Findlay, Ohio - Following another week of Division II football action, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) has released their Week 9 National Coaches Poll. After defeating Thomas More University last Saturday by a score of 49-0, the Findlay Oilers have jumped three spots to No. 10 in the polls.
This is the sixth time in the NCAA era of the program that the Oilers have been ranked in the top-ten in the country with each of those rankings coming in this season and the last.
The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) has two teams in the rankings including #7 Northwood and #10 Findlay.
| Rank |
School (1st votes) |
Rec. |
Prev. |
| 1 |
Ferris St. (29) |
9-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Harding |
9-0 |
2 |
| 3 |
CSU Pueblo |
9-0 |
4 |
| 4 |
Minnesota St. |
9-0 |
5 |
| 5 |
Western Colorado |
9-0 |
6 |
| 6 |
Slippery Rock (1) |
9-0 |
7 |
| 7 |
Northwood |
9-0 |
10 |
| 8 |
Northwest Missouri St. |
7-1 |
11 |
| 9 |
Central Washington |
7-2 |
12 |
| 10 |
Findlay |
8-1 |
13 |
| 11 |
Kutztown |
8-1 |
3 |
| 12 |
Davenport |
8-1 |
9 |
| 13 |
Carson-Newman |
8-1 |
14 |
| 14 |
Michigan Tech |
7-2 |
15 |
| 15 |
Emporia St. |
8-1 |
8 |
| 16 |
North Greenville |
8-1 |
16 |
| 17 |
Valdosta St. |
6-1 |
17 |
| 18 |
East Stroudsburg |
8-1 |
24 |
| 19 |
Virginia Union |
8-1 |
19 |
| 20 |
Benedict |
8-1 |
21 |
| 21 |
Minnesota-Duluth |
7-2 |
20 |
| 22 |
Augustana (S.D.) |
7-2 |
NR |
| 23 |
Grand Valley St. |
6-3 |
25 |
| 24 |
Midwestern St. |
7-2 |
NR |
| 25 |
Wayne St. (Neb.) |
7-2 |
NR |
