WACO, Texas – The UIndy football team grabbed the No. 17 position in the year's final AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll, released Monday. The announcement marked the fourth time in the last five years that the Greyhounds finished the season ranked in the top 20.
 
Led by first-year head coach Chris Keevers, UIndy racked up nine wins in 10 regular-season games on the way to an NCAA DII playoff appearance. The Hounds finished the season at 9-2 after a 37-27 loss at Central Missouri in the first round of DII Super Region Four bracket.
 
National-champion West Florida earned the No. 1 spot this season after defeating each of the other eventual top-five teams in its playoff run. SR4-champ Ferris State came in at No. 3.

The Greyhounds have appeared in the coaches' top 25 in each of the last 38 weeks, good for a program record. UIndy's highest final AFCA ranking came last December with a No. 11 tag.


AFCA DII TOP 25 POLL

RK	SCHOOL (1st-place votes)	REC	PTS	PREV
1.	West Florida (31)	13-2	774	20
2.	Minnesota St.	14-1	744	4
3.	Ferris St.	12-1	705	2
4.	Lenoir-Rhyne	13-1	635	6
5.	Valdosta St.	10-1	614	1
6.	Slippery Rock	13-1	605	8
7.	Northwest Missouri St.	12-2	528	10
8.	Colorado School of Mines	12-1	501	7
9.	Tarleton St.	11-1	497	3
10.	Notre Dame (Ohio)	12-2	488	13
11.	Texas A&M-Commerce	10-3	448	21
12.	Colorado St.-Pueblo	11-2	434	9
13.	Central Missouri	11-2	409	15
14.	Ouachita Baptist	11-1	335	5
15.	Harding	10-2	332	12
16.	Kutztown	11-2	307	17
17.	UIndy	9-2	234	14
18.	Bowie St.	11-1	218	11
19.	Wingate	10-2	216	16
20.	Carson-Newman	9-3	205	25
21.	Indiana (Pa.)	10-2	171	18
22.	Shepherd	10-3	165	NR
23.	Tiffin	9-2	145	19
24.	West Chester	9-3	88	22
25.	Lindenwood	9-4	77	NR

Others Receiving Votes: Truman, 59; Sioux Falls, 40; Henderson St. , 37; Missouri Western St., 22; Augustana (S.D.), 20; Wayne St. , 5; Virginia Union, 4; Dixie St. (Utah), 3; Grand Valley St., 3; Fort Hays St. , 2; West Texas A&M, 2; Central Washington, 1; Ohio Dominican, 1; Virginia St., 1.

Dropped Out:  Truman (23), Henderson St.  (24)