Ferris State Second In AFCA Football Poll; GVSU 9th, SVSU 25th

Ferris State Second In AFCA Football Poll; GVSU 9th, SVSU 25th

WACO, TEX. – Three Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football programs find themselves ranked inside the top-25 in the first American Football Coaches Association Poll.  Ferris State remained second behind Valdosta St. following their 28-13 victory over Ashland, while Grand Valley St. moved up one spot to No.9 following a 27-3 road win over Northwood. Saginaw Valley St. Enters the top-25 for the first time this season with a 23-7 win over conference foe, Michigan tech.

 

RANK

SCHOOL

REC.

PTS.

PREV.

1

Valdosta State (31)

3-0

797

1

2

Ferris State (1)

3-0

764

2

3

Minnesota State

3-0

723

3

4

Tarleton State (1)

3-0

701

4

5

Notre Dame (Ohio)

3-0

636

5

6

Ouachita Baptist

3-0

631

6

7

Northwest Missouri State (1)

3-0

617

7

8

Lenoir-Rhyne

3-0

561

8

9

Grand Valley State

3-0

542

10

10

Slippery Rock

3-0

481

11

11

Texas A&M-Commerce

2-0

468

12

12

Indianapolis

3-0

434

14

13

Minnesota Duluth

3-0

418

13

14

Colorado School of Mines

3-0

408

17

15

Midwestern State

3-0

364

16

16

West Chester

3-0

298

18

17

Wingate

3-0

280

19

T-18

Pittsburg State

3-0

221

22

T-18

Central Missouri

3-0

221

21

20

CSU-Pueblo

2-1

185

9

21

Indiana (Pa.)

3-0

158

24

22

Harding

2-1

137

23

23

Bowie State

3-0

104

25

24

West Alabama

2-1

55

20

25

Saginaw Valley State

3-0

53

NR

 

Dropped Out: West Georgia (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Kutztown (Pa.), 30; West Georgia, 27; Henderson St. (Ark.), 23; Angelo St. (Texas), 15; Truman St. (Mo.), 11; California (Pa.), 6; Virginia Union, 6; West Florida, 6; West Texas A&M, 6; Delta St. (Miss.), 4; Albany St. (Ga.), 2; Missouri S&T, 2; St. Cloud State (Minn.), 2; Shepherd (W.Va.), 2; Urbana (Ohio), 1.