WACO, Texas – The Slippery Rock University football team held steady at No. 10 in the Division II national rankings released Monday by the American Football Coaches Association.
 
The AFCA poll is widely regarded as the official national ranking used by the NCAA throughout the football season.
 
The Rock opened the year ranked 10th in the preseason poll, but slipped one spot to No. 11 after the first week of the season and held there after week two. SRU climbed one spot back into the top 10 last week and held steady this week after posting a 55-14 win on the road at Seton Hill.
 
Slippery Rock is one of five teams from Super Region One that are listed among the nation's top 25 this week.
 
Notre Dame (Ohio) held steady at No. 5 and Slippery Rock stayed put at No. 10 as the top 10 in the poll were unchanged. West Chester moved up two places to No. 14 this week, Indiana (Pa.) climbed two places to No. 19 this week and Kutztown broke into the poll for the first time this season at No. 24.
 
In addition to the five ranked teams from the region, only one other team was listed in the "others receiving votes" section this week, with Cal U getting a single vote.
 
Super Region One includes all schools in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, the Mountain East Conference, the Northeast-10 Conference and the Great-Midwest Athletic Conference. Of the six teams from the region that are listed in this week's poll, only the PSAC (5) and MEC (1) are represented.
 
Slippery Rock jumped out to a 27-0 halftime lead and cruised to a 55-14 win at Seton Hill last week to improve to 4-0 on the year and 1-0 in PSAC Western Division games.
 
Through four weeks of the season, The Rock rank first in the nation in scoring offense (55.0 points per game), passing efficiency (231.8), turnovers lost (1), interceptions thrown (0) and fourth down conversions (100%). SRU also ranks second in passing offense (373.5 yards per game) and tackles for loss (10.5 per game), fourth in total offense (532.3 yards per game) and fifth in sacks (4.0 per game).
 
Rock QB Roland Rivers III has thrown for 1,414 yards with 19 touchdowns and no turnovers while completing 75.5 percent of his passes. He has also run for 244 yards and three touchdowns and is averaging 6.0 yards per carry. Rivers ranks first in the nation in total offense (414.5 yards per game), passing efficiency (240.4), points responsible for (132), passing touchdowns (19) and yards per pass attempt (12.85). He also ranks second in the nation in passing yards (1,414) and third in completion percentage (75.5).
 
Wide receivers Henry Litwin, Jermaine Wynn Jr. and Cinque Sweeting rank first and tied for fourth in the nation in touchdown catches with Liwtin leading the way with seven and Wynn and Sweeting tied for fourth with six each. Litwin ranks fifth in the nation in total touchdowns (7), sixth in the nation in scoring (42 points) and eighth in receiving yards per game (112.5). Wynn ranks ninth in the nation in receiving yards per game (111.8) and Sweeting and Wynn rank tied for 13th in total touchdowns (6).
 
Defensive end Chad Kuhn ranks fourth in the nation in sacks per game (1.38) and kicker Jake Chapla ranks 13th in the nation in scoring (10.0 points per game).
 
Slippery Rock will look to improve to 5-0 when it travels to Mercyhurst University Saturday for a noon kickoff.
 
2019 AFCA Division II Poll – Sept. 30, 2019

Rank	Team (1st place votes)	W-L	Prev.
1	Valdosta St. (Ga.) (30)	4-0	1
2	Ferris St. (Mich.) (1)	4-0	2
3	Minnesota St.	4-0	3
4	Tarleton St. (Texas) (1)	4-0	4
5	Notre Dame (Ohio)	4-0	5
6	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	4-0	6
7	Northwest Missouri St.	4-0	7
8	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	4-0	8
9	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	4-0	9
10	SLIPPERY ROCK	4-0	10
11	Indianapolis (Ind.)	4-0	12
12	Minnesota-Duluth	4-0	13
13	Colorado School of Mines	4-0	14
14	West Chester (Pa.)	4-0	16
15	Pittsburg St. (Kan.)	4-0	18t
16	Wingate (N.C.)	4-0	17
17	Central Missouri	4-0	18t
18	Colorado St.-Pueblo	3-1	20
19	Indiana (Pa.)	4-0	21
20	Bowie St. (Md.)	4-0	23
21	Texas A&M-Commerce	2-1	11
22	Harding (Ark.)	3-1	22
23	Angelo St. (Texas)	4-0	NR
24	Kutztown (Pa.)	4-0	NR
25	West Alabama	3-1	24

Dropped Out: Midwestern St. (Texas) (15), Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Midwestern St. (Texas), 49; Truman St. (Mo.), 44; Virginia Union, 9; Florida Tech, 5; West Florida, 5; Delta St. (Miss.), 4; West Texas A&M, 4; Henderson St. (Ark.), 2; California (Pa.), 1.



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