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Central up to No. 9 in rankings

Football | Oct. 5, 2009

Jarred LackeyPELLA—Central College’s steady ascent in the D3football.com top 25 poll continues.

Unranked in the preseason, the Dutch moved up another spot to No. 9 in this week’s poll following a 55-0 whitewashing of Cornell College Saturday.

The top six teams in the poll, headed by Mount Union (Ohio), are unchanged. Iowa Conference rival Wartburg is among those schools receiving votes.

The Dutch travel to Indianola Saturday for a conference game with Simpson College.

The D3football.com Top 25, through games of Saturday, Oct. 3:
No.   School (1st votes)       Rec.   Pts   Prev. 
1  Mount Union (22)          4-0   622    1 
2   Wis.-Whitewater (3)       4-0   602    2 
3   Mary Hardin-Baylor        4-0   576    3 
4   Wheaton (Ill.)            4-0   523    4 
5   Wesley                    5-0   512    5 
6   St. John's                5-0   486    6 
7   Linfield                  4-0   407    8 
8   Washington and Jefferson 5-0   401    7 
9   Central                   5-0   388   10 
10 Case Western Reserve      4-0   375    9 
11 Wabash                    4-0   360   12  
12 Monmouth                  5-0   345   11 
13 Otterbein                 4-0   330   13 
14 North Central (Ill.)      3-1   325   14 
15 St. Thomas                4-0   243   15 
16 Wis.-La Crosse            4-0   241   17 
17 Willamette                4-1   151   18 
18 Ohio Northern             2-2   140   16 
19 Cortland State            3-1   123   19 
20 Ithaca                    4-1   122   20 
21 Capital                   4-0    99   22 
22 Redlands                  3-0    98   21 
23 Franklin                  3-1    85   23 
24 Occidental                2-1    83   24 
25 Thomas More               4-0    75   25

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Dickinson 63, Bethel 45, Hampden-Sydney 42, Centre 37, St. Norbert 34, Mississippi College 34, Delaware Valley 28, Trine 21, Illinois Wesleyan 18, Carthage 17, Wartburg 12, Kean 12, UW-Stevens Point 11, DePauw 10, Wittenberg 9, Alfred 8, Mount St. Joseph 4, Union 3, Trinity (Conn.) 2, Albright 2, Rowan 1.

 

  

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