Tigers Continue to Receive Votes in AFCA Division II Poll

WACO, Texas – Fort Hays State remains among the teams receiving votes in the AFCA Division II Top 25 Poll, released on Monday (Oct. 3). The Tigers are now the fourth-highest receiving votes team, gaining seven votes in the poll this week.

The MIAA boasts two top 25 teams and three among the receiving votes section. Northwest Missouri State continues its reign as the No. 1 team in the nation, while Emporia State moved up five spots to No. 18. Pittsburg State is the highest receiving votes team from the MIAA, with the Tigers right behind. FHSU travels to Pittsburg State this week. Central Missouri fell from the top 25 and sits behind the Tigers in the receiving votes section.

Fort Hays State looks for its second straight win in Pittsburg. The Tigers shocked a then No. 8 ranked Gorilla team in Pittsburg by a score of 7-6. The last time FHSU won consecutive games in Pittsburg was in 1970 and 1972. The Gorillas won last year’s meeting in Hays by a score of 31-24.

Below is the AFCA Division II Top 25 Poll for October 3, 2016.

Rank School (1st votes) Record Pts. Prev.
1. Northwest Missouri St. (30) 5-0 750 1
2. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 5-0 717 2
3. Shepherd (W.Va.) 4-0 684 4
4. Texas A&M-Commerce 4-0 655 6
5. Henderson St. (Ark.) 5-0 623 7
6. Indiana (Pa.) 4-0 574 8
7. Midwestern St. (Texas) 4-0 564 10
8. Tuskegee (Ala.) 5-0 528 11
9. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 5-0 474 12
10. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 5-0 436 14
11. North Alabama 3-1 421 18
12. West Georgia 4-1 387 3
13. Colorado Mesa 5-0 380 17
14. Ferris St. (Mich.) 4-1 352 13
15. California (Pa.) 4-0 315 24
16. Harding (Ark.) 5-0 312 20
17. Ashland (Ohio) 4-1 305 5
18. Emporia St. (Kan.) 4-1 208 23
19. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 4-1 185 9
20. Southwest Baptist (Mo.) 5-0 148 NR
21. LIU-Post (N.Y.) 5-0 134 NR
22. Assumption (Mass.) 4-1 94 15
23. Florida Tech 4-1 90 16
24. North Carolina-Pembroke 4-1 81 21
25t. Bemidji St. (Minn.) 4-1 73 NR
25t. Valdosta St. (Ga.) 3-1 73 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Wayne St. (Mich.), 64; Minnesota-Duluth, 55; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 39; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 8; Central Missouri, 5; Notre Dame (Ohio), 5; Bloomsburg (Pa.), 4; Newberry (S.C.), 4; Southern Arkansas, 2; Colorado School of Mines, 1.

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