THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACH'S ASSOCIATION HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR DIVISION TWO FOOTBALL POLL FOR THE UPCOMING 2010 SEASON AND THE MIAA IS WELL REPRESENTED.
DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPION NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE TOPS THE LIST AT NUMBER ONE IN THE LAND, TAKING 22 OF 26 FIRST PLACE VOTES.
GRAND VALLEY STATE SITS SECOND WITH THREE FIRST PLACE VOTES. NORTH ALABAMA AND HEAD COACH BOBBY BOWDEN ARE IN THIRD WITH THE FINAL FIRST PLACE VOTE. MINNESOTA DULUTH SITS FOURTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON ROUNDS OUT THE TOP FIVE.
THE WASHBURN ICHABODS ARE SITTING TENTH TO START THE SEASON. NEBRASKA-OMAHA SITS IN THE NUMBER 15 POSITION WHILE MISSOURI WESTERN WILL START THE YEAR AT NUMBER 20.
THE CENTRAL MISSOURI MULES ALSO RECEIVED VOTES IN THE POLL BUT WERE 61 POINTS OUT OF THE TOP 25.
1. NORTHWEST MISSOURI ST. (22)
2. GRAND VALLEY ST. (3)
3. NORTH ALABAMA (1)
4. MINNESOTA-DULUTH
5. CENTRAL WASHINGTON
6. CALIFORNIA (PA)
7. ABILENE CHRISTIAN
8. WEST LIBERTY
9. CARSON-NEWMAN
10. WASHBURN
11. WEST TEXAS A&M
12. WEST ALABAMA
13. NEBRASKA-KEARNEY
14. SAGINAW VALLEY
15. NEBRASKA-OMAHA
16. TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE
17. TUSKEGEE
18. HILLSDALE
19. MIDWESTERN ST
20. MISSOURI WESTERN
21. MINNESOTA-MANKATO
22. WEST CHESTER
23. UNC-PEMBROKE
24. DELTA STATE
25. EAST STROUDSBURG
