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WACO, TEX.– Losses by eight Top 25 teams this past weekend caused a big shakeup in the AFCA Division II Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. Delta State (Miss.) still holds onto the top spot with 27 first-place votes after a 36-34 win over then-No. 18 West Alabama. Thanks to losses by then-No. 2 Pittsburg State (Kan.) and then-No. 3 Northwest Missouri State, Colorado State-Pueblo moves up to No. 2 this week. The Thunderwolves are 10-0 after a 41-3 victory over Western State (Colo.). Midwestern State (Texas) moves up to No. 3 and received a first-place vote after beating then-No. 20 West Texas A&M, 35-21, to give the Mustangs the Lone Star Conference title. Winston-Salem State (N.C.) is the new No. 4 team, and received the final first-place vote, after beating North Carolina-Pembroke, 34-7, and moving its record to 10-0. The Rams will play Elizabeth City State (N.C.) this coming Saturday for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association title. Nebraska-Kearney beat Fort Lewis (Colo.), 54-7, and rounds out the Top 5.
No. 8 Kutztown (Pa.) moved up eight spots after beating then-No. 12 Bloomsburg (Pa.), 52-14, and will face No. 24 Slippery Rock (Pa.) for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference title. Pittsburg State (Kan.) fell to No. 9, Northwest Missouri State fell to No. 11 and St. Cloud State (Minn.) fell to No. 15 after their losses. Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) makes its first appearance in the poll this year at No. 25 this week.
2011 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll – November 7, 2011
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. | Last Week | Next Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Delta St. (Miss.) (27) | 9-1 | 723 | 1 | D. No. 18 West Alabama, 36-34 | Nov. 12 at West Georgia |
| 2. | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 10-0 | 683 | 4 | D. Western St. (Colo.), 41-3 | Nov. 12 vs. Western New Mexico |
| 3. | Midwestern St. (Texas) (1) | 9-0 | 675 | 5 | D. No. 20 West Texas A&M, 35-21 | Nov. 12 at Northeastern St. (Okla.) |
| 4. | Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) (1) | 10-0 | 632 | 7 | D. North Carolina-Pembroke, 34-7 | Nov. 12 vs. Elizabeth City St. (N.C.) |
| 5. | Nebraska-Kearney | 9-1 | 586 | 8 | D. Fort Lewis (Colo.), 54-7 | Nov. 12 vs. No. 20 Colorado School of Mines |
| 6. | Washburn (Kan.) | 9-1 | 576 | 9 | D. No. 2 Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 43-25 | Nov. 12 vs. Central Missouri |
| 7. | New Haven (Conn.) | 9-1 | 522 | 10 | D. Pace (N.Y.), 63-6 | Nov. 12 at St. Anselm (N.H.) |
| 8. | Kutztown (Pa.) | 9-1 | 506 | 13 | D. No. 12 Bloomsburg (Pa.), 52-14 | Nov. 12 vs. No. 24 Slippery Rock (Pa.) |
| 9. | Pittsburg St. (Kan.) | 8-1 | 495 | 2 | Lost to No. 9 Washburn (Kan.), 43-25 | Nov. 12 vs. Missouri Southern St. |
| 10. | Minnesota-Duluth | 8-2 | 416 | 15 | D. Minnesota-Crookston, 49-7 | Nov. 12 vs. Minnesota St.-Mankato |
| 11. | Northwest Missouri St. | 8-2 | 401 | 3 | Lost to No. 25 Missouri Western St., 31-28 | Nov. 12 vs. Emporia St. (Kan.) |
| 12. | Abilene Christian (Texas) | 7-2 | 379 | 16 | D. Texas A&M-Kingsville, 42-34 | Nov. 12 vs. Incarnate Word (Texas) |
| 13. | North Alabama | 7-2 | 352 | 17 | D. West Georgia, 28-3 | Nov. 12 at Valdosta St. (Ga.) |
| 14. | Humboldt St. (Calif.) | 8-1 | 314 | 19 | D. Dixie St. (Utah), 45-30 | Nov. 12 vs. Western Oregon |
| 15. | St. Cloud State (Minn.) | 8-2 | 262 | 6 | Lost to Bemidji St. (Minn.), 19-14 | Nov. 12 vs. Minnesota St.-Moorhead |
| 16. | Albany St. (Ga.) | 8-2 | 260 | 21 | D. Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 38-29 | Nov. 12 vs. Miles (Ala.) |
| 17. | Missouri Western St. | 8-2 | 222 | 25T | D. No. 3 Northwest Missouri St., 31-28 | Nov. 12 at Fort Hays St. (Kan.) |
| 18. | California (Pa.) | 8-2 | 220 | 22 | D. Edinboro (Pa.), 34-28 | Nov. 12 at Cheyney (Pa.) |
| 19. | West Virginia Wesleyan | 9-1 | 204 | 11 | Lost to Charleston (W.Va.), 28-17 | Nov. 12 at Concord (W.Va.) |
| 20. | Colorado School of Mines | 8-2 | 188 | 23 | D. Chadron St. (Neb.), 31-24 | Nov. 12 at No. 5 Nebraska-Kearney |
| 21. | Bloomsburg (Pa.) | 8-2 | 177 | 12 | Lost to No. 13 Kutztown (Pa.), 52-14 | Nov. 12 vs. Lock Haven (Pa.) |
| 22. | Wayne St. (Mich.) | 8-2 | 174 | 24 | D. Indianapolis (Ind.), 28-19 | Nov. 12 vs. Findlay (Ohio) |
| 23. | Mars Hill (N.C.) | 7-2 | 113 | 25T | Idle | Nov. 12 vs. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) |
| 24. | Slippery Rock (Pa.) | 8-2 | 94 | 14 | Lost to Gannon (Pa.), 33-27 | Nov. 12 at No. 8 Kutztown (Pa.) |
| 25. | Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) | 7-2 | 65 | NR | D. Northern Michigan, 48-26 | Nov. 12 at Grand Valley St. (Mich.) |
Dropped Out: West Alabama (18), West Texas A&M
(20)
Others Receiving Votes: West Alabama, 41; North
Greenville (S.C.), 27; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 22; Shepherd
(W.Va.), 18; Elizabeth City St. (N.C.), 14; Hillsdale
(Mich.), 14; Morehouse (Ga.), 14; West Texas A&M, 12;
Southern Connecticut St., 9; Grand Valley St. (Mich.),
7; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 5; Central Missouri, 1; North
Carolina-Pembroke, 1; Wayne St. (Neb.), 1.