Football moves to 7th in Regional Poll
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Football moves to 7th in Regional Poll

  • 29 October 2006
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WICHITA
FALLS,
Texas
- The Midwestern State University Mustangs moved up one spot in this week's NCAA Division II Southwest Regional rankings released by the NCAA.

MSU (7-2) climbed to the seventh spot in the regional poll after beating

Southeastern
Oklahoma
State
33-23 last Saturday.

With

Tarleton
State
's 37-36 upset of Abilene Christian and a 29-25 loss by
Fort
Lewis
(
Colo.
) to New Mexico Highlands last week, the ranking underwent another shakeup.

Northwest
Missouri
State
(9-0),
Chadron
State
(
Neb.
) (9-0) and
Missouri
Western
State
(8-1) remained 1-2-3, but
Tarleton
State
(5-3) jumped up to number four.

Abilene Christian (7-1) is five, with West Texas A&M (8-1) six and MSU seven.

Pittsburg
State
(
Kan.
) (8-1) moved up to eighth, with
Fort
Lewis
(6-4) dropping to ninth.
Southwestern
Oklahoma
State
(5-4) moved up to 10th, with Washburn (
Kan.
) (5-4) and Nebraksa-Kearney (4-4) rounding out the 12 teams in the poll.

The regional rankings, which determine the representatives to the NCAA Division II championship continue weekly until the bracket is announced on Nov. 12.

The top six teams in the region advance to the championships.

MSU plays its final regular season home game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday against

Eastern New Mexico
with a 1 p.m. kickoff.

+++ MSU +++

NCAA Division II Southwest Regional Rankings

Oct. 30, 2006

Team Record

1. Northwest Missori State 9-0

2.

Chadron
State
(
Neb.
) 9-0

3.

Missouri
Western State 8-1

4. Tarleton State 6-3

5.

Abilene
Christian 7-1

6. West

Texas
A&M 8-1

7. Midwestern State 7-2

8.

Pittsburg
State
(
Kan.
) 8-1

9.

Fort
Lewis
(
Colo.
) 6-4

10.

Southwestern Oklahoma
State 5-4

11. Washburn (

Kan.
) 5-4

12. Nebraska-Kearney 4-4