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Shepherd Football Ranked 11th in AFCA Poll

11/14/2022 9:47:00 PM

WACO, Texas – The Shepherd University football team is ranked 11th in the latest American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Coaches' Poll for November 14. Shepherd dropped a 24-21 decision to Indiana (Pa.) in the PSAC Championship Game last Saturday. 

The Rams return to action on Saturday when they host New Haven in first-round action of the 2022 NCAA Division II Football Championship. Kickoff is slated for noon. 

The complete polls are listed below. 

  

2022 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll – November 14, 2022 

  

Rank 

School (1st votes) 

Rec. 

Pts. 

Prev. 

Week 11 

Next Game 

1 

Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (27) 

11-0 

747 

1 

D. No. 18 Davenport (Mich.), 49-7 

Nov. 26 TBD 

2 

Angelo St. (Tex.) (3) 

11-0 

719 

2 

D. Midwestern St. (Tex.), 37-19 

Nov. 26 TBD 

3 

Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 

11-0 

683 

4 

D. No. 24 Henderson St. (Ark.), 40-37 OT 

Nov. 19 vs. No. 8 Northwest Missouri St. 

4 

Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 

11-0 

666 

5 

D. Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 35-14 

Nov. 19 vs. No. 13 Indianapolis (Ind.) 

5 

Ferris St. (Mich.) 

9-1 

621 

6 

D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 40-14 

Nov. 19 vs. No. 21 Davenport (Mich.) 

6 

West Florida 

9-1 

584 

7 

D. Mississippi College, 56-21 

Nov. 19 vs. Limestone (S.C.) 

7 

Benedict (S.C.) 

11-0 

566 

8 

D. Tuskegee (Ala.), 58-21 

Nov. 26 TBD 

8 

Northwest Missouri St. 

9-2 

491 

10 

D. No. 22 Emporia St. (Kan.), 27-21 

Nov. 19 at No. 3 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 

9 

Delta St. (Miss.) 

10-1 

484 

12 

D. West Alabama, 17-7 

Nov. 19 vs. Fayetteville St. (N.C.) 

10 

Colorado School of Mines 

9-2 

480 

11 

D. Fort Lewis (Colo.), 80-0 

Nov. 19 vs. Colorado St.-Pueblo 

11 

Shepherd (W.Va.) 

10-1 

449 

3 

Lost to No. 19 Indiana (Pa.), 24-21 

Nov. 19 vs. New Haven (Conn.) 

12 

Ashland (Ohio) 

9-1 

415 

13 

D. Kentucky Wesleyan, 41-10 

Nov. 19 vs. No. 25 Notre Dame (Ohio) 

13 

Indianapolis (Ind.) 

9-1 

384 

14 

D. No. 20 Truman St. (Mo.), 28-14 

Nov. 19 at No. 4 Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 

14 

Virginia Union 

9-1 

366 

15 

Regular Season Complete 

Nov. 19 vs. No. 22 Wingate (N.C.) 

15 

Indiana (Pa.) 

9-1 

335 

19 

D. No. 3 Shepherd (W.Va.), 24-21 

Nov. 26 TBD 

16 

West Georgia 

8-2 

310 

16 

D. North Greenville (S.C.), 43-36 

Season Complete 

17 

Harding (Ark.) 

9-2 

298 

17 

D. Arkansas Tech, 55-10 

Season Complete 

18 

Newberry (S.C.) 

9-2 

208 

21 

D. Mars Hill (N.C.), 27-24 

Season Complete 

19 

Minnesota St. 

9-2 

203 

23 

D. No. 25 Winona St. (Minn.), 40-13 

Nov. 19 vs. Wayne St. (Neb.) 

20 

Slippery Rock (Pa.) 

9-2 

189 

9 

Lost to Kutztown (Pa.), 23-21 

Nov. 19 at Assumption (Mass.) 

21 

Davenport (Mich.) 

8-2 

123 

18 

Lost to No. 1 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 49-7 

Nov. 19 at No. 5 Ferris St. (Mich.) 

22 

Wingate (N.C.) 

9-2 

88 

NR 

D. Virginia-Wise, 45-7 

Nov. 19 at No. 14 Virginia Union 

23 

Truman St. (Mo.) 

8-2 

66 

20 

Lost to No. 14 Indianapolis (Ind.), 28-14 

Regular Season Complete 

24t. 

Emporia St. (Kan.) 

8-3 

40 

22 

Lost to No. 10 Northwest Missouri St., 27-21 

Dec. 3 TBA 

24t. 

Notre Dame (Ohio) 

9-2 

40 

NR 

D. Alderson Broaddus (W.Va.), 27-3 

Nov. 19 at No. 12 Ashland (Ohio) 

 

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