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2019 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll – October 21, 2019
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. | Last Week | Next Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) (43) | 6-0 | 1288 | 1 | D. Southwestern (Tex.), 33-3 | Oct. 26 vs. No. 14 Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) |
| 2 | Mount Union (Ohio) (10) | 6-0 | 1258 | 2 | D. Capital (Ohio), 66-0 | Oct. 26 at Heidelberg (Ohio) |
| 3 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 6-0 | 1211 | 3 | D. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 38-0 | Oct. 26 at Wisconsin-River Falls |
| 4 | St. John’s (Minn.) | 6-0 | 1155 | 4 | D. No. 13t St. Thomas (Minn.), 38-20 | Oct. 26 at St. Olaf (Minn.) |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-0 | 1102 | 5 | D. Washington (Mo.), 52-13 | Oct. 26 vs. Augustana (Ill.) |
| 6 | Muhlenberg (Pa.) | 6-0 | 1050 | 6 | D. Ursinus (Pa.), 45-21 | Oct. 26 at McDaniel (Md.) |
| 7 | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 6-0 | 928 | 8 | D. Hobart (N.Y.), 34-0 | Oct. 26 at Rochester (N.Y.) |
| 8 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-1 | 882 | 10 | D. Carroll (Wis.), 62-3 | Oct. 26 vs. Carthage (Wis.) |
| 9 | Wartburg (Iowa) | 7-0 | 879 | 9 | D. Simpson (Iowa), 29-15 | Nov. 2 vs. Coe (Iowa) |
| 10 | Salisbury (Md.) | 5-0 | 791 | 11 | D. Rowan (N.J.), 38-7 | Oct. 26 at Kean (N.J.) |
| 11t. | Delaware Valley (Pa.) | 6-1 | 718 | 12 | D. Wilkes (Pa.), 42-0 | Oct. 26 vs. Lebanon Valley (Pa.) |
| 11t. | John Carroll (Ohio) | 5-1 | 718 | 13t | D. Ohio Northern, 44-10 | Oct. 26 at Marietta (Ohio) |
| 13 | Bethel (Minn.) | 5-1 | 689 | 15 | D. St. Olaf (Minn.), 56-10 | Oct. 26 at Concordia (Minn.) |
| 14 | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 5-1 | 625 | 17 | D. Belhaven (Miss.), 63-7 | Oct. 26 at No. 1 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) |
| 15 | Wesley (Del.) | 5-1 | 505 | 18 | D. William Paterson (N.J.), 45-7 | Oct. 26 vs. Montclair St. (N.J.) |
| 16 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 5-1 | 439 | 20 | D. Wisconsin-Stout, 33-27 | Oct. 26 at Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 17 | Case Western Reserve (Ohio) | 6-0 | 431 | 19 | D. St. Vincent (Pa.), 34-26 | Oct. 26 vs. Geneva (Pa.) |
| 18 | Cortland (N.Y.) | 6-0 | 389 | 21 | D. Alfred (N.Y.), 31-21 | Oct. 26 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) |
| 19t. | Linfield (Ore.) | 4-1 | 305 | 22 | D. Willamette (Ore.), 77-0 | Oct. 26 at Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) |
| 19t. | Chapman (Calif.) | 5-0 | 305 | 24 | D. Occidental (Calif.), 56-23 | Oct. 26 vs. California Lutheran |
| 21 | Berry (Ga.) | 6-1 | 274 | 7 | Lost to Birmingham-Southern (Ala.), 28-15 | Oct. 26 vs. Rhodes (Tenn.) |
| 22 | Susquehanna (Pa.) | 5-1 | 268 | 23 | D. Moravian (Pa.), 31-7 | Oct. 26 vs. Ursinus (Pa.) |
| 23 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 4-2 | 188 | 13t | Lost to No. 4 St. John’s (Minn.), 38-20 | Oct. 26 at Carleton (Minn.) |
| 24 | Union (N.Y.) | 6-0 | 167 | 25 | D. St. Lawrence (N.Y.), 38-17 | Oct. 26 at Buffalo St. (N.Y.) |
| 25 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 6-0 | 124 | NR | D. Ferrum (Va.), 53-10 | Oct. 26 at Washington and Lee (Va.) |
Dropped Out: Johns Hopkins (Md.) (16)
Others Receiving Votes: Redlands (Calif.) 92; Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 78; WPI (Mass.), 67; Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), 65; Texas Lutheran, 49; Whitworth (Wash.), 33; Johns Hopkins (Md.), 22; Hope (Mich.), 20; Illinois Wesleyan, 17; Central (Iowa) 16; Brockport (N.Y.), 15; Martin Luther (Minn.), 12; Wisconsin-La Crosse, 12; Middlebury (Vt.), 10; Washington & Jefferson (Pa.), 9; Western Connecticut, 8; Wittenberg (Ohio), 6; Hobart (N.Y.), 3; Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio), 2.
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