Ohio Northern receives votes in 10th weekly D3football.com poll
By Tim Glon
ADA – The Ohio Northern football team received votes in the tenth weekly D3football.com poll, released on Sunday.
The Polar Bears (7-2 overall, 6-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) received seven points in the voting after receiving four 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 605 points and the six remaining first place votes and Wisconsin-Oshkosh is third with 560 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 55-21 victory at Wilmington Saturday and is now riding a 4-game winning streak.
ONU will return to action next on Saturday when they wrap up their regular season with a 1:30 pm contest against Otterbein on Senior Day at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
D3football.com Poll - Week 10
Nov. 8, 2015
| Total | 2015 | Previous | ||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points | Record | Week |
| 1. | Mount Union (19) | 619 | 9-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Linfield (Ore.) (6) | 605 | 8-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 560 | 8-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 527 | 9-0 | 5 |
| 5. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 512 | 9-0 | 7 |
| 6. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 510 | 8-0 | 6 |
| 7. | Wabash (Ind.) | 469 | 9-0 | 9 |
| 8. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 430 | 9-0 | 11 |
| 9. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 412 | 10-0 | 12 |
| 10. | Saint John's (Minn.) | 388 | 8-1 | 13 |
| 11. | Wesley (Conn.) | 370 | 8-1 | 4 |
| 12. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 363 | 8-1 | 8 |
| 13. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) | 344 | 8-1 | 10 |
| 14. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 289 | 7-2 | 14 |
| 15. | John Carroll | 252 | 8-1 | 15 |
| 16. | North Central (Ill.) | 223 | 6-3 | 16 |
| 17. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 206 | 9-0 | 17 |
| 18. | Texas Lutheran | 169 | 7-2 | 20 |
| 19. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 137 | 8-1 | 21 |
| 20. | Dubuque (Iowa) | 99 | 7-2 | 24 |
| 21. | Salisbury (Md.) | 73 | 6-2 | NR |
| 22. | Case Western Reserve | 68 | 7-2 | 18 |
| 23. | East Texas Baptist | 67 | 7-2 | NR |
| 24. |
Albright (Pa.) | 66 | 8-1 | NR |
| 25. |
Whitworth (Wash.) | 53 | 8-1 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Franklin 48; Guilford 33; Illinois Wesleyan 27; Washington and Jefferson 25; DePauw 24; St. Norbert 20; La Verne 16; Western New England 16; Cortland State 16; Concordia-Moorhead 15; Framingham State 15; Gustavus Adolphus 12; Amherst 11; St. Lawrence 9; Monmouth 8; Ohio Northern 7; Huntingdon 6; Albion 5; Delaware Valley 1.