UWA up to 15 in AFCA poll
WACO, Texas β The University of West Alabama football team climbed one spot to 15h in this week’s American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches Poll after winning, 45-3, on the road at Florida Tech.
West Alabama is 2-1 overall, 1-0 in the Gulf South Conference, and is one of just two GSC teams ranked in this week’s top 25. Defending national champion Valdosta State (2-0) held on to the top spot following a 41-0 victory at home over Shorter. North Alabama dropped out of the poll this week.
Valdosta State is scheduled to visit Tiger Stadium in Livingston on Thursday, Oct. 10 in a game that will be televised by GSC-TV LIVE. The Tigers and the Blazers split a pair of games last season.
UWA is playing Concordia College (0-2) Thursday at Tiger Stadium in Demopolis, Ala. Kickoff at the Demopolis High School facility is set for 6 p.m. There will be no television, but the game will be broadcast locally on ESPN 104.9 and globally at www.espn1049.com.
Following is this week’s AFCA Division II Top 25:
Rank School Record Prev
1 Valdosta State 2-0 1
2 Minnesota St.-Mankato 3-0 2
3 NW Missouri State 3-0 3
4 West Texas A&M 3-0 4
5 Colorado St-Pueblo 3-0 5
6 Missouri Western State 3-0 6
7 Indiana (Pa.) 3-0 8
8 Henderson State 3-0 9
9 Grand Valley State 3-0 10
10 Carson-Newman 3-0 11
11 Bloomsburg (Pa.) 3-0 13
12 Pittsburg State (Kan.) 3-0 14
13 Minnesota-Duluth 2-1 7
14 Shepherd (W.Va.) 3-0 15
15 West Alabama 2-1 16
16 NC Pembroke 3-0 18
17 Winston-Salem St (NC) 2-1 19
18 Washburn (Kan.) 3-0 22
19 West Chester (Pa.) 3-0 20
20 St Cloud State (Minn.) 3-0 23
21 Chadron St (Neb.) 2-1 21
22 Indianapolis (Ind.) 2-1 12
23 Midwestern St (Texas) 1-1 25
24 Emporia St (Kan.) 3-0 NR
25 Tarleton State (Texas) 2-0 NR