Texas Lutheran Continues to Climb in AFCA Poll

Texas Lutheran Continues to Climb in AFCA Poll

(Story and photo courtesy of Texas Lutheran University)

WACO, Texas
 – The Texas Lutheran University Bulldogs climbed one spot, to 17th, in the American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches' Poll after a 55-49 Homecoming win Saturday over East Texas Baptist.
 
The Bulldogs, now 6-0, received 329 voting points in the AFCA poll. The top three in the AFCA poll remain Wisconsin-Whitewater, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Mount Union.
 
TLU hosts UMHB at 1 p.m. on Oct. 25 in Bulldog Stadium. TLU is idle this week. UMHB (5-0) hosts Louisiana College on Saturday.
 
In the D3football.com poll, the Bulldogs received one more voting point than last week but dropped one position in the placing outside the Top 25. If the D3football.com poll extended past 25, the Bulldogs would be 28th.
 
Still, the 45 voting points given this week are the most ever awarded to a TLU team in the D3football.com poll. The Bulldogs were one spot outside the D3football.com Top 25 on Nov. 3, 2013 but received only 29 voting points in that particular week.
 
The No. 17 position in the AFCA poll is TLU's highest national ranking in any poll since the team was ranked 16th in the NAIA Division I Football Top 20 on Nov. 7, 1984.

2014 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches' Poll
(October 13, 2014)

Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Last Week Next Game
1. Wis.-Whitewater (36) 5-0 1041 1 D. Wis.-Stout, 37-0 Oct. 18 at Wis.-Eau Claire
2. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) (4) 5-0 1000 2 D. Sul Ross St. (Texas), 56-9 Oct. 18 vs. Louisiana College
3. Mount Union (Ohio) (2) 5-0 982 3 D. Ohio Northern, 62-0 Oct. 18 vs. Heidelberg (Ohio)
4. Wesley (Del.) 6-0 917 4 D. Concordia (Ala.), 54-0 Oct. 18 at Menlo (Calif.)
5. Linfield (Ore.) 4-0 885 5 D. George Fox (Ore.), 59-0 Oct. 18 vs. Whitworth (Wash.)
6. Wartburg (Iowa) 5-0 800 7 D. Coe (Iowa), 43-0 Oct. 18 vs. Dubuque (Iowa)
7. John Carroll (Ohio) 5-0 798 6 D. Wilmington (Ohio), 69-0 Oct. 18 vs. Marietta (Ohio)
8. Hobart (N.Y.) 6-0 744 8 D. Springfield (Mass.), 37-7 Oct. 18 at Rensselaer Polytechnic (N.Y.)
9. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 5-0 686 9 Idle Oct. 17 at Dickinson (Pa.)
10. Wabash (Ind.) 5-0 657 10 D. Ohio Wesleyan, 45-13 Oct. 18 at Kenyon (Ohio)
11. Wheaton (Ill.) 5-0 600 11 D. Augustana (Ill.), 20-13 Oct. 18 at Millikin (Ill.)
12. North Central (Ill.) 4-1 527 12 D. North Park (Ill.), 58-26 Oct. 18 vs. Carthage (Wis.)
13. Widener (Pa.) 5-0 479 14 Idle Oct. 18 vs. Wilkes (Pa.)
14. Wis.-Stevens Point 5-0 462 17 D. Wis.-Eau Claire, 30-3 Oct. 18 at No. 15 Wis.-Platteville
15. Wis.-Platteville 4-1 457 15 D. Wis.-River Falls, 24-14 Oct. 18 vs. No. 14 Wis.-Stevens Point
16. Bethel (Minn.) 4-1 439 16 D. Hamline (Minn.), 38-14 Oct. 18 vs. Cichago (Ill.)
17. Texas Lutheran 6-0 329 18 D. East Texas Baptist, 55-49 Oct. 25 vs. No. 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)
18. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 5-0 301 20 D. Grove City (Pa.), 55-14 Oct. 18 at Bethany (W.Va.)
19. St. John Fisher (N.Y.) 4-1 274 19 D. Hartwick (N.Y.), 42-13 Oct. 18 at Utica (N.Y.)
20. St. Thomas (Minn.) 4-1 218 21 D. Augsburg (Minn.), 45-27 Oct. 18 at Hamline (Minn.)
21. Wittenberg (Ohio) 4-1 205 22 D. Denison (Ohio), 30-23 Oct. 18 at Wooster (Ohio)
22. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 5-0 192 24 D. No. 23 Lycoming (Pa.), 52-42 Oct. 18 at Stevenson (Md.)
23. Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) 5-1 141 25 D. Carleton (Minn.), 34-7 Oct. 18 at Augsburg (Minn.)
24. St. John's (Minn.) 4-1 113 NR Idle Oct. 18 at Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)
25. Ithaca (N.Y.) 4-1 111 13 Lost to Buffalo St. (N.Y.), 38-27 Oct. 18 at Frostburg St. (Md.)
 
Dropped Out: Lycoming (Pa.) (23).
 
Others Receiving Votes: Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), 65; Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 40; Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 39; Ursinus (Pa.), 34; Carroll (Wis.), 24; Chapman (Calif.), 17; Heidelberg (Ohio), 17; Buffalo St. (N.Y.), 12; Lycoming (Pa.), 12; Huntingdon (Ala.), 8; Framingham St. (Mass.), 6; Guilford (N.C.), 6; Muhlenberg (Pa.), 5; Trinity (Conn.), 3; Chicago (Ill.), 2; Centre (Ky.), 1; Rowan (N.J.), 1.