Washington and Jefferson ranked in latest poll

October 24, 7:14 PMPittsburgh Sports ExaminerMatt Pawlikowski

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WASHINGTON, PA - The Washington & Jefferson College football team is ranked in three different polls as it prepares for the second half of its 2009 season.


The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Top 25 poll has W&J (5-0, 2-0 PAC) as its No. 7 team for the second-straight week. W&J dipped one spot to No. 9 in this week’s D3football.com Top 25 poll.



The ECAC released its first Lambert Meadowlands Division III Football Poll presented by FieldTurf Tarkett on Tuesday and W&J is the No. 2 ranked squad behind Wesley (5-0).



To be eligible for the Lambert Meadowlands Award, a school must be located in the East or play at least half of its schedule against eligible Lambert teams. The territory includes New York, New Jersey, New England and Pennsylvania, while teams in the bordering states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and the District of Columbia qualify if at least half of their schedule features eligible teams.



Teams in Eastern-based football conferences, regardless of location, qualify if at least half their schedule is against Lambert eligible teams. The top five teams in the AFCA and D3football.com national rankings are the same.



W&J and Thomas More (5-0, 3-0 PAC) will square off at Cameron Stadium on October 31st (1:30 pm) in a rematch of last year’s 35-29 Saints’ victory which determined the conference championship



American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll
September 28, 2009


Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Last Week Next Game
1. Mount Union (Ohio) (39) 3-0 999 1 D. Muskingum (Ohio), 45-14 Oct. 3 vs. Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio)
2. Wis.-Whitewater (1) 3-0 958 2 D. Puget Sound (Wash.), 42-7 Oct. 3 vs. Wis.-Platteville
3. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 3-0 916 3 D. McMurry (Texas), 41-8 Oct. 3 at Hardin-Simmons (Texas)
4. Wheaton (Ill.) 3-0 861 4 D. Hope (Mich.), 32-20 Oct. 3 at North Park (Ill.)
5. Wesley (Del.) 4-0 843 5 D. LaGrange (Ga.), 56-7 Oct. 3 vs. Frostburg St. (Md.)
6. St. John’s (Minn.) 4-0 790 6 D. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 38-10 Oct. 3 vs. Bethel (Minn.)
7. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 4-0 732 7 D. Grove City (Pa.), 28-10 Oct. 3 vs. Geneva (Pa.)
8. Central (Iowa) 4-0 621 11 D. Coe (Iowa), 24-6 Oct. 3 vs. Cornell (Iowa)
9. Linfield (Ore.) 3-0 618 12 D. Southern Oregon, 37-21 Oct. 3 at Menlo (Calif.)
10. Wabash (Ind.) 3-0 612 9 D. Kenyon (Ohio), 62-24 Oct. 3 at Allegheny (Pa.)
11. Case Western Reserve (Ohio) 3-0 592 10 Idle Oct. 3 at Denison (Ohio)
12. Monmouth (Ill.) 4-0 547 13 D. Carroll (Wis.), 41-3 Oct. 3 at Grinnell (Iowa)
13. Otterbein (Ohio) 3-0 511 15 D. No. 14 Ohio Northern, 38-36 Oct. vs. Heidelberg (Ohio)
14. North Central (Ill.) 2-1 434 16 D. Olivet (Mich.), 69-18 Oct. 3 at Millikin (Ill.)
15. St. Thomas (Minn.) 3-0 420 17 D. Hamline (Minn.), 63-10 Oct. 3 vs. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)
16. Wis.-La Crosse 3-0 379 21 D. Missouri S&T, 48-0 Oct. 3 vs. Wis.-Oshkosh
17. Alfred (N.Y.) 4-0 234 23 D. Springfield (Mass.), 49-28 Oct. 10 vs. Hartwick (N.Y.)
18. Thomas More (Ky.) 3-0 228 24 D. Westminster (Pa.), 34-16 Oct. 3 vs. Bethany (WVa.)
19. Ithaca (N.Y.) 3-1 226 22 D. Utica (N.Y.), 27-24 Oct. 3 at Hartwick (N.Y.)
20. Willamette (Ore.) 3-1 221 25 D. La Verne (Calif.), 52-7 Oct. 3 vs. Whitworth (Wash.)
21. Cortland St. (N.Y.) 2-1 132 8 Lost to Kean (N.J.), 24-10 Oct. 3 at Buffalo St. (N.Y.)
22. Franklin (Ind.) 2-1 124 NR D. No. 20 Trine (Ind.), 30-29 Oct. 3 vs. Defiance (Ohio)
23. Rensselaer (N.Y.) 3-0 94 NR D. Worcester Tech (Mass.), 42-33 Oct. 3 vs. Rochester (N.Y.)
24. Millsaps (Miss.) 3-1 72 NR D. No. 18 Trinity (Texas), 24-6 Oct. 3 at DePauw (Ind.)
25. Capital (Ohio) 3-0 69 NR D. Wilmington (Ohio), 37-21 Oct. 3 at Marietta (Ohio)

Dropped Out: Ohio Northern (14), Trinity (Texas) (18), Wis.-Stevens Point (19), Trine (Ind.) (20).