D-III Coaches Poll

[SuperHornet]

No regional rankings out yet.

1 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) (45) 4-0 1315 1
2 Mount Union (Ohio) (8) 4-0 1280 2
3 Wisconsin-Whitewater 4-0 1184 3
4 St. John's (Minn.) 4-0 1148 4
5 Muhlenberg (Pa.) 5-0 1063 7
6 Wheaton (Ill.) 4-0 1023 9
7 Berry (Ga.) 5-0 970 8
8 Wesley (Del.) 4-0 876 10
9 Bethel (Minn.) 4-0 872 11
10 Ithaca (N.Y.) 4-0 765 12
11 Wartburg (Iowa) 5-0 716 13
12 North Central (Ill.) 3-1 661 5
13 Delaware Valley (Pa.) 4-1 619 14
14 John Carroll (Ohio) 3-1 592 15
15 Salisbury (Md.) 3-0 532 16
16 St. Thomas (Minn.) 3-1 522 17
17 Redlands (Calif.) 4-0 453 19
18 Johns Hopkins (Md.) 4-1 419 18
19 Wisconsin-Platteville 4-0 408 24
20 Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 4-1 370 6
21 Case Western Reserve (Ohio) 4-0 240 25
22 Linfield (Ore.) 2-1 224 22
23 Central (Iowa) 4-0 149 NR
24 Susquehanna (Pa) 4-1 148 NR
25 Cortland (N.Y.) 4-0 87 NR

Dropped Out: Wisconsin-La Crosse (20), Hobart (N.Y.) (21), Trine (Ind.) (23)

Others Receiving Votes: Chapman (Calif.), 77; Union (N.Y.), 61; Whitworth (Wash.), 60; WPI (Mass.), 52; Texas Lutheran, 44; Washington & Jefferson (Pa.), 36; Bridgewater (Va.), 33; Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 33; Hope (Mich.), 26; Hobart (N.Y.), 24; Hendrix (Ark.), 20; Brockport (N.Y.), 19; Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), 15; Wisconsin-La Crosse, 14; Rensselaer (N.Y.), 12; Wittenberg (Ohio), 12; Illinois Wesleyan, 11; Martin Luther (Minn.), 9; Middlebury (Vt.), 6; Wabash (Ind.), 5; Trine (Ind.), 4; Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 4; Washington (Mo.), 3; Wesleyan (Conn.), 3; Simpson (Iowa), 2; Western New England (Mass.), 2; Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio), 1; Endicott (Mass.), 1.

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d3/afca-coaches

[Ivytalk]

#8 Wesley at #15 Salisbury this Saturday in the Route 13 Rivalry game.

[GannonFan]

Have the top 4 changed in the last decade?

Also, remember when Rowan was really good (well, second place good)?

[SuperHornet]

Hardin-Simmons played 9 bowl games (mostly the Sun Bowl), one not technically sanctioned by the NCAA, and posted a 5-2-2 record in those games (5-2-1 in NCAA-sanctioned bowls).

1935 Sun Bowl (01 JAN 1936) vs. New Mexico A&M (Now New Mexico State) 14-14
1936 Sun Bowl (01 JAN 1937) vs. Texas Western (Now UTEP) 34-6
1942 Sun Bowl (01 JAN 1943) vs. Second Air Force 7-13
1946 Alamo Bowl (04 JAN 1947) vs. Denver (Disbanded 1960) 20-0
1947 Harbor Bowl (01 JAN 1948) vs. San Diego State 53-0 (Wow!)
1948 Grape Bowl (11 DEC 1949) vs. College of the Pacific (Now I-AAA) 35-35*
1948 Shrine Bowl (18 DEC 1948) vs. Ouachita Baptist (Now D-II) 41-12
1948 Camellia Bowl (30 DEC 1948) vs. Wichita State 49-12
1958 Sun Bowl (31 DEC 1958) vs. Wyoming 7-14

This caught me by surprise. I thought COP was the only school to play in more than one bowl in the same season. (The 1947 season, as the Tigers beat Utah State 35-21 in the Grape Bowl 11 DEC 1947 and followed that up with a 26-14 win over Wichita State 01 JAN 1948 in the Raisin Bowl at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno.) Hardin-Simmons played THREE just the next year, going 2-0-1. (Yes, the short-lived Grape Bowl was played in the historic Grape Bowl in Lodi, now the seriously reduced home of the Lodi High Flames.) Wow....

[Ivytalk]

#8 Wesley at #15 Salisbury this Saturday in the Route 13 Rivalry game.

Salisbury won a 45-38 thriller for its first home win over Wesley since 2004. The Gulls had been 4-16 against the Wolverines over the previous 20 contests.

And Ivytalk was there!

[UNI88]

#8 Wesley at #15 Salisbury this Saturday in the Route 13 Rivalry game.

Salisbury won a 45-38 thriller for its first home win over Wesley since 2004. The Gulls had been 4-16 against the Wolverines over the previous 20 contests.

And Ivytalk was there!

Good luck charm!

How were the steaks?

[Ivytalk]

Salisbury won a 45-38 thriller for its first home win over Wesley since 2004. The Gulls had been 4-16 against the Wolverines over the previous 20 contests.

And Ivytalk was there!

Good luck charm!

How were the steaks?

The crab cakes were excellent!

[93henfan]

Have the top 4 changed in the last decade?

Nope. It's kind of like the top 1 in FCS.

At least D3 switches it up a bit.