Tie Atop Lambert-Meadowlands Poll

CAPE COD, Mass. - The Wesley College football team is tied with Ithaca atop the standings in the latest ECAC® Lambert Meadowlands Football Poll presented by FieldTurf Tarkett.

The Wolverines move up two spots after closing out the regular season with a non-conference win over Gallaudet, 55-7.  The Bombers defeated the previous No. 1, Cortland State, and jump up three places into a first place tie with Wesley.

Both teams received 81 points. 

Cortland State dropped to third, 17 points off the pace and just four ahead of Muhlenberg, who dropped from second to fourth after a loss to Moravian.

Washington & Jefferson rounds out the top five, followed by Trinity (Conn.), Salisbury, Hobart, Montclair State and Rensselaer.

Wesley will take on Muhlenburg in the first round of the NCAA Division III Football Championship on Saturday, November 22 at noon.

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

Rank Team Record Points
1. Ithaca 9-1 81
1. Wesley 8-1 81
3. Cortland State 9-1 64
4. Muhlenberg 9-1 61
5. Washington & Jefferson 9-1 56
6. Trinity 8-0 43
7. Salisbury 8-2 40
8. Hobart 8-1 29
9. Montclair State 8-2 22
10. Rensselaer 7-2 7