Statesmen Earn #13 Ranking
William Penn University Athletics
Oskaloosa–Make it now four straight weeks of improvement as the William Penn football team has picked up one more slot in the seventh NAIA top-25 rating.
The Statesmen (6-2, 2-0 North), winners of three in a row, are now #13 with 179 points. The navy and gold remain the third best team in the Heart of America Athletic Conference as #3 Baker (Kan.) and #4 Grand View both moved up one spot on the loss by previous #1 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.). WPU’s opponent this Saturday–Benedictine (Kan.)–also gained a position to #15.
The LWC loss opened things up in the top five as defending national champion Southern Oregon, with eight first-place votes and 334 points, is once again #1. Morningside (six top votes), Baker, Grand View, and Doane (Neb.) (one first-place vote) round out the top five.
WPU hosts Benedictine Saturday in a Heart North Division matchup at 11 a.m.
NAIA Football Rating #7 – October 26, 2015
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. Southern Oregon (8)
2. Morningside (6)
3. Baker (Kan.)
4. Grand View
5. Doane (Neb.) (1)
6. Reinhardt (Ga.)
7. Saint Francis (Ind.)
8. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
9. Marian (Ind.)
10. Montana Tech
11. Tabor (Kan.)
12. Saint Xavier (Ill.)
13. William Penn
14. Robert Morris (Ill.)
15. Benedictine (Kan.)
16. Montana Western
17. Kansas Wesleyan
18. St. Francis (Ill.)
19. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
20. Campbellsville (Ky.)
21. Cumberlands (Ky.)
22. Point (Ga.)
23. Northwestern
24. Concordia (Neb.)
25. SAGU (Texas)
Others receiving votes: Dickinson State (N.D) 20; Faulkner (Ala.) 13; St. Ambrose 7; Carroll (Mont.) 5.
