Football receives vote in AFCA Division III Coaches Poll
By Marissa Myers
ADA — The Ohio Northern football team received a vote in the tenth weekly American Football Coaches Association Division III coaches poll, released on Monday.
North Central (Minn.) is ranked first with 1,300 points and 52 first place votes, Mount Union is ranked second with 1,239 points and Johns Hopkins (Md.) is third with 1,185 points.
The Polar Bears (7-2 Overall, 6-1 OAC) are coming off a 30-28 victory over previously-No. 22-ranked Baldwin Wallace on Saturday.
ONU will return to action next on Saturday at noon when they travel to Otterbein for the regular season finale.
2025 AFCA Division III Coaches Poll - Week 10
Nov. 10, 2025
| 2025 | Total | Previous | ||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Record | Points | Week |
| 1. | North Central (Ill.) | 9-0 | 1300 | 1 |
| 2. | Mount Union | 9-0 | 1239 | 2 |
| 3. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 9-0 | 1185 | 3 |
| 4. | Bethel (Minn.) | 9-0 | 1121 | 6 |
| 5. | Wisconsin-River Falls | 8-1 | 1073 | 8 |
| 6. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 9-0 | 1072 | 7 |
| 7. | St. John's (Minn.) | 8-1 | 959 | 9 |
| 8. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 9-0 | 930 | 12 |
| 9. | John Carroll | 8-1 | 872 | 11 |
| 10. | Salisbury (Md.) | 8-1 | 779 | 4 |
| 11. | DePauw (Ind.) | 8-1 | 698 | 13 |
| 12. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 8-1 | 691 | 5 |
| 13. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 7-2 | 662 | 14 |
| 14. | Cortland (N.Y.) | 8-1 | 571 | 15 |
| 15. | Hope (Mich.) | 8-1 | 553 | 16 |
| 16. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 7-2 | 501 | 17 |
| 17. | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 6-2 | 480 | 10 |
| 18. | Randolph-Macon (Va.) | 8-1 | 443 | 18 |
| 19. | Central (Iowa) | 8-1 | 426 | 19 |
| 20. | Berry (Ga.) | 8-1 | 367 | 20 |
| 21. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-2 | 263 | 21 |
| 22. | Trinity (Tex.) | 8-1 | 229 | 22 |
| 23. | Wabash (Ind.) | 8-1 | 167 | 23 |
| 24. | Adrian (Mich.) | 8-1 | 57 | NR |
| 25. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 8-1 | 42 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.), 37; Monmouth (Ill.), 26; Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 20; Endicott (Mass.), 17; Susquehanna (Pa.), 17; Whitworth (Wash.), 17; Hanover (Ind.), 14; Alma (Mich.), 12; Linfield (Ore.), 11; Wisconsin-Stout, 11; Coe, 9; Washington & Jefferson (Pa.), 9; Chapman (Calif.), 7; Springfield (Mass.), 6; Muhlenberg (Pa.), 5; Baldwin Wallace, 3; Concordia (Wis.), 2; LaGrange (Ga.), 2; Washington (Mo.), 2; Eastern (Pa.), 1; Ohio Northern, 1; Wesleyan (Conn.), 1.