Winston-Salem State Rams Crack AFCA Top 5
Winston-Salem State Rams Crack AFCA Top 5
November 7, 2011
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- The Winston-Salem State
University Rams vaulted into the top five this week, after losses
by eight Top 25 teams this past weekend in the AFCA Division II
Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. Delta State (Miss.) still holds onto
the top spot with 27 first-place votes after a 36-34 win over
then-No. 18 West Alabama. Thanks to losses by then-No. 2 Pittsburg
State (Kan.) and then-No. 3 Northwest Missouri State, Colorado
State-Pueblo moves up to No. 2 this week. The Thunderwolves are
10-0 after a 41-3 victory over Western State (Colo.). Midwestern
State (Texas) moves up to No. 3 and received a first-place vote
after beating then-No. 20 West Texas A&M, 35-21, to give the
Mustangs the Lone Star Conference title. Winston-Salem
State (N.C.) is the new No. 4 team, and received the final
first-place vote, after beating North Carolina-Pembroke, 34-7, and
moving its record to 10-0. The Rams will play Elizabeth City State
(N.C.) this coming Saturday for the Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association title. Nebraska-Kearney beat
Fort Lewis (Colo.), 54-7, and rounds out the Top 5.
No. 8 Kutztown (Pa.) moved up eight spots after beating then-No. 12
Bloomsburg (Pa.), 52-14, and will face No. 24 Slippery Rock (Pa.)
for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference title. Pittsburg
State (Kan.) fell to No. 9, Northwest Missouri State fell to No. 11
and St. Cloud State (Minn.) fell to No. 15 after their losses.
Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) makes its first appearance in the poll
this year at No. 25 this week.
2011 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll – November 7, 2011
Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Week
1. Delta St. (Miss.) (27) 9-1 723 1
2. Colorado St.-Pueblo 10-0 683 4
3. Midwestern St. (Texas) (1) 9-0 675 5
4. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) (1) 10-0 632 7
5. Nebraska-Kearney 9-1 586 8
6. Washburn (Kan.) 9-1 576 9
7. New Haven (Conn.) 9-1 522 10
8. Kutztown (Pa.) 9-1 506 13
9. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 8-1 495 2
10. Minnesota-Duluth 8-2 416 15
11. Northwest Missouri St. 8-2 401 3
12. Abilene Christian (Texas) 7-2 379 16
13. North Alabama 7-2 352 17
14. Humboldt St. (Calif.) 8-1 314 19
15. St. Cloud State (Minn.) 8-2 262 6
16. Albany St. (Ga.) 8-2 260 21
17. Missouri Western St. 8-2 222 25T
18. California (Pa.) 8-2 220 22
19. West Virginia Wesleyan 9-1 204 11
20. Colorado School of Mines 8-2 188 23
21. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 8-2 177 12
22. Wayne St. (Mich.) 8-2 174 24
23. Mars Hill (N.C.) 7-2 113 25T
24. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 8-2 94 14
25. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) 7-2 65 NR
Dropped Out: West Alabama (18), West Texas A&M (20)
Others Receiving Votes: West Alabama, 41; North Greenville (S.C.), 27; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 22; Shepherd (W.Va.), 18; Elizabeth City St. (N.C.), 14; Hillsdale (Mich.), 14; Morehouse (Ga.), 14; West Texas A&M, 12; Southern Connecticut St., 9; Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 7; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 5; Central Missouri, 1; North Carolina-Pembroke, 1; Wayne St. (Neb.), 1.
