Jeremy Snead TD Sept. 27, 2009

Central jumps to 10th in poll

PELLA—Central College jumped five spots to No. 10 in the D3football.com top 25.

The Dutch were 24-6 winners over previously unbeaten Coe College Saturday at Pella and improved to 4-0 overall with a 2-0 Iowa Conference record.

The top six in the ratings remain the same with Mount Union College (Ohio) still an overwhelming choice at No. 1. Wis.-Stevens Point, which fell to Central 22-21 Sept. 12, dropped out of the rankings after suffering a 23-7 defeat at NAIA Azusa Pacific in California Saturday evening.

Central takes on Cornell College next Saturday at Pella.

The D3football.com Top 25, through games of Saturday, Sept. 26:
No. School (No. 1 votes)     Rec.   Pts Prev. 
1   Mount Union (23)          3-0   623    1 
2   Wis.-Whitewater (2)       3-0   600    2 
3   Mary Hardin-Baylor        3-0   576    3 
4   Wheaton (Ill.)            3-0   524    4 
5   Wesley                    4-0   523    5 
6   St. John's                4-0   482    6 
7   Washington and Jefferson 4-0   396    8 
8   Linfield                  3-0   380   13 
9   Case Western Reserve      3-0   378   10 
10 Central                   4-0   377   15 
11 Monmouth                  4-0   367   11 
12 Wabash                    3-0   344   14 
13 Otterbein                 3-0   319   18 
14 North Central (Ill.)      2-1   293   12 
15 St. Thomas                3-0   255   17 
16 Ohio Northern             1-2   199    9 
17 Wis.-La Crosse           3-0   178   19 
18 Willamette                3-1   131   21 
19 Cortland State            2-1   126    7 
20 Ithaca                    3-1   119   20 
21 Redlands                  2-0   116   23 
22 Capital                   3-0   102   25 
23 Franklin                  2-1    80   -- 
24 Occidental                1-1    75   24 
25 Thomas More               3-0    66   -- 

Dropped out: No. 16 Wis.-Stevens Point, No. 22 Trine

Others receiving votes: Dickinson 63, Bethel 61, Wilkes 57, Hampden-Sydney 39, Delaware Valley 37, Mississippi College 31, Centre 31, UW-Eau Claire 30, Trine 26, Alfred 26, Wis.-Stevens Point 21, St. Norbert 18, Millsaps 17, Wartburg 10, Rowan 6, Illinois Wesleyan 5, Wittenberg 4, Mount St. Joseph 3, Elmhurst 3, Carthage 2, DePauw 2, Union 2, Hardin-Simmons 1, Trinity (Conn.) 1.