November 8, 2010

GLIAC BOASTS FOUR TEAMS IN LATEST AFCA DIVISION II COACHES’ TOP 25 POLL

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WACO, TEX. – The top five teams remain the same in this week’s AFCA Division II Coaches’ Top 25 poll. Abilene Christian (Texas) remains at No. 2, followed by No. 3 Northwest Missouri State, No. 4 Texas A&M-Kingsville and No. 5 Albany State (Ga.). Former No. 6 Central Missouri and No. 7 Augustana (S.D.) drop out of the Top 10 this week with losses to No. 3 Northwest Missouri St, 17-16, and Wayne St., 26-14, respectively.

Mercyhurst (Pa.) will host Bloomsburg (Pa.) in Erie, Pa. this next Saturday for the Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference title. No. 8 Nebraska-Kearney will travel to No. 21 Colorado School of Mines for the last Top 25 match-up of the regular season.

2010 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll

November 8, 2010

Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Last Week Next Game
1. Minnesota-Duluth (23) 10-0 645 1 D. Minnesota-Crookston, 55-7 Nov. 13 at Minnesota St.-Mankato
2. Abilene Christian (Texas) (3) 10-0 626 2 D. No. 14 West Texas A&M, 41-34 Nov. 13 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma St.
3. Northwest Missouri St. 8-1 599 3 D. No. 6 Central Missouri, 17-16 Nov. 13 vs. Pittsburg St. (Kan.)
4. Texas A&M-Kingsville 9-1 555 4 D. No. 19t Midwestern St. (Tex.), 27-7 Nov. 13 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma St.
5. Albany St. (Ga.) 10-0 543 5 D. No. 22 Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 12-7 Regular Season Complete
6. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 9-1 506 8 D. Northwood (Mich.), 35-21 Nov. 13 at Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
7. Valdosta St. (Ga.) 8-1 474 10 D. West Georgia, 31-19 Nov. 11 at West Alabama
8. Nebraska-Kearney 9-1 472 9 D. Fort Lewis (Colo.), 48-21 Nov. 13 at No. 21 Colorado School of Mines
9. Shepherd (W.Va.) 9-0 448 11 Idle Nov. 13 vs. Glenville St. (W.Va.)
10. California (Pa.) 9-1 412 12 D. Edinboro (Pa.), 24-0 Nov. 13 vs. Cheyney (Pa.)
11. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 9-1 391 13 D. No. 15 Kutztown (Pa.), 61-35 Nov. 13 at No. 16 Mercyhurst (Pa.)
12. Central Missouri 9-2 382 6 Lost to No. 3 Northwest Missouri St., 17-16 Regular Season Complete
13. Hillsdale (Mich.) 8-2 316 17 D. Findlay (Ohio), 31-3 Nov. 13 vs. Tiffin (Ohio)
14. Augustana (S.D.) 9-1 298 7 Lost to Wayne St. (Neb.), 26-14 Nov. 13 vs. Upper Iowa
15. North Alabama 8-2 281 18 D. West Alabama, 24-23 Nov. 13 at Harding (Ark.)
16. Mercyhurst (Pa.) 8-2 239 21 D. Clarion (Pa.), 38-14 Nov. 13 vs. No. 11 Bloomsburg (Pa.)
17. Wayne St. (Mich.) 8-2 167 24 D. Indianapolis (Ind.), 41-27 Nov. 13 at Findlay (Ohio)
18. St. Cloud State (Minn.) 8-2 156 25 D. Bemidji St. (Minn.), 35-14 Nov. 13 at Minnesota St.-Moorhead
19. West Texas A&M 7-3 151 14 Lost to No. 2 Abilene Christian (Tex.),41-34 Nov. 13 vs. East Central (Okla.)
20. Kutztown (Pa.) 9-1 147 15 Lost to No. 13 Bloomsburg (Pa.), 61-35 Nov. 13 at Gannon (Pa.)
21. Colorado School of Mines 8-2 88 16 Lost to Chadron St. (Neb.), 38-31 Nov. 13 vs. No. 8 Nebraska-Kearney
22. Michigan Tech 7-2 81 NR D. Ferris St. (Mich.), 28-16 Nov. 13 vs. Northern Michigan
23. Fort Valley St. (Ga.) 8-2 61 22 Lost to No. 5 Albany St. (Ga.), 12-7 Regular Season Complete
24. Morehouse (Ga.) 8-2 53 NR D. Miles (Ala.), 13-3 Regular Season Complete
25. Midwestern St. (Texas) 7-3 50 19t Lost to No. 4 Texas A&M-Kingsville, 27-7 Nov. 13 vs. Northeastern St.

Dropped Out: St. Augustine’s (N.C.) (19t), New Haven (Conn.) (23).

Others Receiving Votes: Shaw (N.C.), 48; St. Augustine’s (N.C.), 32; Wingate (N.C.), 27; Tuskegee (Ala.), 26; Central Washington, 25; Winston-Salem St. (N.C.), 25; Ashland (Ohio), 24; Concord (W.Va.), 17; Colorado St.-Pueblo, 14; New Haven (Conn.), 14; Delta St. (Miss.), 12; Washburn (Kan.), 11; West Virginia Wesleyan, 6; Missouri Western St., 4; Chadron St. (Neb.), 3; Virginia St., 1.


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