Football Squad Enters National Top 25 Poll
WACO, Texas — For the first time since Oct. 15, 2012, Michigan Tech is ranked in the American Football Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Poll. The Huskies, fresh off a 34-31 victory over rival Northern Michigan last Saturday (Sept. 27) to move to 4-0, enter the poll at No. 23.
Tech is one of three GLIAC teams in the top 25. Ohio Dominican is ranked No. 8 while Ferris State is at No. 13. All three teams are 4-0 on the year.
Three of the Huskies four wins have come by less than a touchdown. Field goals on the final plays of the game at Wayne State (Sept. 4, 18-17) and Northern Michigan (Sept. 27, 34-31) decided two of those.
Michigan Tech has this weekend off. Its next game will come Oct. 11 at Northwood.
The full AFCA Division II Coaches' Poll for September 29, 2014, is below.
| No. | Team (first-place votes) | Record | Poll Pts | Last Week | Last Week's Results | Next Game |
|
1. |
Northwest Missouri St. (30) |
4-0 |
774 |
1 |
D. Central Oklahoma, 36-13 |
Oct. 4 vs. Northeastern St. (Okla.) |
|
2. |
Colorado St.-Pueblo (1) |
4-0 |
741 |
2 |
D. Western New Mexico, 45-7 |
Oct. 4 vs. Adams St. (Colo.) |
|
3. |
Minnesota St.-Mankato |
4-0 |
696 |
3 |
D. Bemidji St. (Minn.), 34-16 |
Oct. 4 vs. Southwest Minnesota St. |
|
4. |
Minnesota-Duluth |
4-0 |
684 |
4 |
D. No. 20 Winona St. (Minn.), 28-21 |
Oct. 4 vs. Minnesota St.-Moorhead |
|
5. |
North Alabama |
3-0 |
641 |
5 |
D. No. 21 Valdosta St. (Ga.), 31-29 |
Oct. 4 vs. Western Oregon |
|
6. |
Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) |
4-0 |
596 |
6 |
D. Tusculum (Tenn.), 47-9 |
Oct. 4 at Brevard (N.C.) |
|
7. |
Henderson St. (Ark.) |
4-0 |
585 |
7 |
D. East Central (Okla.), 44-27 |
Oct. 4 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma St. |
|
8. |
Ohio Dominican |
4-0 |
554 |
9 |
D. Walsh (Ohio), 26-8 |
Oct. 4 at Lake Erie (Ohio) |
|
9. |
West Chester (Pa.) |
4-0 |
501 |
10 |
D. Millersville (Pa.), 62-7 |
Oct. 4 vs. Lock Haven (Pa.) |
|
10. |
Shepherd (W.Va.) |
4-0 |
469 |
11 |
D. West Virginia Wesleyan, 56-7 |
Oct. 4 at Charleston (W.Va.) |
|
11. |
Delta St. (Miss.) |
3-0 |
463 |
12 |
D. Central St. (Ohio), 72-8 |
Oct. 2 at Florida Tech |
|
12. |
Bloomsburg (Pa.) |
4-0 |
425 |
13 |
D. Shippensburg (Pa.), 38-30 |
Oct. 4 at Cheyney (Pa.) |
|
13. |
Ferris St. (Mich.) |
4-0 |
415 |
14 |
D. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 47-13 |
Oct. 4 vs. Findlay (Ohio) |
|
14. |
Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) |
3-1 |
303 |
15 |
D. Elizabeth City St. (N.C.), 35-7 |
Oct. 4 at Chowan (N.C.) |
|
15. |
Harding (Ark.) |
3-0 |
292 |
16 |
D. Southern Nazarene (Okla.), 58-0 |
Oct. 4 vs. Southern Arkansas |
|
16. |
Midwestern St. (Texas) |
3-0 |
287 |
18 |
D. Tarleton St. (Texas), 27-23 |
Oct. 4 vs. Angelo St. (Texas) |
|
17. |
Colorado School of Mines |
4-0 |
278 |
17 |
D. Black Hills St. (S.D.), 48-21 |
Oct. 4 at New Mexico Highlands |
|
18. |
Carson-Newman (Tenn.) |
3-1 |
209 |
19 |
D. Catawba (N.C.), 35-33 |
Oct. 4 vs. Mars Hill (N.C.) |
|
19. |
Pittsburg St. (Kan.) |
3-1 |
207 |
8 |
Lost to Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 7-6 |
Oct. 4 at Missouri Western St. |
|
20. |
Slippery Rock (Pa.) |
4-0 |
196 |
22 |
D. Seton Hill (Pa.), 63-19 |
Oct. 4 vs. Gannon (Pa.) |
|
21. |
Sioux Falls (S.D.) |
4-0 |
155 |
24 |
D. Minnesota St.-Moorhead, 73-21 |
Oct. 4 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) |
|
22. |
West Alabama |
3-1 |
124 |
23 |
D. Concordia (Ala.), 60-7 |
Oct. 4 at No. 24 West Georgia |
|
23. |
Michigan Tech |
4-0 |
95 |
NR |
D. Northern Michigan, 34-31 |
Oct. 11 at Northwood (Mich.) |
|
24. |
West Georgia |
4-0 |
73 |
NR |
D. Clark Atlanta (Ga.), 42-2 |
Oct. 4 vs. No. 22 West Alabama |
|
25. |
Winona St. (Minn.) |
3-1 |
41 |
20 |
Lost to No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth, 28-21 |
Oct. 4 at Wayne St. (Neb.) |