WACO, TEX. – Two 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 24-23 victory over Findlay, while Grand Valley St. moved up 2 spots with a win at home against Edinboro.
Ashland dropped out of the top-25 but remains one of the three GLIAC programs receiving votes. Saginaw Valley St. and Michigan Tech are also listed in the others receiving votes category outside the top-25 rankings.
| RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valdosta State (31) | 1-0 | 799 | 1 |
| 2 | Ferris State | 1-0 | 732 | 2 |
| 3 | Minnesota State | 1-0 | 718 | 3 |
| 4 | Notre Dame (OH) | 1-0 | 646 | 4 |
| 5 | Tarleton State | 1-0 | 644 | 7 |
| 6 | Ouachita Baptist | 1-0 | 643 | 5 |
| 7 | Northwest Missouri State (1) | 1-0 | 624 | 6 |
| 8 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 1-0 | 578 | 8 |
| 9 | CSU-Pueblo | 1-0 | 545 | 9 |
| 10 | Grand Valley State | 1-0 | 488 | 12 |
| 11 | Slippery Rock | 1-0 | 441 | 10 |
| 12 | Minnesota Duluth | 1-0 | 397 | 14 |
| 13 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 0-0 | 400 | 13 |
| 14 | West Georgia | 1-0 | 396 | 15 |
| 15 | Indianapolis | 1-0 | 355 | 16 |
| 16 | Midwestern State | 1-0 | 331 | 20 |
| 17 | Colorado School of Mines | 1-0 | 313 | 17 |
| 18 | Wingate | 1-0 | 208 | 21 |
| 19 | West Chester | 1-0 | 189 | 22 |
| 20 | West Alabama | 1-0 | 173 | 24 |
| 21 | Central Missouri | 1-0 | 105 | NR |
| 22 | Harding | 0-1 | 95 | 18 |
| 23 | Pittsburg State | 1-0 | 84 | NR |
| 24 | Indiana (Pa.) | 1-0 | 83 | NR |
| 25 | Fort Hays State | 0-1 | 67 | 11 |
Dropped Out: Hillsdale (Mich.) (19), Ashland (Ohio) (23), Fairmont St. (W.Va.) (25)
Others Receiving Votes: Bowie St. (Md.), 56; Virginia Union, 40; Ashland (Ohio), 38; Augustana (S.D.), 30; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 24; California (Pa.), 23; Southern Arkansas, 15; Ohio Dominican, 13; West Texas A&M, 13; Colorado Mesa, 12; Angelo St. (Texas), 10; Florida Tech, 10; Emporia St. (Kan.), 9; Kutztown (Pa.), 9; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 9; Albany St. (Ga.), 5; Chadron St. (Neb.), 5; Winona St. (Minn.), 5; Central Washington, 4; Findlay (Ohio), 4; Michigan Tech, 4; Shepherd (W.Va.), 3; St. Cloud State (Minn.), 2; Eastern New Mexico, 1; Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 1; Kentucky St., 1.
