Hours after moving into the No. 3 spot in this week's American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll, Ashland University's football team leapt again – this time in Super Region 4.
The Eagles (10-0 overall, 10-0 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) have moved into the No. 2 spot in Super Region 4, as the third super region rankings in Division II were released on Monday (Nov. 9) afternoon. AU has risen four spots in the last two weeks, and is the only team in Super Region 4 to move up more than one spot from the first rankings two weeks earlier.
Ashland has won at least a share of the overall GLIAC championship, and also is the GLIAC South Division winner.
Seven teams from each of the four super regions will be chosen for the 28-team Division II playoffs. The top seed in each super region will have a first-round bye.
Super Region 4 consists of teams from the GLIAC, Great Lakes Valley Conference, Lone Star Conference and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Eight Super Region 4 teams are in this week's AFCA Top 25 poll.
Selection for the NCAA Division II postseason will be Sunday (Nov. 15) at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com, and first-round games will be played on Saturday, Nov. 21.
SUPER REGION 4 – RANKING NO. 3
|
TEAM |
3RD RANK |
2ND RANK |
1ST RANK |
WEEK 11 |
|
#2 Ferris State |
1 |
1 |
1 |
HOME vs. Walsh |
|
#3 ASHLAND |
2 |
4 |
6 |
Regular season complete |
|
#11 Texas A&M-Commerce |
3 |
2 |
2 |
HOME vs. #10 Midwestern State |
|
#10 Midwestern State |
4 |
3 |
3 |
at #11 Texas A&M-Commerce |
|
#4 Colorado State-Pueblo |
5 |
6 |
5 |
at New Mexico Highlands |
|
#13 Indianapolis |
6 |
7 |
7 |
at St. Joseph's (Ind.) |
|
#14 Grand Valley State |
7 |
8 |
4 |
HOME vs. Saginaw Valley State |
|
#21 Colorado Mesa |
8 |
5 |
9 |
at Western State |
|
Colorado School of Mines |
9 |
9 |
8 |
at Adams State |
|
Michigan Tech |
10 |
10 |
NR |
at Lake Erie |
AU
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