SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – The Shepherd University football team climbed to 20th in the latest American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Coaches' Poll for September 14. Shepherd recorded a 45-25  win over  Charleston  in the home opener last Saturday. The Rams return to action on Saturday when they travel to UVa-Wise for a 1 p.m. contest.

2015 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll – September 14, 2015

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 2	Next Game
1.	Minnesota St. (30)	2-0	798	1	D. Northern St. (S.D.), 27-10	Sept. 19 vs. Mary (N.D.)
2.	West Georgia (1)	2-0	752	3	D. Miles (Ala.), 33-7	Sept. 19 vs. Fayetteville St. (N.C.)
3.	Northwest Missouri St. (1)	2-0	742	4	D. Missouri Southern St., 48-7	Sept. 19 at Central Missouri
4.	Pittsburg St. (Kan.)	2-0	670	5	D. Lindenwood (Mo.), 56-28	Sept. 19 vs. Washburn (Kan.)
5.	Ferris St. (Mich.)	1-0	665	6	D. Northwood (Mich.), 40-3	Sept. 19 at No. 14 Grand Valley St. (Mich.)
6.	Delta St. (Miss.)	2-0	591	10	D. No. 18 Texas A&M-Commerce, 51-44	Sept. 19 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan
7.	Minnesota-Duluth	1-1	584	9	D. Wayne St. (Neb.), 48-7	Sept. 19 at No. 12 Sioux Falls (S.D.)
8.	Angelo St. (Texas)	2-0	539	12	D. Western St. (Colo.), 48-20	Sept. 19 vs. Bacone (Okla.)
9.	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	2-0	528	11	D. Southeastern Oklahoma St., 42-40	Sept. 19 at Southwestern Oklahoma St.
10.	North Alabama	2-0	493	13	D. Mississippi College, 34-17	Sept. 26 vs. Florida Tech
11.	Valdosta St. (Ga.)	2-0	473	14	D. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.), 31-3	Sept. 26 vs. Cumberland (Tenn.)
12.	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	2-0	422	15	D. Minnesota-Crookston, 45-21	Sept. 19 vs. No. 7 Minnesota-Duluth
13.	Colorado St.-Pueblo	1-1	412	2	Lost to West Texas A&M, 31-30	Sept. 19 vs. Western St. (Colo.)
14.	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	2-0	367	20	D. No. 7 Ohio Dominican, 27-24	Sept. 19 vs. No. 5 Ferris St. (Mich.)
15.	Colorado School of Mines	2-0	348	16	D. William Jewell (Mo.), 42-7	Sept. 19 vs. Chadron St. (Neb.)
16.	Harding (Ark.)	2-0	298	19	D. Southern Nazarene (Okla.), 42-0	Sept. 19 at Southern Arkansas
17.	Ohio Dominican	1-1	277	7	Lost to No. 20 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 27-24	Sept. 19 at No. 19 Ashland (Ohio)
18.	Slippery Rock (Pa.)	2-0	230	21	D. East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 34-9	Sept. 19 vs. Millersville (Pa.)
19.	Ashland (Ohio)	2-0	176	24	D. Walsh (Ohio), 31-24 OT	Sept. 19 vs. No. 17 Ohio Dominican
20.	Shepherd (W.Va.)	2-0	170	25	D. Charleston (W.Va.), 45-25	Sept. 19 at Virginia-Wise
21.	Concord (W.Va.)	1-1	117	22	D. Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 27-10	Sept. 19 at Urbana (Ohio)
22.	Texas A&M-Commerce	1-1	108	18	Lost to No. 10 Delta St. (Miss.), 51-44	Sept. 19 at Texas A&M-Kingsville
23.	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	1-1	93	8	Lost to North Greenville (S.C.), 35-13	Sept. 19 at Tusculum (Tenn.)
24.	Tuskegee (Ala.)	2-0	90	NR	D. Albany St. (Ga.), 27-14	Sept. 19 vs. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.)
25.	Humboldt St. (Calif.)	2-0	74	NR	D. No. 17 Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 62-41	Sept. 19 vs. Dixie