Wesley Fourth in Lambert Meadowlands Poll

CAPE COD, Mass. - Wesley College climbed into sole possession of fourth place in the latest Lambert-Meadowlands Poll released October 20.

The Wolverines were tied for fourth in the initial top 10 released last week, but a 48-0 win over Apprentice coupled with a Delaware Valley loss moved Wesley alone into fourth.

Cortland State broke its first place tie with Muhlenberg and sits alone atop the poll.  Cortland State gained 75 points, three more than the Mules.  Washington & Jefferson is third with 62 points.

After Wesley in fourth with 50 points is another Atlantic Central Football Conference team, Salisbury in fifth with 48.

Rensselaer, Ithaca, Trinity (Conn.), Delaware Valley and St. John Fisher round out the 10 team rankings.

Penn State leads the Division I-A poll, with James Madison following suite in I-AA.  Bloomsburg sits atop the rankings in Division II.

The ECAC will release the weekly poll in each of the four divisions (Bowl Subdivision (I-A), Championship Subdivision (I-AA), II and III) and the final poll in January will determine the trophy winners. The first place teams in the final poll will be presented with their Lambert Meadowlands Awards during the Eastern College Football Awards Banquet, held in the Pegasus Restaurant at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

Established in 1936 as the Lambert Trophy to recognize supremacy in Eastern college football, the award has since grown to recognize the best team in the East in the Bowl Subdivision. In 1957, the Lambert Cup was created to recognize non-Division I-A teams, and in 1966 a Division III award was added. In 1983, the Lambert family decided the Meadowlands Sports Complex would be the best organization with a sincere and involved interest in college athletics to sponsor and manage the award, and since that time, the awards have been known as the Lambert Meadowlands Awards.

To be eligible for the Lambert Meadowlands Award, a school must be located in the East or play half of its schedule against eligible Lambert teams. The territory includes New York, New Jersey, New England and Pennsylvania, while teams in the bordering states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and the District of Columbia qualify if half of their schedule features eligible teams.

Wesley remained 11th in the latest D3football.com Top 25.  The American Football Coaches Association poll is released Tuesdays.

The Wolverines travel south this weekend for a non-conference game against NAIA foe Webber International on October 25 at 1:00 PM.

ECAC® Lambert Meadowlands Division III Football Poll
presented by FieldTurf Tarkett
1. Cortland State            
2. Muhlenberg                              
3. Washington & Jefferson  
4. Wesley                         
5. Salisbury                          
6. Rensselaer                      
7. Ithaca                       
8. Trinity                       
9. Delaware Valley       
10. St. John Fisher