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Ashland University's football team keeps winning, but there hasn't been any national movement as a result of late.
For the fourth week in a row, the Eagles are in the No. 5 spot in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll. The latest edition of the poll was revealed on Monday (Sept. 26) afternoon.
Ashland is 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and leads the GLIAC South Division by at least two games in the loss column over the other five teams. The Eagles will play their second straight road game on Saturday (Oct. 1) at 1:30 p.m. against Tiffin (2-2, 1-2).
Since 2006, the Eagles are 31-14 (.689) as an AFCA Top 25 team. Since the start of the 2014 campaign, Ashland is 16-2 (.889) when playing as a ranked team.
All-time against the Dragons, Ashland is 2-0 as a ranked team, with both games coming on the road – a 41-14 win on Sept. 19, 2009 and a 49-21 victory on Nov. 3, 2012.
Ashland is one of three GLIAC teams ranked in the AFCA Top 25, along with Grand Valley State (No. 2) and Ferris State (No. 13).
2016 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll – September 26, 2016
|
Rank |
School (1st votes) |
Rec. |
|
1. |
Northwest Missouri St. (30) |
4-0 |
|
2. |
Grand Valley St. (Mich.) |
4-0 |
|
3. |
West Georgia |
4-0 |
|
4. |
Shepherd (W.Va.) |
4-0 |
|
5. |
ASHLAND |
4-0 |
|
6. |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
3-0 |
|
7. |
Henderson St. (Ark.) |
4-0 |
|
8. |
Indiana (Pa.) |
3-0 |
|
9. |
Slippery Rock (Pa.) |
4-0 |
|
10. |
Midwestern St. (Texas) |
3-0 |
|
11. |
Tuskegee (Ala.) |
4-0 |
|
12. |
Sioux Falls (S.D.) |
4-0 |
|
13. |
Ferris St. (Mich.) |
3-1 |
|
14. |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
4-0 |
|
15. |
Assumption (Mass.) |
4-0 |
|
16. |
Florida Tech |
4-0 |
|
17. |
Colorado Mesa |
4-0 |
|
18. |
North Alabama |
2-1 |
|
19. |
Minnesota St. |
3-1 |
|
20. |
Harding (Ark.) |
4-0 |
|
21. |
North Carolina-Pembroke |
4-0 |
|
22. |
Central Missouri |
3-1 |
|
23. |
Emporia St. (Kan.) |
3-1 |
|
24. |
California (Pa.) |
3-0 |
|
25. |
Augustana (S.D.) |
3-1 |
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