STEPHENVILLE – Tarleton Football remains No. 4 in the American Football Coaches Association top 25 poll despite receiving a first-place vote and gaining 23 votes total.
The Texans received 701 votes and one vote for first place – up from the 678 votes from last week. It’s the first time in program history that the Texans received a first-place vote in the NCAA Division II rankings. Valdosta State, the defending national champions, are No. 1 with 797 votes and 30 first place votes. Ferris State (2) is at 764 votes and a first, while Minnesota State is third with 723 votes.
The Texans, who are 3-0 on the year, have been ranked 13 straight weeks in the AFCA poll, including ten consecutive weeks in the top 10 and four consecutive weeks in the top 5 – the longest stretches in program history.
Tarleton is one of three Lone Star Conference teams ranked in the AFCA poll, with Texas A&M-Commerce ranked No. 11 and Midwestern State at No. 15. Angelo State and West Texas A&M received votes in the poll, but aren’t ranked.
The Texans are coming off a 58-28 rout over West Texas A&M last week where they led 51-0 at halftime at Memorial Stadium. After putting up 420 yards and holding WT to 117 yards, the Texans now rank No. 2 in the nation in offense at 567 yards a game and No. 3 in defense at 203 yards allowed.
Tarleton has now won 13 straight regular season games, 10 straight home games – the fourth longest streak in NCAA Division II – and nine straight conference games.
The Texans will travel to Odessa to take on UT Permian Basin on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m.
2019 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll – September 23, 2019
Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts.
1. Valdosta St. (30) 3-0 797
2. Ferris St. (1) 3-0 764
3. Minnesota St. 3-0 723
4. Tarleton (1) 3-0 701
5. Notre Dame (Ohio) 3-0 636
6. Ouachita Baptist 3-0 631
7. Northwest Missouri St. 3-0 617
8. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 3-0 561
9. Grand Valley St. 3-0 542
10. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 3-0 481
11. Texas A&M-Commerce 2-0 468
12. Indianapolis (Ind.) 3-0 434
13. Minnesota-Duluth 3-0 418
14. Colorado School of Mines 3-0 408
15. Midwestern St. (Texas) 3-0 364
16. West Chester (Pa.) 3-0 298
17. Wingate (N.C.) 3-0 280
18t. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 3-0 221
18t. Central Missouri 3-0 221
20. Colorado St.-Pueblo 2-1 185
21. Indiana (Pa.) 3-0 158
22. Harding (Ark.) 2-1 137
23. Bowie St. (Md.) 3-0 104
24. West Alabama 2-1 55
25. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) 3-0 53
Dropped Out: West Georgia (25)
Others Receiving Votes: Kutztown (Pa.), 30; West Georgia, 27; Henderson St. (Ark.), 23; Angelo St. (Texas), 15; Truman St. (Mo.), 11; California (Pa.), 6; Virginia Union, 6; West Florida, 6; West Texas A&M, 6; Delta St. (Miss.), 4; Albany St. (Ga.), 2; Missouri S&T, 2; St. Cloud State (Minn.), 2; Shepherd (W.Va.), 2; Urbana (Ohio), 1.
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