdon (Ala.), 49; St. John Fisher (N.Y.), 43; Augsburg (Minn.), 40; North Park (Ill.), 32; Alfred (N.Y.), 27; Lycoming (Pa.), 26; Wheaton (Ill.), 24; Birmingham-Southern (Ala.), 21; Elmhurst (Ill.), 20; Louisiana College, 15; Washington & Lee (Va.), 13; Trinity (Texas), 10; Otterbein (Ohio), 7; Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), 7; Gettysburg (Pa.), 5; Cortland St. (N.Y.), 4; Concordia (Wis.), 3; Simpson (Iowa), 3; Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 2; Trinity (Conn.), 2; Muhlenberg (Pa.), 1; Ohio Wesleyan, 1.
