Football receives votes in seventh weekly D3football.com poll
By Tim Glon
ADA – The Ohio Northern football team received votes in the seventh weekly D3football.com poll.
The Polar Bears (4-2 overall, 3-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) received three points in the voting after receiving two points in last week's poll.
Mount Union is ranked first with 619 points and 19 of the 25 first place votes, Linfield (Ore.) is second with 598 points and the six remaining first place votes and Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) is third with 572 points.
The Polar Bears have now been mentioned in the D3football.com poll in 14 of the last 17 years.
ONU will return to action next on Saturday when they travel to Muskingum for a 1:30 pm contest.
D3football.com Poll - Week 7
Oct. 18, 2015
| Total | 2015 | Previous | ||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points | Record | Week |
| 1. | Mount Union (19) | 619 | 6-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Linfield (Ore.) (6) | 595 | 5-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) | 572 | 6-0 | 3 |
| 4. | Wesley (Conn.) | 543 | 6-0 | 4 |
| 5. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 493 | 5-1 | 5 |
| 6. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 485 | 5-1 | 6 |
| 7. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 467 | 6-0 | 9 |
| 8. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 460 | 6-0 | 7 |
| 9. | Wabash (Ind.) | 443 | 6-0 | 10 |
| 10. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 390 | 6-0 | 11 |
| 11. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 384 | 7-0 | 12 |
| 12. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 332 | 5-1 | 13 |
| 13. | Saint John's (Minn.) | 322 | 5-1 | 14 |
| 14. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 307 | 6-0 | 15 |
| 15. | Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) | 239 | 5-1 | 16 |
| 16. | North Central (Ill.) | 228 | 4-2 | 17 |
| 17. | Concordia (Minn.) | 167 | 6-1 | 19 |
| 18. | John Carroll | 160 | 5-1 | 18 |
| 19. | Illinois Wesleyan | 149 | 6-0 | 20 |
| 20. | Albright (Pa.) | 120 | 6-0 | 21 |
| 21. | Rowan (N.J.) | 102 | 5-1 | 22 |
| 22. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 95 | 5-1 | 8 |
| 23. | Salisbury (Md.) | 91 | 4-1 | 23 |
| 24. |
Texas Lutheran | 88 | 5-1 | 25 |
| 25. |
Whitworth (Calif.) | 46 | 6-0 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: DePauw 41; Cortland State 33; Washington and Lee 20; Rose-Hulman 19; Hampden-Sydney 14; Bethel 13; St. Lawrence 13; Franklin 12; Dubuque 10; Framingham State 8; Albion 7; Guilford 6; Delaware Valley 6; Western New England 5; Berry 4; Gustavus Adolphus 4; Amherst 3; Ohio Northern 3; Ithaca 2; Chicago 2.