Football receives votes in AFCA weekly Division III poll
By Tim Glon
| AFCA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern football team received three votes in the latest weekly American Football Coaches Association poll, released on Monday.
Ohio Northern (4-1 overall, 3-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) joins Mount Union (#1), John Carroll (#15), Baldwin Wallace (19 points) and Marietta (1 point) as OAC schools in the poll.
This marks the 15th time in the last 17 seasons that the Polar Bears have been been mentioned in a national poll.
The Polar Bears will return to action on Oct. 13 when they host John Carroll in a 1:30 pm contest at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
AFCA Poll - Oct. 1
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) |
2018 Record |
Total Points |
Last Week |
| 1. | Mount Union (43) | 4-0 | 1291 | 1 |
| 2. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) (9) | 4-0 | 1257 | 2 |
| 3. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 4-0 | 1186 | 3 |
| 4. | Brockport State (N.Y.) | 4-0 | 1101 | 4 |
| 5. | Wesley (Conn.) | 4-0 | 1041 | 6 |
| 6. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 4-0 | 1019 | 7 |
| 7. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 3-0 | 995 | 8 |
| 8. | Frostburg State (Md.) | 3-0 | 917 | 9 |
| 9. | Saint John's (Minn.) | 4-0 | 901 | 10 |
| 10. | Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) | 5-0 | 754 | 12 |
| 11. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 3-1 | 750 | 13 |
| 12. | Wittenberg | 4-0 | 695 | 11 |
| 13. | Berry (Ga.) | 5-0 | 584 | 16 |
| 14. | Trine (Ind.) | 4-0 | 577 | 15 |
| 15. | John Carroll | 3-1 | 568 | 17 |
| 16. | Case Western Reserve | 4-0 | 492 | 18 |
| 17. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-1 | 399 | 24 |
| 18. | North Central (Ill.) | 3-1 | 352 | 5 |
| 19. | Delaware Valley (Pa.) | 4-1 | 338 | 20 |
| 20. | RPI (N.Y.) | 4-0 | 317 | 19 |
| 21. | Illinois Wesleyan | 3-1 | 310 | 21 |
| 22. | Wabash (Ind.) | 4-0 | 254 | 22 |
| 23. | Central (Iowa) | 5-0 | 163 | NR |
| 24. | Whitworth (Wash.) | 3-0 | 112 | NR |
| 25. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 4-1 | 87 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Muhlenberg (Pa.), 86; Salisbury (Md.), 70; Linfield (Ore.), 64; Wisconsin-Platteville, 44; Wisconsin-La Crosse, 30; Ithaca (N.Y.), 27; Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio), 19; Bethel (Minn.), 19; Union (N.Y.), 15; Amherst (Mass.), 14; Monmouth (Ill.), 12; Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), 6; Cortland (N.Y.), 5; Franklin & Marshall (Pa.), 4; Randolph-Macon (Va.), 4; Ohio Northern, 3; Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), 3; Western Connecticut St., 3; Wisconsin-Stout, 3; MIT (Mass.), 2; Marietta (Ohio), 1.