Mustangs return to AFCA Football Poll
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Mustangs return to AFCA Football Poll

  • 23 October 2006
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WICHITA FALLS
,
Texas
- The Midwestern State University football team returned to the national rankings this week.

The Mustangs returned to the weekly American Football Coaches Association Division II Poll at number 25 after smashing Texas A&M-Kingsville 44-17 last Saturday.

MSU, with a 6-2 overall record, 4-2 in all Lone Star Conference games and 2-2 in the LSC South Divison, is the third team for the LSC in the poll this week.

The surprise is that West Texas A&M, who fell from fourth to 13th this week, remained ahead of Abilene Christian, who jumped from 20th to 14th after handing WT a 49-33 whipping on national television last Thursday.

There was a little change in this week's poll, but the top four spots remained the same with defending national champion Grand Valley State (Mich.) (8-0) retaining the top spot, followed by defending runner-up Northwest Missouri State (8-0), and North Alabama (7-0). NWMSU and UNA each received one number one vote.

North Carolina Central (8-0) is fourth with Shepherd (

W.Va.
) (7-0) fifth. Bloomsburg (
Pa.
) (7-1) checks in sixth, followed by Nebraska-Omaha (6-1), Pittsburg State (Kan.) (7-1),
Chadron
State
(
Neb.
) (8-0) and
North Dakota
(6-1).

No. 25 Midwestern hosts

Southeastern
Oklahoma
State
for Homecoming on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Memorial Stadium.

+++ MSU +++

AFCA NCAA DIVISION II FOOTBALL POLL

October 24, 2006

Team Record Pvs

1.

Grand
Valley
State
(
Mich.
) (26) 8-0 1

2.

Northwest
Missouri
State
(1) 8-0 2

3. North

Alabama
(1) 7-0 3

4.

North Carolina
Central 8-0 6

5. Shepherd (

W.Va.
) 7-0 5

6. Bloomsburg (

Pa.
) 7-1 7

7. Nebraska-Omaha 6-1 8

8.

Pittsburg
State
(
Kan.
) 7-1 10

9.

Chadron
State
(
Neb.
) 8-0 12

10.

North Dakota
6-1 11

11.

South Dakota
7-1 13

12.

Valdosta
State
(
Ga.
) 6-1 14

13. West

Texas
A&M 7-1 4

14.

Abilene
Christian (
Texas
) 7-0 20

15. Newberry (S.C.) 8-0 17

16.

Missouri
Western State 7-1 16

17. Northwood (

Mich.
) 6-1 9

18.

Tiffin
(
Ohio
) 8-0 19

19.

Delta
State
(
Miss.
) 6-2 15

20. Indiana (

Pa.
) 6-1 24

21. Carson-Newman (

Tenn.
) 6-2 23

22. Lane (

Tenn.
) 7-1 25

23.

Elizabeth
City
State
(N.C.) 7-1 NR

24.

Winona
State
(
Minn.
) 6-2 18

25.

Midwestern
State
(
Texas
) 5-1 NR

Others receiving votes: C.W. Post (N.Y.); Wingate (N.C.);

Henderson
State
(
Ark.
);
Tuskegee
(
Ala.
);
Ferris
State
(
Mich.
);
Fort
Lewis
(
Colo.
); Arkansas Tech; Bemidji State (Minn.); Augustana (S.D.); Bryant (R.I.); Kentucky State; St. Joseph's (Ind.).