WACO, TEX.– Another week, another dominant performance from No. 4 Wesley (Del.) in the AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll. The Wolverines have diligently put together an impressive resume with their season so far, most recently dispatching then-No. 23 Rowan (N.J.), 38-25, during a weekend that saw several Top 25 teams fall.
Plenty of other teams were prepared to take advantage of the openings this week, as the Poll welcomed four new faces: No. 19 Olivet (Mich.); St. Norbert (Wis.) and Western New England (Mass.) tied at No. 21; No. 23 Salisbury (Md.); and Cortland State returns to the rankings at the No. 25 spot. This is the first time both Olivet and Western New England have ever been ranked in the Poll. This coming weekend will see two major match-ups as No. 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) will travel to face resurgent No. 12 Hardin-Simmons (Texas) and No. 17 Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) will host No. 6 St. Thomas (Minn.).
2015 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll — Oct. 26, 2015
TEAM |
PTS. | PREV |
1. Mount Union (37) (7-0) | 1044 | 1 |
2. Mary Hardin-Baylor (2) (7-0) | 993 | 2 |
3. Linfield (3) (6-0) | 975 | 3 |
4. Wesley (7-0) | 909 | 4 |
5. Wheaton (7-0) | 864 | 5 |
6. St. Thomas (7-0) | 827 | 6 |
7. UW-Oshkosh (6-1) | 792 | 7 |
8. Johns Hopkins (7-0) | 717 | 8 |
9. Wabash (7-0) | 703 | 9 |
10. UW-Whitewater (6-1) | 692 | 10 |
11. Thomas More (8-0) | 638 | 11 |
12. Hardin-Simmons (7-0) | 603 | 12 |
13. Illinois Wesleyan (7-0) | 513 | 15 |
14. St. John’s (6-1) | 506 | 14 |
15. Wartburg (6-1) | 412 | 18 |
16. John Carroll (6-1) | 390 | 19 |
17. Concordia-Moorhead (7-1) | 371 | 20 |
18. Washington & Lee (7-0) | 305 | 24 |
19. Olivet (7-0) | 177 | NR |
20. UW-Platteville (5-2) | 171 | 13 |
21t. St. Norbert (7-0) | 141 | NR |
21t. Western New England (7-0) | 141 | NR |
23. Salisbury (5-1) | 103 | NR |
24. Albright (6-1) | 102 | 16 |
25. Cortland State (6-1) | 88 | NR |
Dropped Out: Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) (17); North Central (Ill.) (21); Albion (Mich.) (22); Rowan (N.J.) (23); Whitworth (Wash.) (25).
Others Receiving Votes: Delaware Valley (Pa.), 61; Whitworth (Wash.), 51; Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 50; North Central (Ill.), 50; Rowan (N.J.), 39; Guilford (N.C.), 37; Washington & Jefferson (Pa.), 32; Albion (Mich.), 22; Franklin (Ind.), 18; Wittenberg (Ohio), 17; DePauw (Ind.), 16; Trinity (Texas), 15; Case Western Reserve (Ohio), 13; Berry (Ga.), 11; Dubuque (Iowa), 9; Framingham State (Mass.), 6; Ohio Northern, 6; Texas Lutheran, 6; Amherst (Mass.), 4; Trinity (Conn.), 4; La Verne (Calif.), 3.