Zach Van Arkel Sept. 21, 2009

Central up to No. 15 in poll

PELLA—Central College inched up a spot to No. 15 in the D3football.com top 25 poll.

The Dutch, 3-0, were winners at the Univ. of Dubuque Saturday, 41-27. Wis.-Stevens Point, which fell to Central Sept. 12, also climbed a notch to No. 16. No other Iowa Conference schools are ranked although Wartburg College is among those receiving votes.

Mount Union (Ohio) remains on top after defeating Ohio Northern Univ., which dropped from No. 7 to No. 9.

No. School (1st votes)       Rec.   Pts   Prev.
1   Mount Union (23)          2-0   623    1
2   Wis.-Whitewater (2)      2-0   601    2
3   Mary Hardin-Baylor        2-0   576    3
4   Wheaton (Ill.)            2-0   532    4
5   Wesley                    3-0   518    5
6   St. John's                3-0   471    6
7   Cortland State            2-0   373    9
8   Washington and Jefferson 3-0   367    8
9   Ohio Northern             1-1   355    7
10 Case Western Reserve      3-0   354   10
11 Monmouth                  3-0   341   11
12 North Central (Ill.)      1-1   328   12
13 Linfield                  2-0   327   14
14 Wabash                    2-0   313   13
15 Central                   3-0   307   16
16 Wis.-Stevens Point          1-1   229   17
17 St. Thomas                2-0   194   18
18 Otterbein                 2-0   177   19
19  Wis.-La Crosse            2-0   159   24
20 Ithaca                    2-1    98   25
21 Willamette                2-1    84   --
22 Trine                     2-0    71   --
23 Redlands                  2-0    65   --
24 Occidental                1-1    63   21
25 Capital                   2-0    62   --
Dropped out: No. 15 Hardin-Simmons, No. 20 DePauw, No. 22 Union, No. 23 Concordia-Moorhead

Others receiving votes: Franklin 54, Trinity (Texas) 53, Thomas More 46, Dickinson 41, Concordia-Moorhead 39, Delaware Valley 38, Wilkes 30, Hampden-Sydney 27, Centre 25, Louisiana College 21, Bethel 19, St.

Norbert 18, Hobart 18, Rowan 17, Union 15, Wartburg 14, St. John Fisher 11, Hardin-Simmons 11, UW-Eau Claire 10, Mount St. Joseph 4, Mississippi College 4, Millsaps 4, Millikin 4, Alfred 4, Christopher Newport 3, Muhlenberg 3, Montclair State 2, Illinois Wesleyan 2.

The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.