WACO, Texas – After sustaining its first loss of the season over the weekend, the UIndy football team (7-1, 5-1 GLVC) fell out of the top 10 in the latest AFCA Division II Coaches Poll, dipping to No. 17. The Greyhounds fell from the ranks of the unbeaten after a
34-27 loss at Lindenwood Saturday.
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Despite the outcome, the Hounds made their 35th straight appearance in the coaches' top 25, upping their own program record for consecutive time spent in the national rankings. They are one of nine Super Region Three team in the poll, including No. 23 Truman State University, UIndy's upcoming opponent.
AFCA DII COACHES POLL
| RK |
SCHOOL (1st-place votes) |
REC |
PTS |
PREV |
| 1. |
Valdosta State (29) |
8-0 |
773 |
1 |
| 2. |
Ferris State (1) |
9-0 |
741 |
2 |
| 3. |
Tarleton State (1) |
9-0 |
689 |
4 |
| 4. |
Minnesota State |
9-0 |
683 |
3 |
| 5. |
Ouachita Baptist |
9-0 |
642 |
5 |
| 6. |
Notre Dame (OH) |
9-0 |
598 |
6 |
| 7. |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
9-0 |
581 |
7 |
| 8. |
Colorado School of Mines |
9-0 |
562 |
9 |
| 9. |
Slippery Rock |
9-0 |
522 |
10 |
| 10. |
Central Missouri |
9-0 |
495 |
11 |
| 11. |
Colorado St.-Pueblo |
8-1 |
434 |
13 |
| 12. |
Northwest Missouri State |
8-1 |
407 |
14 |
| 13. |
Bowie State |
9-0 |
372 |
15 |
| 14. |
Grand Valley State |
8-1 |
355 |
16 |
| 15. |
Kutztown |
9-0 |
342 |
17 |
| 16. |
Harding |
8-1 |
319 |
18 |
| 17. |
UIndy |
7-1 |
264 |
8 |
| 18. |
Wingate |
8-1 |
263 |
12 |
| 19. |
Indiana (Pa.) |
8-1 |
228 |
19 |
| 20. |
West Florida |
7-1 |
217 |
20 |
| 21. |
Angelo State |
8-1 |
188 |
21 |
| 22. |
Henderson State |
8-1 |
136 |
23 |
| 23. |
Truman |
8-1 |
82 |
25 |
| 24. |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
6-2 |
74 |
24 |
| 25. |
Tiffin |
7-1 |
28 |
NR |
Others Receiving Votes: West Chester, 25; Missouri Western State, 19; Sioux Falls, 11; Fort Hays State, 10; Virginia Union, 7; Carson-Newman, 4; Dixie State, 2; Assumption, 1; Shepherd, 1.
Dropped Out: West Chester (22)
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