Waco, TX – The Tarleton State football team moved up to No. 22 in this week’s American Football Coaches Association Poll that was released Monday afternoon.
The Texans (3-0, 2-0 LSC) are coming off a 41-34 double overtime win over NCAA Division I FCS Member Abilene Christian this past Saturday. The Texan football team, which debuted in the AFCA Poll at No. 25 last week, is 3-0 to start the season for the first time since 2009.
Valdosta State (3-0) opened the season ranked No. 1 and managed to keep that same ranking for a fourth consecutive week after defeating Angelo State, 37-3, this past Saturday. Minnesota State-Mankato (4-0) and Northwest Missouri (4-0) round out the top three, respectively.
Lone Star Conference foe West Texas A&M (4-0) came in at No. 4 again this week, while Midwestern State (2-1) dropped out of the poll.
The Texans will travel to Blackwater Draw, N.M., this Saturday to face Eastern New Mexico. Kickoff between the Texans and Greyhounds is set for 3 p.m. (CST).
| AFCA Division II Poll Through Sept. 29 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Pvs | |
| 1. Valdosta State (Ga.) (30) | 3-0 | 793 | 1 |
| 2. Minnesota State-Mankato (2) | 4-0 | 765 | 2 |
| 3. Northwest Missouri State | 4-0 | 727 | 3 |
| 4. West Texas A&M | 4-0 | 700 | 4 |
| 5. Colorado State-Pueblo | 4-0 | 670 | 5 |
| 6. Missouri Western State | 4-0 | 648 | 6 |
| 7. Indiana (Pa.) | 4-0 | 595 | 7 |
| 8. Henderson State (Ark.) | 4-0 | 573 | 8 |
| 9. Bloomsburg (Pa.) | 4-0 | 529 | 11 |
| 10. Pittsburg State (Kan.) | 4-0 | 514 | 12 |
| 11. Minnesota-Duluth | 3-1 | 438 | 13 |
| 12. Shepherd (W.Va.) | 4-0 | 413 | 14 |
| 13. UNC-Pembroke | 4-0 | 391 | 16 |
| 14. West Alabama | 3-1 | 359 | 15 |
| 15. Washburn (Kan.) | 4-0 | 309 | 18 |
| 16. Winston-Salem State (N.C.) | 3-1 | 290 | 17 |
| 17. West Chester (Pa.) | 4-0 | 266 | 19 |
| 18. St. Cloud State (Minn.) | 4-0 | 240 | 20 |
| 19. Chadron State (Neb.) | 3-1 | 169 | 21 |
| 20. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) | 3-1 | 163 | 10 |
| 21. Indianapolis (Ind.) | 3-1 | 138 | 22 |
| 22. Tarleton State (Texas) | 3-0 | 129 | 25 |
| 23. Ohio Dominican | 4-0 | 124 | — |
| 24. Emporia State (Kan.) | 4-0 | 114 | 24 |
| 25. Grand Valley State (Mich.) | 3-1 | 113 | 9 |
