Cobbers Stay Locked In Top 25
MOORHEAD, Minn. (10/14/13)—Even though Concordia suffered its first defeat of the season, the Cobbers remained locked in the top 25 in the nation in both major Division III polls.
Concordia dropped spots in both the American Football Coaches Association and D3football.com rankings but did not slide out of the top 25. The Cobbers dropped from the No.18 spot to No.25 in the AFCA rankings and are at No.24 in the D3football.com poll – dropping two spots from No.22.
CC is one of four MIAC teams to be ranked in the top 25 this week. Bethel, who beat Concordia on Saturday, remained in the No.5 spot in the D3football.com rankings and stayed locked into eighth in the AFCA poll. St. Thomas slid from No.6 to No.9 in the D3football.com poll and held steady at No.12 in the coaches' rankings. St. John's creeps back into the national rankings again. The Johnnies are now 25th in the D3football.com poll and 23rd in the AFCA rankings.
The Cobbers are now 4-1 overall and 2-1 in conference play this season. Concordia is in a three-way tie for second place in the MIAC standings with teams with one loss. St. John's has a game in hand on CC and is 3-1 in league play. UST is also 2-1 against MIAC foes.
Concordia heads out on the road to face a surging Hamline team on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 1 p.m. in St. Paul. The Pipers are coming off a 31-28 win over St. Olaf. It was Hamline's first conference victory since 2009. CC has won the last 21 meetings between the two teams and owns a 55-13-0 record against the Pipers.
Complete AFCA national rankings
AFCA Division III Top 25 Poll
1. Mount Union (Ohio) (39)
2. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) (3)
3. Linfield (Ore.)
4. North Central (Ill.)
5. Hobart (N.Y.)
6. Wis.-Platteville
7. Wis.-Whitewater
8. Bethel (Minn.)
9. Wis.-Oshkosh
10. Heidelberg (Ohio)
11. Wesley (Del.)
12. St. Thomas (Minn.)
13. Wheaton (Ill.)
14. Johns Hopkins (Md.)
15. Wabash (Ind.)
16. Coe (Iowa)
17. St. John Fisher (N.Y.)
18. Wittenberg (Ohio)
19. John Carroll (Ohio)
20. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.)
21. Franklin (Ind.)
22. Illinois Wesleyan
23. St. John's (Minn.)
24. Willamette (Ore.)
25. Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)
Others Receiving Votes: Ursinus (Pa.), 43; Millsaps (Miss.), 41; Huntingdon (Ala.), 29; Pacific (Ore.), 17; Hamden-Sydney (Va.), 14; Illinois College, 9; Wis.-Stevens Point, 9; Delaware Valley (Pa.), 7; Texas Lutheran, 7; Lebanon Valley (Pa.), 6; Randolp Macon (Va.), 6; Wartburg (Iowa), 6; Louisiana College, 5; Chapman (Calif.), 4; Gallaudet (D.C), 4; Lycoming (Pa.), 4; St. Nortbert (Wis.), 4; Thomas More (Ky.), 3; Trinity (Conn.), 3; Guilford (N.C.), 1; Salisbury (Md.), 1.
Complete D3football.com national rankings
D3football.com Top 25 (Week 6)
1. Mount Union (16)
2. Linfield (6)
3. Mary Hardin-Baylor (3)
4. North Central (Ill.)
5. Bethel
6. Hobart
7. UW-Platteville
8. UW-Oshkosh
9. St. Thomas
10. UW-Whitewater
11. Wesley
12. Heidelberg
13. Wheaton (Ill.)
14. Franklin
15. Johns Hopkins
16. Wabash
17. Pacific Lutheran
18. Wittenberg
19. St. John Fisher
20. John Carroll
21. Coe
22. Willamette
23. Illinois Wesleyan
24. Concordia-Moorhead
25. St. John's
Others receiving votes: Huntingdon 29; Illinois College 21; Millsaps 18; Trinity (Conn.) 17; Salisbury 14; Pacific 12; Hampden-Sydney 11; Lebanon Valley 8; Lycoming 7; Adrian 6; Thomas More 4; Christopher Newport 4; Ursinus 2; Wartburg 1; Ithaca 1; Texas Lutheran 1; Delaware Valley 1; UW-Stevens Point 1.