Mavericks Drop To Eighth

- MSU Home Page

11/9/2009 6:32:34 PM

Waco, Texas — The Minnesota State football team fell from fourth to eighth in this week's American Football Coaches Association poll.

The poll suffered its biggest shake-up of the year this week after several teams in the top-15 lost their season finales.

Minnesota State, which fell to St. Cloud State 26-21 last Saturday, join Minnesota Duluth (#4) as the only teams from the NSIC ranked in the poll.

The Mavericks (10-1, 9-1 NSIC) host #15 Hillsdale in the opening round of the 2009 Playoffs Saturday at Noon.

AFCA Coaches Poll (Nov. 9)

Rank School (1st Place Votes Record Points Previous

1. Central Washington (23) 11-0 621 2

2. Northwest Missouri State (1) 10-1 600 3

3. Grand Valley State 10-1 565 5

4. Minnesota Duluth 10-1 542 6

5. North Alabama (1) 10-1 513 1

6. Nebraska-Kearney 10-1 503 8

7. Midwestern State 9-2 449 9

8. Minnesota State 10-1 443 4

9. West Liberty 10-1 405 11

10. Carson Newman 9-2 385 14

11. North Carolina Pembroke 9-1 378 10

12. Tarleston State 9-2 331 7

13. Texas A&M Kingsville 92 300 17

14. Tuskegee 8-2 298 15

15. Hillsdale 9-2 277 20

16. Saginaw Valley 9-2 252 22

17. Shippensburg 9-2 246 23

18. Abilene Christian 8-3 179 12

19. Charleston 9-2 157 25

20. Albany State 8-2 145 13

21. Arkansas Tech 8-2 107 NR

22. California (Pa) 8-3 90 18

23. Central Missouri 8-3 88 16

24. Washburn 8-3 75 NR

25. Bloomsburg 8-3 44 19