Wesley Moves Up in AFCA Rankings
DOVER, Del. - The Wesley College football program moved up two spaces to No. 18 in the latest American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Top 25 Poll, released September 30.
The Wolverines, 20th a week ago, were able to move up after losses by the sixth and ninth ranked teams. Salisbury, ranked sixth last week, dropped to No. 17 after a 41-27 loss to Delaware Valley. Ithaca, formerly ranked ninth, dropped out of the rankings after a loss to St. John Fisher.
The top four teams remained the same as the previous week. Mount Union received 30 of the 40 first place votes and maintains the No. 1 spot. Second-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater garnered the final 10 first place votes. Mary Hardin-Baylor and Capital held onto the third and fourth spots, while Muhlenberg moved into the top five.
Earlier in the week, the Wolverines were ranked 12th by D3football.com.
Wesley, 1-1 in 2008, will open Atlantic Central Football Conference play when the team travels to Frostburg State on Saturday, October 4.
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mount Union (Ohio) (30) | 3-0 | 990 | 1 |
| 2. | Wis.-Whitewater (10) | 3-0 | 963 | 2 |
| 3. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) | 3-0 | 916 | 3 |
| 4. | Capital (Ohio) | 3-0 | 854 | 4 |
| 5. | Muhlenberg (Pa.) | 3-0 | 740 | 7 |
| 6. | Wabash (Ind.) | 3-0 | 727 | 5 |
| 7. | North Central (Ill.) | 3-0 | 719 | 8 |
| 8. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 711 | 10 |
| 9. | Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) | 4-0 | 636 | 11 |
| 10. | St. John Fisher (N.Y.) | 3-1 | 579 | 14 |
| 11. | Hardin-Simmons (Texas) | 4-0 | 571 | 12 |
| 12. | Cortland St. (N.Y.) | 3-0 | 538 | 13 |
| 13. | Trinity (Texas) | 3-0 | 439 | 16 |
| 14. | Millsaps (Miss.) | 4-0 | 431 | 17 |
| 15. | Wis.-Eau Claire | 3-1 | 404 | 15 |
| 16. | St. John's (Minn.) | 3-1 | 343 | 18 |
| 17. | Redlands (Calif.) | 2-0 | 272 | 19 |
| 18. | Wesley (Del.) | 1-1 | 257 | 20 |
| 19. | Case Western (Ohio) | 3-0 | 250 | 22 |
| 20. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 3-1 | 185 | 23 |
| 21. | Delaware Valley (Pa.) | 2-1 | 179 | NR |
| 22. | Willamette (Ore.) | 4-0 | 154 | NR |
| 23. | Salisbury (Md.) | 3-1 | 144 | 6 |
| 24. | Illinois Wesleyan | 3-0 | 139 | 24 |
| 25. | Central (Iowa) | 2-1 | 118 | 25 |
Dropped Out: Ithaca (N.Y.) (9); Franklin (Ind.)
(21)
Others Receiving Votes: Montclair St. (N.J.), 101;
Ithaca (N.Y.), 100; Augsburg (Minn.), 80; Curry (Mass.), 59;
Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), 58; Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 50; Monmouth
(Ill.), 35; Otterbein (Ohio), 33; Hobart (N.Y.), 28; Rensselaer
(N.Y.), 24; Moravian (Pa.), 24; Linfield (Ore.), 23; Washington
(Mo.), 18; Franklin (Ind.), 18; Occidental (Calif.), 14; Trinity
(Conn.), 12; Rowan (N.J.), 12; Wis.-Oshkosh, 7; John Carroll
(Ohio), 7; Bethel (Minn.), 7; Widener (Pa.), 6; Augustana (Ill.),
4; Christopher Newport (Va.), 4; Trine (Ind.), 3; St. Nobert
(Wis.), 3; Carleton (Minn.), 2; Wis.-Stevens Point, 2; LaVerne
(Calif.), 2; Wooster (Ohio), 2; DePauw (Ind.), 1; Tufts (Mass.), 1;
Louisiana College, 1.
