Northwest Moves up To #6 In Latest AFCA D2 Top 25
Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Week 9 Next Game
1 Ferris St. (Mich.) (24) 8-0 744 1 D. Northern Michigan, 44-24 Nov. 6 at Davenport (Mich.)
2 Valdosta St. (Ga.) (6) 8-0 726 2 D. No. 3 West Georgia, 36-34 Nov. 6 vs. North Greenville (S.C.)
3 California (Pa.) 8-0 668 4 D. Seton Hill (Pa.), 42-14 Nov. 6 at No. 15 Slippery Rock (Pa.)
4 West Florida 7-1 649 5 D. Mississippi College, 63-28 Nov. 6 at No. 23 West Alabama
5 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 8-1 581 6 D. East Central (Okla.), 43-28 Nov. 6 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma
6 Northwest Missouri St. 7-1 565 8 D. No. 17 Nebraska-Kearney, 66-13 Nov. 6 at Missouri Southern
7 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 7-1 561 7 D. Michigan Tech, 14-9 Nov. 6 at Wayne St. (Mich.)
8 Notre Dame (Ohio) 8-1 509 9 D. Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 45-0 Nov. 6 at North Carolina-Pembroke
9 Bentley (Mass.) 8-0 490 11 D. Franklin Pierce (N.H.), 24-14 Nov. 6 at No. 24 New Haven (Conn.)
10 Harding (Ark.) 8-1 485 10 D. Northwestern Oklahoma, 73-14 Nov. 6 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma
11 Shepherd (W.Va.) 8-1 440 12 D. Bloomsburg (Pa.), 62-18 Nov. 6 vs. East Stroudsburg (Pa.)
12 West Georgia 7-2 411 3 Lost to No. 2 Valdosta St. (Ga.), 36-34 Nov. 13 vs. Delta St. (Miss.)
13 Colorado School of Mines 8-1 396 14 D. Chadron St. (Neb.), 34-7 Nov. 6 at Colorado St.-Pueblo
14 Bowie St. (Md.) 8-1 377 13 D. Lincoln (Pa.), 31-7 Nov. 6 vs. Elizabeth City St. (N.C.)
15 Slippery Rock (Pa.) 8-1 356 15 D. Gannon (Pa.), 63-21 Nov. 6 vs. No. 3 California (Pa.)
16 Henderson St. (Ark.) 8-1 306 18 D. Southern Nazarene, 34-3 Nov. 6 at Oklahoma Baptist
17 Augustana (S.D.) 8-1 293 19 D. Winona St. (Minn.), 38-20 Nov. 6 at Minnesota-Duluth
18 Western Colorado 8-1 244 20 D. No. 22 Colorado Mesa, 23-9 Nov. 6 vs. Lincoln (Calif.)
19 Kutztown (Pa.) 8-1 222 21 D. Millersville (Pa.), 30-7 Nov. 6 at West Chester (Pa.)
20 Frostburg St. (Md.) 8-1 159 23 D. Alderson Broaddus (W.Va.), 45-7 Nov. 6 vs. West Virginia Wesleyan
21 Midwestern St. (Texas) 6-2 128 24 D. Western New Mexico, 52-10 Nov. 6 at West Texas A&M
22 Albany St. (Ga.) 8-1 113 25 D. Morehouse (Ga.), 14-10 Nov. 6 vs. Fort Valley St. (Ga.)
23 West Alabama 7-2 64 NR D. North Greenville (S.C.), 31-14 Nov. 6 vs. No. 4 West Florida
24 New Haven (Conn.) 7-1 49 NR D. Assumption (Mass.), 16-10 Nov. 6 vs. No. 9 Bentley (Mass.)
25 Nebraska-Kearney 7-2 48 17 Lost to No. 8 Northwest Missouri St., 66-13 Nov. 6 at Central Oklahoma

Dropped Out: Wingate (N.C.) (16), Colorado Mesa (22)

Others Receiving Votes: Wingate (N.C.), 39; Washburn (Kan.), 30; Minnesota-Duluth, 18; Colorado Mesa, 16; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 13; Charleston (W.Va.), 8; Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 8; Angelo St. (Texas), 7; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 7; Lindenwood (Mo.), 7; Indiana (Pa.), 4; Colorado St.-Pueblo, 3; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 2; Tiffin (Ohio), 2; Northern St. (S.D.), 1; Southeastern Oklahoma, 1.