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 seventh time since 2012 that the Greyhounds finished the season ranked in the top 20.
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Led by fourth-year head coach
Chris Keevers, UIndy racked up nine wins in 10 regular-season games on the way to a GLVC title and NCAA playoff berth. The Hounds finished the season at 9-2 after a first-round loss at then-No. 4 Pittsburg State in the Super Region 3 bracket.
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Fellow-SR3-team Ferris State successfully defended its national championship last weekend to lock down the No. 1 spot in the final poll. The entire balance of the final top 5 had its season's ended by the Bulldogs. Furthermore, nine Super Region 3 teams claimed a top-25 spot, including GLVC-rival Truman at No. 25
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The Greyhounds appeared in the coaches' poll throughout the 2022 regular season, peaking at No. 8 for two weeks. UIndy's highest final AFCA ranking of 11th came following the 2018 campaign.
2022 FINAL AFCA DII TOP 25 POLL
| RK |
SCHOOL (1st-place votes) |
REC |
PTS |
PREV |
| 1. |
Ferris St. (Mich.) (28) |
14-1 |
725 |
5 |
| 2. |
Colorado School of Mines |
13-3 |
690 |
10 |
| 3. |
Grand Valley St. (Mich.) |
12-1 |
649 |
1 |
| 4. |
West Florida |
12-2 |
622 |
6 |
| 5. |
Pittsburg St. (Kan.) |
12-1 |
581 |
4 |
| 6. |
Shepherd (W.Va.) |
13-2 |
538 |
11 |
| 7. |
Angelo St. (Tex.) |
12-1 |
533 |
2 |
| 8. |
Northwest Missouri St. |
10-3 |
495 |
8 |
| 9. |
Delta St. (Miss.) |
11-2 |
458 |
9 |
| 10. |
Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) |
11-1 |
408 |
3 |
| 11. |
Indiana (Pa.) |
10-2 |
394 |
15 |
| 12. |
Benedict (S.C.) |
11-1 |
388 |
7 |
| 13. |
Ashland (Ohio) |
10-2 |
372 |
12 |
| 14. |
Minnesota St. |
10-3 |
341 |
19 |
| 15. |
Wingate (N.C.) |
11-3 |
331 |
22 |
| 16. |
Slippery Rock (Pa.) |
10-3 |
296 |
20 |
| 17. |
Indianapolis (Ind.) |
9-2 |
241 |
13 |
| 18. |
Virginia Union |
9-2 |
197 |
14 |
| 19. |
West Georgia |
8-2 |
171 |
16 |
| 20. |
Davenport (Mich.) |
8-3 |
166 |
21 |
| 21. |
Newberry (S.C.) |
9-2 |
109 |
18 |
| 22. |
Harding (Ark.) |
9-2 |
103 |
17 |
| 23. |
Notre Dame (Ohio) |
9-3 |
94 |
T-24 |
| 24. |
Bemidji St. (Minn.) |
10-3 |
90 |
NR |
| 25. |
Truman St. (Mo.) |
9-2 |
72 |
23 |
Others Receiving Votes: Emporia St. (Kan.), 70; Wayne St. (Neb.), 68; Colorado St.-Pueblo, 57; Assumption (Mass.), 39; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 24; New Haven (Conn.), 23; Limestone (S.C.), 15; Nebraska-Kearney, 15; Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 14; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 12; Henderson St. (Ark.), 11; Concord (W.Va.), 5; Washburn (Kan.), 5; Winona St. (Minn.), 2; Kutztown (Pa.), 1.
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