WACO, TEX.– With the regular season complete and the playoff bracket set, No. 4 Wheaton (Ill.) is going strong in the AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll heading into the postseason. After completing the season with a perfect 10-0 record, the Thunder will face off against Northern Athletic Collegiate Conference champions, the Lakeland (Wis.) Muskies. There weren’t many surprises last week, as top ranked teams took care of business, with No. 25 Dubuque (Iowa) making its first appearance in the poll since December 19, 2011.
The rest of the Top 10 will be hosting their first playoff games, with top matchups coming from No. 9 Thomas More (Ky.) against No. 15 Washington & Lee (Va.) and No. 10 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) in a rematch against No. 13 Hardin-Simmons (Texas).
2015 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll — Nov. 16, 2015
TEAM |
PTS. | PREV |
| 1. Mount Union (39) (10-0) | 1047 | 1 |
| 2. Linfield (3) (9-0) | 1004 | 2 |
| 3. St. Thomas (10-0) | 927 | 4 |
| 4. Wheaton (10-0) | 923 | 3 |
| 5. UW-Oshkosh (9-1) | 875 | 5 |
| 6. Johns Hopkins (10-0) | 813 | 6 |
| 7. Wabash (10-0) | 790 | 7 |
| 8. UW-Whitewater (9-1) | 776 | 8 |
| 9. Thomas More (10-0) | 702 | 9 |
| 10. Mary Hardin-Baylor (9-1) | 675 | 10 |
| 11. St. John’s (9-1) | 626 | 11 |
| 12. Wesley (9-1) | 584 | 12 |
| 13. Hardin-Simmons (9-1) | 536 | 15 |
| 14. Wartburg (9-1) | 498 | 13 |
| 15. Washington & Lee (10-0) | 455 | 16 |
| 16. UW-Platteville (8-2) | 386 | 17 |
| 17. St. Norbert (10-0) | 309 | 18 |
| 18. Albright (9-1) | 287 | 20 |
| 19. Western New England (10-0) | 264 | 19 |
| 20. Albion (9-1) | 210 | 21 |
| 21. Whitworth (9-1) | 186 | 23 |
| 22. John Carroll (8-2) | 182 | 14 |
| 23. North Central (7-3) | 161 | 22 |
| 24. Guilford (9-1) | 108 | 24 |
| 25. Dubuque (8-2) | 60 | NR |
Dropped Out: DePauw (Ind.) (25).
Others Receiving Votes: Texas Lutheran, 44; Salisbury (Md.), 36; Framingham State (Mass.), 22; Huntingdon (Ala.), 19; Olivet (Mich.), 19; Washington & Jefferson (Pa.), 17; La Verne (Calif.), 15; Ohio Northern, 14; East Texas Baptist, 13; Amherst (Mass.), 12; Cortland State (N.Y.), 11; Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), 8; Franklin (Ind.), 8; Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 8; Case Western Reserve (Ohio), 7; Hendrix (Ark.), 4; DePauw (Ind.), 3; Hobart (N.Y.), 2; Muhlenberg (Pa.), 2; Delaware Valley (Pa.), 1; St. Scholastica (Minn.), 1.
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