Waco, Texas --- The Minnesota State football team remained sixth in this week’s American Football Coaches Association Top-25 poll after defeating then 17th-ranked Sioux Falls, 27-13 last week.
The Mavericks are one of three teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference in the top-25, joining tenth-ranked Minnesota Duluth and 22nd-ranked Sioux Falls. The rating also marks the 28th time that MSU has appeared in the top-ten of the poll and the fifth straight week in which it has done so.
The Mavericks (10-0, 10-0 NSIC) conclude the regular Saturday when they entertain Upper Iowa at 1 p.m.
Click HERE to view MSU all-time in the polls
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Minnesota State in the 2012 AFCA
Division II Coaches Poll
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Week
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Poll
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Preseason Poll (8/13)
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Receiving Votes (41)
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Week 1 (9/3)
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Receiving Votes (36)
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Week 2 (9/10)
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Receiving Votes (80)
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Week 3 (9/17)
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22
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Week 4 (9/24)
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15
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Week 5 (10/1)
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12
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Week 6 (10/8)
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10
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Week 7 (10/15)
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9
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Week 8 (10/22)
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7
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Week 9 (10/29)
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6
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Week 10 (11/5)
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6
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2012 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll – Nov. 5, 2012
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Rank
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School (1st Place Votes)
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Record
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Points
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Previous
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1
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Colorado State – Pueblo (23)
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10-0
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743
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1
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2
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Winston-Salem (6)
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10-0
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721
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2
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3
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New Haven
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9-0
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683
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3
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4
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Northwest Missouri State (1)
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9-1
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650
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4
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5
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Ashland
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10-0
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626
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5
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6
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Minnesota State
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10-0
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590
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6
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7
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Shippensburg
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10-0
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565
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7
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8
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Henderson State
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9-0
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565
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8
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9
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Midwestern State
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8-1
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500
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9
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10
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Minnesota Duluth
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9-1
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487
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9
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11
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Missouri Western State
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9-1
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450
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11
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12
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Blomosburg
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9-1
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408
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13
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13
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Indiana (Pa.)
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9-1
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390
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14
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14
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Harding
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8-1
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359
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16
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15
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Grand Valley
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8-2
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286
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19
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16
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Tuskegee
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8-1
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273
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23
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17
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West Texas A&M
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8-2
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270
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12
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18
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Valdosta State
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8-2
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236
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24
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19
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Indianapolis
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8-2
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168
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NR
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20
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Missouri S&T
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9-1
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150
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NR
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21
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Chadron State
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8-2
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127
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NR
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22
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Sioux Falls
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8-2
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123
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17
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23
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Miles
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8-2
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117
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15
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24
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Carson-Newman
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7-2
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83
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NR
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25
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Emporia State
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8-2
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69
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20
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