Statesmen Down to 16th After Heartbreaker

William Penn University Athletics

Oskaloosa–Ever so close to moving back into the top ten, the William Penn football team’s hard-to-swallow setback last weekend dropped it a handful of spots as the NAIA’s seventh top-25 poll was released Monday.

The Statesmen (5-3, 1-1 MWL), who lost to #9 Saint Xavier 48-46 last Saturday, fell five slots to #16 with 134 points.

Courtesy of a loss to previous #2 Baker, Morningside is now a unanimous #1 with 340 points and all 15 first-place votes. Carroll (Mont.), Grand View, and Faulkner (Ala.) make up positions 2-4, while Georgetown (Ky.) and Southern Oregon are tied for fifth.

Clinging to its postseason life, William Penn travels to Bourbonnais, Ill. Saturday to face Olivet Nazarene in Midwest League play at noon.

NAIA Football Rating #7 – October 27, 2014
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. Morningside (15)
2. Carroll (Mont.)
3. Grand View
4. Faulkner (Ala.)
5. Georgetown (Ky.)
5. Southern Oregon
7. Baker (Kan.)
8. Northwestern
9. Saint Xavier (Ill.)
10. Missouri Valley
11. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
12. Cumberland (Tenn.)
13. Marian (Ind.)
14. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
15. Ottawa (Kan.)
16. William Penn
17. Valley City State (N.D.)
18. Robert Morris (Ill.)
19. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
20. Friends (Kan.)
21. Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
22. Benedictine (Kan.)
23. Eastern Oregon
24. Tabor (Kan.)
25. Langston (Okla.)

Others receiving votes: Campbellsville (Ky.) 12; Reinhardt (Ga.) 8; Siena Heights (Mich.) 3; Montana Western 3.