Football receives votes in ninth weekly D3football.com poll
By Tim Glon
ADA – The Ohio Northern football team received votes in the ninth weekly D3football.com poll, released on Sunday.
The Polar Bears (6-2 overall, 5-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) received four points in the voting after receiving six 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 604 points and the six remaining first place votes and Wisconsin-Oshkosh is third with 548 points.
The Polar Bears have now been mentioned in the D3football.com poll in 14 of the last 17 years.
Northern is coming off a 62-21 victory over Marietta Saturday evening at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
ONU will return to action next on Saturday when they travel to Wilmington for a 1:30 pm contest.
D3football.com Poll - Week 9
Nov. 1, 2015
| Total | 2015 | Previous | ||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points | Record | Week |
| 1. | Mount Union (19) | 8-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2. | Linfield (Ore.) (6) | 7-0 | 604 | 2 |
| 3. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 7-1 | 548 | 5 |
| 4. | Wesley (Conn.) | 8-0 | 539 | 4 |
| 5. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 8-0 | 490 | 6 |
| 6. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 7-1 | 483 | 7 |
| 7. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-0 | 479 | 8 |
| 8. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 8-0 | 450 | 13 |
| 9. | Wabash (Ind.) | 8-0 | 433 | 9 |
| 10. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) | 7-1 | 397 | 3 |
| 11. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 8-0 | 389 | 10 |
| 12. | Thomas More (Ky) | 9-0 | 384 | 11 |
| 13. | Saint John's (Minn.) | 7-1 | 338 | 12 |
| 14. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 6-2 | 243 | 16 |
| 15. | John Carroll | 7-1 | 240 | 17 |
| 16. | North Central (Ill.) | 5-3 | 203 | 19 |
| 17. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 8-0 | 190 | 22 |
| 18. | Case Western Reserve | 7-1 | 182 | 23 |
| 19. | Delaware Valley (Pa.) | 7-1 | 116 | 24 |
| 20. | Texas Lutheran | 6-2 | 115 | 25 |
| 21. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 7-1 | 106 | 21 |
| 22. | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-1 | 89 | 15 |
| 23. | Concordia (Minn.) | 7-2 | 67 | 14 |
| 24. |
Dubuque (Iowa) | 6-2 | 58 | NR |
| 25. |
Saint Lawrence (N.Y.) | 7-1 | 57 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Whitworth 50; Rowan 50; Franklin 34; Berry 26; Washington and Jefferson 22; St. Norbert 14; Western New England 13; Guilford 12; Framingham State 11; DePauw 10; Albright 10; Cortland State 10; Amherst 9; Hampden-Sydney 6; Huntingdon 6; Salisbury 5; Stevenson 4; Ohio Northern 4; La Verne 4; Centre 3; Monmouth 3.