CLEVELAND, Mississippi –  Delta State University climbed to 12^th in the American Football Coaches Association and to 13th in the D2Football.com Top 25 Polls on Tuesday following Saturday's 33-28 win over then No. 3 North Alabama.  The Statesmen made the biggest move in the AFCA poll jumping seven spots from No. 19 while moving five spots from No. 18 in the D2Football.com poll.
 
Minnesota State-Mankato and Minnesota-Duluth occupy the top two spots in both polls.  Lenior-Rhyne and Ferris State are ranked third and fourth in the AFCA poll while the two schools traded positions in D2Football.com.
 
As for Gulf South Conference schools, North Alabama fell to 15^th in the AFCA and 14^th in D2Football.com while Valdosta State is 18^th in D2Football.com.  VSU and West Georgia received votes in the AFCA poll
 
Delta State is 7-1 overall and 5-1 in the GSC, heading into Saturday's 2 p.m. contest against Concordia (Ala.) College at Parker Field-McCool Stadium. Fans can also listen to the game on the Statesmen Sports Network on 107.5  (Cleveland) and 101.1 FM (Grenada) and on gostatesmen.com with Matt Jones, Mark Williams and Phillip Tang calling the action.
 
 

2014 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll – November 3, 2014

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 8	Next Game
1.	Minnesota St.-Mankato (28)	9-0	770	1	D. No. 10 Sioux Falls (S.D.), 27-14	Nov. 8 at Wayne St. (Neb.)
2.	Minnesota-Duluth (1)	9-0	743	2	D. Minnesota-Crookston, 77-3	Nov. 8 vs. Mary (N.D.)
3.	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) (2)	9-0	715	4	D. No. 16 Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 35-32	Nov. 8 at Alderson Broaddus (W.Va.)
4.	Ferris St. (Mich.)	9-0	677	5	D. Lake Erie (Ohio), 66-56	Nov. 8 vs. Northern Michigan
5.	Bloomsburg (Pa.)	9-0	643	6	D. East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 34-13	Nov. 8 at Lock Haven (Pa.)
6.	Pittsburg St. (Kan.)	8-1	608	7	D. Missouri Southern St., 41-10	Nov. 8 vs. Central Missouri
7.	Northwest Missouri St.	8-1	580	8	D. Missouri Western St., 40-3	Nov. 8 at Emporia St. (Kan.)
8.	Colorado St.-Pueblo	8-1	536	9	D. Black Hills St. (S.D.), 49-7	Nov. 8 at Colorado Mesa
9.	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	8-0	466	13	D. Southern Arkansas, 38-28	Nov. 8 at Arkansas-Monticello
10.	Winston-Salem St. (N.C.)	8-1	444	11	D. Shaw (N.C.), 61-10	Nov. 8 at Fayetteville St. (N.C.)
11.	Ohio Dominican	7-1	437	12	D. Northwood (Mich.), 49-21	Nov. 8 vs. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
12.	Delta St. (Miss.)	7-1	402	19	D. No. 3 North Alabama, 33-28	Nov. 8 vs. Concordia (Ala.)
13.	Concord (W.Va.)	9-0	383	15	D. Virginia-Wise, 30-13	Nov. 8 vs. Notre Dame (Ohio)
14.	Henderson St. (Ark.)	8-1	377	14	D. Arkansas-Monticello, 49-7	Nov. 8 vs. Southern Arkansas
15.	North Alabama	7-1	372	3	Lost to No. 19 Delta St. (Miss.), 33-28	Nov. 8 vs. Shorter (Ga.)
16.	Harding (Ark.)	7-1	313	17	D. Southeastern Oklahoma St., 51-6	Nov. 8 at East Central (Okla.)
17.	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	8-1	304	10	Lost to No. 1 Minnesota State-Mankato, 27-14	Nov. 8 vs. Upper Iowa
18.	West Chester (Pa.)	8-1	250	20	D. Cheyney (Pa.), 58-0	Nov. 8 at East Stroudsburg (Pa.)
19.	Colorado School of Mines	8-1	244	18	D. Colorado Mesa, 37-23	Nov. 8 at Western St. (Colo.)
20.	Michigan Tech	7-1	183	21	D. Tiffin (Ohio), 35-17	Nov. 8 vs. No. 22 Ashland (Ohio)
21.	Shepherd (W.Va.)	7-1	157	22	D. Glenville St. (W.Va.), 37-14	Nov. 8 at West Virginia St.
22.	Ashland (Ohio)	8-1	141	23	D. Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 37-14	Nov. 8 at No. 20 Michigan Tech
23.	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	8-1	104	24	D. Western Oregon, 19-18	Nov. 8 at Simon Fraser (B.C.)
24.	Carson-Newman (Tenn.)	6-2	77	16	Lost to No. 4 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 35-32	Nov. 8 at Newberry (S.C.)
25.	Indianapolis (Ind.)	8-1	48	NR	D. St. Joseph's (Ind.), 36-33 4OT	Nov. 8 at Missouri S&T

Dropped Out: California (Pa.) (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Humboldt St. (Calif.), 19; Texas A&M-Commerce, 18; Midwestern St. (Texas), 16; Central Missouri, 13; Angelo St. (Texas), 12; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 11; West Georgia, 9; Central Oklahoma, 1; East Central (Okla.), 1; Virginia St., 1.
 

2Football.com Top 25 Poll
November 4, 2014