Wesley Third in Lambert-Meadowlands Poll

CAPE COD, Mass. - Wesley College is third for the second straight week in the ECAC Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy Top 10.

The Wolverines are coming off a 47-26 drubbing of Division II Lake Erie College.  Wesley jumped out to a 47-0 lead in the first half before turning the game over to the reserves.

Cortland State maintained its spot atop the rankings, holding off No. 2 Muhlenberg. 

Two teams moved up fill out the top five.  Ithaca improved to fourth, with Washington & Jefferson claiming fifth.  Montclair State jumped three places to No. 6, followed by Trinity, Salisbury and Rensselaer. 

The lone newcomer in the rankings, Hobart, checks in at No. 10.

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.

ECAC® Lambert Meadowlands
Division III Football Poll
presented by FieldTurf Tarkett

1. Cortland State                  
2. Muhlenberg                                 
3. Wesley                                 
4. Ithaca                                 
5. Washington & Jefferson   
6. Montclair State                  
7. Trinity                               
8. Salisbury                            
9. Rensselaer                        
10. Hobart