Coe is #18 in NCAA Division III football poll

Coe College jumped four spots to No. 18 in this week's American Football Coaches Association Division III poll.

The Kohawks moved to 6-0 last Saturday with a 41-38 double-overtime win at Dubuque. Coe is 3-0 in the Iowa Conference and plays Saturday at Simpson (5-1, 3-0).

Here is the entire poll:

WACO, TEX.– The AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll has three new faces in it this week, including No. 24 Salve Regina (R.I.), which makes its first appearance in the poll ever. The Seahawks enter the poll on the strength of a 7-0 record following a 37-33 victory over Curry (Mass.) on Saturday. No. 23 Wittenberg (Ohio) returns to the poll after a brief hiatus with a 41-17 victory over Chicago (Ill.), and No. 22 Rowan (N.J.) returns to the poll for the first time since Dec. 20, 2010.

No. 3 St. Thomas (Minn.) emerged victorious against then-No. 7 Bethel (Minn.) in this week's top-ranked meeting, routing the Royals in a 37-0 win. The rest of the Top 5 took care of business as well, with No.1 Mount Union (Ohio) securing 41 first-place votes and No. 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) taking the last one.

Rank    School (1st votes)      Rec.     Pts.      Prev.   Last Week       Next Game

1.         Mount Union (Ohio) (41)        6-0       1049    1          D. Capital (Ohio), 62-0            Oct. 20 at Otterbein (Ohio)

2.         Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) (1)         6-0       1007    2          D. Louisiana College, 30-3      Oct. 20 vs. Hardin-Simmons (Texas)

3.         St. Thomas (Minn.)     6-0       955      3          D. No. 7 Bethel (Minn.), 37-0 Oct. 20 at Hamline (Minn.)

4.         Linfield (Ore.) 5-0       918      4          D. Whitworth (Wash.), 54-15  Oct. 20 at Lewis & Clark (Ore.)

5.         Wis.-Whitewater         5-1       852      5          D. Wis.-Stout, 41-7      Oct. 20 vs. No. 13 Wis.-Oshkosh

6.         Wesley (Del.)  5-1       832      6          D. Virginia-Lynchburg, 24-7    Oct. 20 at Menlo (Calif.)

7.         Hobart (N.Y.)   6-0       736      8          Idle      Oct. 20 vs. Rennselaer (Mass.)

8.         Salisbury (Md.)            5-1       730      9          D. Hartwick (N.Y.), 37-7          Oct. 20 vs. Alfred (N.Y.)

9.         North Central (Ill.)      4-1       656      10        D. North Park (Ill.), 58-17       Oct. 20 at Cathage (Wis.)

10.       Johns Hopkins (Md.)    6-0       630      11        D. Dickinson (Pa.), 49-0          Oct. 19 vs. Gettysburg (Pa.)

11.       Illinois Wesleyan         6-0       572      13        D. Carthage (Wis.), 45-7         Oct. 20 at Wheaton (Ill.)

12.       Cal Lutheran   4-1       558      12        D. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.), 45-10    Oct. 20 vs. Occidental (Calif.)

13.       Wis.-Oshkosh  6-0       543      16        D. No. 14 Wis.-Platteville, 34-13        Oct. 20 at No. 5 Wis.-Whitewater

14.       Widener (Pa.)  5-0       503      15        Idle      Oct. 20 at Lycoming (Pa.)

15.       Wabash (Ind.)  5-1       426      18        D. Washington (Mo.), 34-14   Oct. 20 vs. Wooster (Ohio)

16.       Heidelberg (Ohio)       6-0       382      20        D. Otterbein (Ohio), 21-0       Oct. 20 vs. Muskingum (Ohio)

17.       Bethel (Minn.) 5-1       370      7          Lost to No. 3 St. Thomas (Minn.), 37-0           Oct. 20 at Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)

18.       Coe (Iowa)       6-0       311      22        D. Dubuque (Iowa), 41-38       Oct. 20 at Simpson (Iowa)

19.       Willamette (Ore.)       6-0       271      24        D. Lewis & Clark (Ore.), 56-20           Oct. 20 at Pacific Lutheran (Wash.)

20.       Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio)         5-1       228      23        D. Wilmington (Ohio), 49-17  Oct. 20 at Captial (Ohio)

21.       Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)            5-1       178      25        D. Hamline (Minn.), 63-14      Oct. 20 at Augsburg (Minn.)

22.       Rowan (N.J.)    5-1       123      NR       Idle      Oct. 20 at Cortland St. (N.Y.)

23.       Wittenberg (Ohio)      5-1       110      NR       D. Chicago (Ill.), 41-17            Oct. 20 at Allegheny (Pa.)

24.       Salve Regina (R.I.)       7-0       109      NR       D. Curry (Mass.), 37-33          Oct. 19 at MIT (Mass.)

25.       Wis.-Platteville            4-2       89        14        Lost to No. 16 Wis.-Oshkosh, 34-13    Oct. 20 vs. Wis.-River Falls

            Dropped Out: St. John Fisher (N.Y.) (17); Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) (19); Wheaton (Ill.) (21).

            Others Receiving Votes: Waynesburg (Pa.), 69; Concordia (Ill.), 61; Franklin (Ind.), 59; Huntingdon (Ala.), 49; St. John Fisher (N.Y.), 43; Augsburg (Minn.), 40; Alfred (N.Y.), 27; Lycoming (Pa.), 26; Wheaton (Ill.), 24; Birmingham-Southern (Ala.), 21; Elmhurst (Ill.), 20; Louisiana College, 15; Washington & Lee (Va.), 13; Trinity (Texas), 10; Otterbein (Ohio), 7; Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), 7; Gettysburg (Pa.), 5; Cortland St. (N.Y.), 4; Concordia (Wis.), 3; Simpson (Iowa), 3; Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 2; Trinity (Conn.), 2; Muhlenberg (Pa.), 1; Ohio Wesleyan, 1.