West Chester Jumps To No. 13 In Latest AFCA Coaches Poll

CAMBRIDGE, Wisc. – West Chester University's football squad made a jump to No. 13 in the latest American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) poll released Monday afternoon. The Golden Rams had been ranked 18th the previous week.

West Chester (3-0) is fresh off a convincing 59-14 victory on the road over Seton Hill last Saturday afternoon. The Golden Rams appear in the national rankings for the third consecutive week, after not showing in the coaches' poll during the preseason.

West Chester debuted at 22nd two weeks ago, before moving up to No. 18 last week.

No. 2 Minnesota State handed Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) a 46-13 loss, moving its record to 3-0 on the season and gathered three more first-place votes this week to move closer to the top spot. The Mavericks prepare to face Winona State (Minn.), which just fell out of the Top 25 this week after its loss to Upper Iowa, this coming Saturday.

The Top 5 is still the same this week with Texas A&M-Commerce at No. 1 with 22 first-place votes. Following Minnesota State are Indiana (Pa.), Northwest Missouri State and Grand Valley State (Mich.).
 
2018 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll
Rank    School (1st votes)                    Rec.      Pts.     Prev.
1.     Texas A&M-Commerce (22)     3-0       804             1
2.     Minnesota St. (6)                          3-0       789          2 
3.     Indiana (Pa.) (4)                            3-0       745           3
4.     Northwest Missouri St.               3-0       702           4
5.     Grand Valley St. (Mich.)            3-0       695             5       
6.     Ferris St. (Mich.) (1)                    3-0       674            6            
7.     Midwestern St. (Texas)              3-0       645            7            
8.     West Georgia                                 3-0       560        10            
9.     Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)              3-0       499           14          
10.     West Florida                                   2-1       436      13       
11.     Minnesota-Duluth                         3-0       431      16          
12.     Central Washington                     2-1       361       15          
13.     West Chester (Pa.)                      3-0       360        18          
14.     Colorado Mesa                              3-0       352       19          
15.     Pittsburg St. (Kan.)                     3-0       300              
16.     Valdosta St. (Ga.)                        3-0       295         NR          
17.     Colorado School of Mines         3-0       247         NR          
18.     Fort Hays St. (Kan.)                    2-1       245          17       
19.     Harding (Ark.)                                2-1       197       21       
           Central Missouri                            2-1       197      20          
21.     Southern Arkansas                     3-0       180         25          
22.     Colorado St.-Pueblo                    2-1       154          9          
23.     West Alabama                               2-1       142         8       
24.     Azusa Pacific (Calif.)                  3-0       132             
25.     Indianapolis (Ind.)                        1-1       106       
 
Dropped Out: Winona St. (Minn.) (11), Ohio Dominican (12), Sioux Falls (S.D.) (24)
Others Receiving Votes: Winona St. (Minn.), 104; Sioux Falls (S.D.), 86; Florida Tech, 71; Notre Dame (Ohio), 47; Ohio Dominican, 40; Tarleton St. (Texas), 37; Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 25; Kutztown (Pa.), 20; Edinboro (Pa.), 16; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 11; Ashland (Ohio), 10; Findlay (Ohio), 6; Hillsdale (Mich.), 3; Bowie St. (Md.), 1.