TLU Returns to AFCA Top 25 at No. 22

TLU Returns to AFCA Top 25 at No. 22

WACO, Texas - After improving to 7-1 overall with a 34-27 conference win Saturday over Trinity (Texas), the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs returned to the American Football Coaches Association Division III Top 25.
 
In the AFCA Coaches' Poll, the Bulldogs are No. 22 with 138 voting points. Before falling to No. 2-ranked Mary Hardin-Baylor on Oct. 25, TLU was up to 17th in the Oct. 13 and Oct. 20 AFCA polls. The Bulldogs were one spot out of the AFCA Top 25 last week. TLU essentially moved up four spots this week in the AFCA poll.
 
In the D3football.com poll, the Bulldogs received 13 voting points, the fifth most in the poll. TLU garnered seven more voting points this week in the D3football.com Top 25 voting.
 
Texas Lutheran is 1-0 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference with the win over Trinity. The Bulldogs have won 16 of its last 18 football games, dating back to the end of the 2012 season.
 
Texas Lutheran hits the road this Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff with Austin College (5-3, 1-0 SCAC). The Bulldogs and Kangaroos meet at Austin College's Apple Stadium in Sherman, Texas. The winner of Saturday's game in Sherman will claim at least a share of the SCAC title.