2011 AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Week 11
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 14, 2011
AFCA CONTACT: Vince Thompson, Director of Media Relations
COLORADO STATE-PUEBLO FINISHES REGULAR SEASON AT NO. 1
WACO, TEX.– Thanks to an upset loss by then-No. 1 Delta State (Miss.), Colorado State-Pueblo ends the regular season at No. 1 in the AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll. The Thunderwolves finished with an 11-0 record and will host a second round playoff game on November 26. Midwestern State (Texas) moved up the second spot and will also host a second round playoff game, as will No. 3 Winston-Salem State (N.C.), who beat Elizabeth City State (N.C.), 38-18, to claim the CIAA championship. Nebraska-Kearney moves up to No. 4 and New Haven (Conn.) moves up to No. 5. Both will host second round playoff games on November 26.
Nineteen of the AFCA Top 25 teams will be participating in the NCAA Division II playoffs. There will be three Top 25 matchups in the first round of the playoffs, starting off with No. 10 Northwest Missouri State traveling to No. 16 Missouri Western State. No. 11 Abilene Christian (Texas) will travel to No. 15 Washburn (Kan.), while No. 12 North Alabama will travel to No. 22 West Alabama. Five new teams entered the poll this week highlighted by No. 20 North Greenville (S.C.), who enters the Coaches' Poll for the first time in school history.
2011 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll – November 14, 2011
Rank School (1st votes)
1. Colorado St.-Pueblo (16)
2. Midwestern St. (Texas) (11)
3. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.)
4. Nebraska-Kearney
5. New Haven (Conn.)
6. Kutztown (Pa.)
7. Pittsburg St. (Kan.)
8. Delta St. (Miss.)
9. Minnesota-Duluth
10. Northwest Missouri St.
11. Abilene Christian (Texas)
12. North Alabama
13. Humboldt St. (Calif.)
14. St. Cloud State (Minn.)
15. Washburn (Kan.)
16. Missouri Western St.
17. California (Pa.)
18. Bloomsburg (Pa.)
19. Mars Hill (N.C.)
20. North Greenville (S.C.)
21. Shepherd (W.Va.)
22. West Alabama
23. Central Missouri
24. West Virginia Wesleyan
25. Grand Valley St. (Mich.)
Others Receiving Votes: Albany St. (Ga.), 36; Colorado School of Mines, 35; Morehouse (Ga.), 30; West Texas A&M, 17; Hillsdale (Mich.), 15; Elizabeth City St. (N.C.), 13; Concord (W.Va.), 11; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 9; Wayne St. (Mich.), 9; Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 5; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 5; North Carolina-Pembroke, 4; Southern Connecticut St., 4; Minnesota St.-Mankato, 3; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 3; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 2; East Central (Okla.), 1.
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