WACO, Texas – Coming off a GLVC-title-clinching win over Upper Iowa Saturday, the UIndy football team climbed two more spots to No. 8 in the regular season's final AFCA DII Coaches Poll, released Monday. The Greyhounds moved to 10-1 on the season while earning a first-round playoff game to open the upcoming postseason.

UIndy's No. 8 position represents its highest ranking in the coaches poll since November of 2023. The Hounds' first-round playoff opponent, Truman State University, is among those receoiving votes.


AFCA DIVISION II COACHES POLL

RK	SCHOOL (1st-place votes)	REC	PTS	PREV
1.	Ferris St. (30)	11-0	774	1
2.	Harding (1)	11-0	745	2
3.	Kutztown	11-0	711	4
4.	Colorado St.-Pueblo	10-1	669	5
5.	Central Washington	10-1	652	6
6.	Pittsburg St.	9-2	597	7
7.	Minnesota-Duluth	10-1	553	11
8.	UIndy	10-1	549	10
9.	West Florida	9-1	534	3
10.	UT Permian Basin	9-2	459	15
11.	Johnson C. Smith	10-1	451	16
12.	Findlay	10-1	398	8
13.	Albany St.	10-1	393	17
14.	Northwest Missouri St.	9-2	351	12
15.	Western Colorado	9-2	330	18
16.	Newberry	9-1	310	19
17.	Virginia Union	9-2	307	9
18.	Ashland	9-2	253	20
19.	Augustana (S.D.)	9-2	207	13
20.	Grand Valley St.	7-3	199	21
21.	Minnesota St.	8-3	132	14
22.	Chadron St.	8-3	94	22
23.	Benedict	9-2	80	23
24.	Frostburg St.	9-2	72	NR
25.	Western Oregon	8-3	63	24

Others Receiving Votes: Wingate, 59; California (Pa.), 27; Assumption, 25; Delta St., 15; Indiana (Pa.), 12; Kentucky St., 12; Charleston, 9; Valdosta St., 9; Northwood, 8; Upper Iowa, 7; Slippery Rock, 3; West Texas A&M, 2; Henderson St., 1; Southern Arkansas, 1; Truman St., 1; UNC Pembroke, 1.