Football receives votes in second weekly D3football.com poll
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern football team received votes in the second weekly D3football.com preseason poll, released on Sunday.
The Polar Bears (1-0 overall) received 15 points in the poll, eight more than the seven they received in the first weekly poll last Tuesday.
This marks the 14th time in the last 16 seasons that the Polar Bears have been been mentioned in a national poll.
Northern received 11 votes in the D3football.com in the preseason poll.
The Polar Bears opened their home and Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its 2017 season this Saturday when they host Heidelberg at 1:30 pm at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
D3football.com Poll #1 - Sept. 10, 2017
| Rank | School | Record | Total Points |
Last Week |
| 1. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) (18) | 1-0 | 617 | 1 |
| 2. | Mount Union (5) | 1-0 | 592 | 2 |
| 3. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh (2) | 2-0 | 578 | 3 |
| 4. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-0 | 543 | 5 |
| 5. | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 509 | 6 |
| 6. | Linfield (Ore.) | 1-0 | 482 | 7 |
| 7. | Saint John's (Minn.) | 2-0 | 470 | 8 |
| 8. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 1-0 | 446 | 10 |
| 9. | John Carroll | 0-1 | 369 | 9 |
| 10. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 1-1 | 348 | 4 |
| 11. | Frostburg State (Md.) | 2-0 | 343 | 11 |
| 12. | Delaware Valley (Pa.) | 2-0 | 324 | 12 |
| 13. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 1-0 | 310 | 13 |
| 14. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 2-0 | 298 | 16 |
| 15. | Wittenberg | 1-0 | 247 | 17 |
| 16. | Illinois Wesleyan | 2-0 | 235 | 14 |
| 17. | Case Western Reserve | 1-0 | 164 | 19 |
| 18. | Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) | 2-0 | 147 | 23 |
| 19. | Alfred (N.Y.) | 1-0 | 138 | 21 |
| 20. | Whitworth (Calif.) | 2-0 | 127 | 24 |
| 21. | Redlands (Calif.) | 1-0 | 117 | 20 |
| 22. | Brockport State (N.Y.) | 2-0 | 114 | 25 |
| 23. | Concordia (Minn.) | 2-0 | 99 | NR |
| 24. | Wesley (Conn.) | 0-1 | 97 | 22 |
| 25. | Wisconsin-Stout | 2-0 | 83 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Wabash 82; Coe 58; Albright 38; Berry 25; UW-Whitewater 16; Ohio Northern 15; Muhlenberg 15; Springfield 13; Carthage 13; Bridgewater 8, Hobart 8; Stevenson 8; Thomas More 7; Wartburg 5; UW-La Crosse 5; Dubuque 2; Framingham State 1; Guilford 1; Heidelberg 1; Sul Ross State 1.