By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
WACO, Texas – Fort Hays State Football continues to receive votes in the latest AFCA Top 25 Poll, released on Monday (Nov. 11), as it heads into the final week of the 2019 season. The Tigers dropped from the D2Football.com Top 25 Poll, a list they found themselves in the last two weeks until the tough double overtime loss to Northwest Missouri State at home last week.
The double overtime loss in a battle of nationally ranked teams last week in Hays went the way of Northwest Missouri, but was enough to keep the Tigers among the teams receiving votes. Central Missouri remains undefeated at 10-0 going into the final week of the season and holds the No. 9 ranking in the AFCA Poll, while Northwest Missouri remained No. 12 in the AFCA Poll. In the latest D2Football.com Poll released on Tuesday (Nov. 12), UCM is one notch lower in the rankings at No. 10, while NWMSU is No. 12 in that poll as well. FHSU and Missouri Western are receiving votes in the AFCA Poll, both tied for third in the MIAA with 7-3 records.
Fort Hays State finishes its 2019 schedule with Northeastern State on Saturday (Nov. 16) in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at 2 pm. Northeastern State remains winless going into the final week of the season. The Tigers are looking for their fifth-straight season of at least eight wins under Chris Brown, while the senior class is looking to be the winningest in program history by win percentage with the potential of posting a 36-11 mark. If they can reach 36 wins on Saturday, it would match the win total produced by the 2018 senior class.
Below is the AFCA Top 25 Poll for November 11, 2019.
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Record | Pts. | Prev. | Week 10 | Next Game |
| 1. | Valdosta St. (Ga.) (28) | 9-0 | 772 | 1 | D. No. 20 West Florida, 26-21 | Nov. 16 at West Georgia |
| 2. | Ferris St. (Mich.) (1) | 10-0 | 742 | 2 | D. No. 14 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 21-16 | Regular Season Complete |
| 3. | Tarleton St. (Texas) (2) | 10-0 | 710 | 3 | D. William Jewell (Mo.), 58-3 | Nov. 16 at Western New Mexico |
| 4. | Minnesota St. | 10-0 | 685 | 4 | D. Sioux Falls (S.D.), 42-39 | Nov. 16 at Upper Iowa |
| 5. | Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) | 10-0 | 626 | 5 | D. Arkansas-Monticello, 35-7 | Nov. 16 vs. No. 20 Henderson St. (Ark.) |
| 6. | Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) | 10-0 | 614 | 7 | D. North Carolina-Pembroke, 45-31 | Nov. 16 at Catawba (N.C.) |
| 7. | Colorado School of Mines | 10-0 | 590 | 8 | D. Dixie St. (Utah), 35-27 | Nov. 16 at Chadron St. (Neb.) |
| 8. | Slippery Rock (Pa.) | 10-0 | 552 | 9 | D. Gannon (Pa.), 56-7 | Nov. 16 at No. 13 Kutztown (Pa.) |
| 9. | Central Missouri | 10-0 | 522 | 10 | D. Lincoln (Mo.), 73-6 | Nov. 16 at No. 12 Northwest Missouri St. |
| 10. | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 9-1 | 434 | 11 | D. Black Hills St. (S.D.), 58-0 | Nov. 16 vs. Western Colorado |
| 11. | Bowie St. (Md.) | 10-0 | 426 | 13 | D. Elizabeth City St. (N.C.), 60-21 | Nov. 16 vs. Fayetteville St. (N.C.) |
| 12. | Northwest Missouri St. | 9-1 | 419 | 12 | D. Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 36-33 2OT | Nov. 16 vs. No. 9 Central Missouri |
| 13. | Kutztown (Pa.) | 10-0 | 418 | 15 | D. Millersville (Pa.), 37-17 | Nov. 16 vs. No. 8 Slippery Rock (Pa.) |
| 14. | Harding (Ark.) | 9-1 | 371 | 16 | D. Southeastern Oklahoma St., 35-14 | Nov. 16 at Arkansas Tech |
| 15. | Notre Dame (Ohio) | 9-1 | 318 | 6 | Lost to Glenville St. (W.Va.), 23-20 OT | Nov. 16 at West Virginia St. |
| 16. | Indianapolis (Ind.) | 8-1 | 315 | 17 | D. No. 23 Truman St. (Mo.), 44-28 | Nov. 16 vs. Lake Erie (Ohio) |
| 17. | Wingate (N.C.) | 9-1 | 289 | 18 | D. Newberry (S.C.), 35-28 | Nov. 16 at Mars Hill (N.C.) |
| 18. | Indiana (Pa.) | 9-1 | 272 | 19 | D. Edinboro (Pa.), 35-6 | Nov. 16 at Shippensburg (Pa.) |
| 19. | Grand Valley St. (Mich.) | 8-2 | 219 | 14 | Lost to No. 2 Ferris St. (Mich.), 21-16 | Nov. 16 vs. Wayne St. (Mich.) |
| 20. | Henderson St. (Ark.) | 9-1 | 216 | 22 | D. Southern Arkansas, 38-31 | Nov. 16 at No. 5 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) |
| 21. | Tiffin (Ohio) | 8-1 | 147 | 25 | D. Hillsdale (Mich.), 35-24 | Nov. 16 at Findlay (Ohio) |
| 22. | West Florida | 7-2 | 130 | 20 | Lost to No. 1 Valdosta St. (Ga.), 26-21 | Nov. 16 vs. West Alabama |
| 23. | Texas A&M-Commerce | 7-2 | 119 | 24 | D. Texas-Permian Basin, 44-13 | Nov. 16 at Angelo St. (Texas) |
| 24. | West Chester (Pa.) | 8-2 | 43 | NR | D. Lock Haven (Pa.), 56-14 | Nov. 16 vs. California (Pa.) |
| 25. | Truman St. (Mo.) | 8-2 | 33 | 23 | Lost to No. 17 Indianapolis (Ind.), 44-28 | Nov. 16 at Urbana (Ohio) |
Dropped Out:
Angelo St. (Texas) (21)
Others Receiving Votes:
Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 25; Angelo St. (Texas), 24; Shepherd (W.Va.), 17;
Virginia St., 4; Wayne St. (Mich.), 4; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 3; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 3;
West Texas A&M, 3; Dixie St. (Utah), 2; Missouri Western St., 2; Sioux
Falls (S.D.), 2; Virginia Union, 2; Augustana (S.D.), 1; Eastern New Mexico, 1.