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Scots crack Top 10 in two national polls
Release Date:
October 19, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
For the first time in history, the Monmouth College football team
has cracked the regular season top 10 in two national polls.
Ranked 11th and 12th last week by
D3football.com and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA),
respectively, the Fighting Scots jumped two notches in each poll
thanks in part to last week’s 35-13 win over Ripon. The win
impressed the pollsters and handed the Red Hawks their first
conference loss while giving the Scots sole possession of first
place in the Midwest Conference and the inside track on the league’s
automatic NCAA playoff berth.
The Scots jumped to No. 9 in the D3football.com
rankings, moving past Wabash, who lost to No. 21 Wittenburg 10-7,
and Washington & Jefferson, a 21-7 winner over St. Vincent. Monmouth
is just six points behind Mary Hardin-Baylor, who lost to No. 15
Mississippi College, for eighth.
In the AFCA poll, Monmouth leapfrogged Wabash
and Mary Hardin-Baylor. The Scots are just a point back of Case
Western Reserve for ninth.
D3football.com and the AFCA polls agree on the
top five: Mt. Union, UW-Whitewater, Wheaton, Wesley and St. John’s.
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