Tigers Return to Receiving Votes Section of AFCA Top 25 Poll

FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

WACO, Texas – After a one-week absence from the receiving votes section of the AFCA Division II Top 25 Poll, Fort Hays State returns to the poll this week receiving six votes.

Northwest Missouri State continues its reign as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, while Emporia State is the only other MIAA team inside the top 25 at No. 10. Central Missouri is the first team outside the top 25 in the receiving votes section with 20 votes, while the Tigers are receiving six votes.

Fort Hays State has a big two-game stretch as it faces No. 10 Emporia State in Emporia, then welcomes No. 1 Northwest Missouri State to Hays the following week.

Below is the AFCA Division II Top 25 Poll for October 24, 2016.

Rank School (1st votes) Record Pts. Prev.
1. Northwest Missouri St. (30) 8-0 750 1
2. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 8-0 717 2
3. Shepherd (W.Va.) 7-0 692 3
4. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 8-0 649 6
5. Harding (Ark.) 8-0 614 7
6. California (Pa.) 7-0 598 8
7. North Alabama 5-1 541 10
8. Texas A&M-Commerce 6-1 540 9
9. Ashland (Ohio) 7-1 507 11
10. Emporia St. (Kan.) 7-1 448 12
11. LIU-Post (N.Y.) 8-0 432 14
12. Indiana (Pa.) 6-1 414 13
13. Midwestern St. (Texas) 6-1 361 4
14. Valdosta St. (Ga.) 6-1 350 16
15. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 7-1 325 17
16. Assumption (Mass.) 7-1 285 18
17. Tuskegee (Ala.) 6-1 258 5
18. North Carolina-Pembroke 7-1 253 20
19. Wayne St. (Mich.) 7-1 221 22
20. Fairmont St. (W.Va.) 8-0 201 23
21. Minnesota-Duluth 7-1 174 24
22. Ferris St. (Mich.) 6-2 115 25
23. Newberry (S.C.) 7-1 98 NR
24. Wingate (N.C.) 7-1 55 NR
25t. Notre Dame (Ohio) 7-1 27 NR
25t. Southwest Baptist (Mo.) 7-1 27 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Central Missouri, 20; Colorado School of Mines, 19; Henderson St. (Ark.), 19; Edinboro (Pa.), 8; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 7; Central Washington, 6; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 6; West Alabama, 5; Florida Tech, 4; Southern Arkansas, 2; Colorado Mesa, 1; Truman St. (Mo.), 1.

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