AFCA Division II Poll
 
WACO, Texas – The Slippery Rock University football team climbed two spots to No. 15 in this week's Division II national rankings released Monday by the American Football Coaches Association.
 
The Rock have been ranked every week by the AFCA, which is widely regarded as the official national rankings used by the NCAA throughout the year. SRU has been ranked as high as No. 5 this fall and as low as No. 17.
 
Slippery Rock moved up two spots this week after bouncing back from its first PSAC West loss in nearly four calendar years with a 20-17 win on the road at Mercyhurst Saturday.
 
The Rock are one of seven teams from Super Region One, which includes all schools in the PSAC, the Mountain East Conference, the Northeast-10 Conference and the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, to be listed in the top 25 this week.
 
California (Pa.) moved up one spot to No. 4 to lead all teams in the region. Notre Dame (Ohio) held steady at No. 9, Bentley moved up two spots to No. 11, Shepherd dropped one place to No. 12, Slippery Rock moved up two spots to No. 15, Kutztown climbed four places to No. 21 and Frostburg State jumped back into the poll at No. 23.
 
In addition to those seven teams, three more teams from Super Region One are listed in the "others receiving votes" section of the poll this week, including New Haven, Indiana (Pa.) and Charleston (W.Va.).
 
The only rankings that really matter in Division II, the official NCAA Super Region rankings, will be announced each Monday from now through the end of the regular season. Those rankings will determine which seven teams from each Super Region will qualify for the NCAA playoffs.
 
The first set of regional rankings will be announced sometime Monday evening.
 
AFCA Division II Coaches Poll – Oct. 25

Rank	School (1st place votes)	W-L	Pts.	Prev.
1	Ferris St. (Mich.) (26)	7-0	744	1
2	Valdosta St. (Ga.) (4)	7-0	724	2
3	West Georgia	7-1	659	4
4	California (Pa.)	7-0	649	5
5	West Florida	6-1	575	6
6	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	7-1	567	7
7	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	6-1	531	8
8	Northwest Missouri St.	6-1	511	10
9	Notre Dame (Ohio)	7-1	508	9
10	Harding (Ark.)	7-1	452	12
11	Bentley (Mass.)	7-0	445	13
12	Shepherd (W.Va.)	7-1	440	11
13	Bowie St. (Md.)	7-1	374	14
14	Colorado School of Mines	7-1	323	3
15	SLIPPERY ROCK (Pa.)	7-1	321	17
16	Wingate (N.C.)	6-1	306	18
17	Nebraska-Kearney	7-1	264	21
18	Henderson St. (Ark.)	7-1	258	20
19	Augustana (S.D.)	7-1	251	22
20	Western Colorado	7-1	167	24
21	Kutztown (Pa.)	7-1	145	25
22	Colorado Mesa	6-1	144	NR
23	Frostburg St. (Md.)	7-1	91	NR
24	Midwestern St. (Texas)	5-2	64	19
25	Albany St. (Ga.)	7-1	56	NR

 
Dropped Out: West Alabama (15), Minnesota-Duluth (16), Indiana (Pa.) (23)
 
Others Receiving Votes: West Alabama, 42; Washburn (Kan.), 28; New Haven (Conn.), 25; Indiana (Pa.), 22; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 20; Minnesota-Duluth, 18; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 9; Angelo St. (Texas), 7; Lindenwood (Mo.), 5; Wayne St. (Neb.), 3; Charleston (W.Va.), 1; Southeastern Oklahoma, 1.



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