WACO, TEX.– Glenn Caruso’s Tommies passed a major test this weekend as No. 4 St. Thomas (Minn.) traveled to MIAC rival Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) and escaped with a 23-20 victory over the Cobbers. Their win was secured on a 21-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Alex Fenske with two seconds left on the clock. Elsewhere in the top 5, Wisconsin-Whitewater vanquished their second top 10 opponent in as many weeks after a touchdown run with less than a minute left gave the Warhawks a 17-14 lead against former-No. 5 Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Mount Union (Ohio) retained the No. 1 spot by dismantling Heidelberg (Ohio), and No. 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) and new-No. 5 Wheaton (Ill.) both handled their own opponents over the weekend. Wheaton tops the bill this coming weekend as they travel to CCIW rival No. 6 North Central (Ill.) in a battle of top 10 teams.
2016 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll — Oct. 10, 2016
TEAM |
PTS. | PREV |
| 1. Mount Union (36) (5-0) | 1042 | 1 |
| 2. UW-Whitewater (4) (5-0) | 1002 | 2 |
| 3. Mary Hardin-Baylor (2) (5-0) | 946 | 3 |
| 4. St. Thomas (6-0) | 926 | 4 |
| 5. Wheaton (6-0) | 836 | 6 |
| 6. North Central (6-0) | 815 | 7 |
| 7. UW-Oshkosh (4-1) | 757 | 5 |
| 8. Johns Hopkins (5-0) | 753 | 8 |
| 9. Hardin-Simmons (5-0) | 721 | 9 |
| 10. Linfield (3-1) | 649 | 10 |
| 11. UW-Platteville (4-1) | 638 | 12 |
| 12. St. John’s (5-1) | 592 | 13 |
| 13. St. John Fisher (6-0) | 509 | 14 |
| 14. Wittenberg (5-0) | 486 | 15 |
| 15. East Texas Baptist (5-0) | 429 | 17 |
| 16. Dubuque (6-0) | 403 | 18 |
| 17. Thomas More (5-1) | 315 | 19 |
| 18. Franklin (5-1) | 296 | 20 |
| 19. Stevenson (5-0) | 275 | 21 |
| 20. St. Lawrence (6-0) | 261 | 22 |
| 21. Wabash (4-1) | 184 | 23 |
| 22. Salisbury (4-1) | 116 | 11 |
| 23. Coe (6-0) | 111 | NR |
| 24. Monmouth (IL) (5-0) | 78 | NR |
| 25t. Alfred (5-0) | 64 | NR |
| 25t. Hobart (5-1) | 64 | 16 |
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