KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Montana Tech football team held serve at No. 6 in the latest STADIONIC NAIA coaches’ top 25 poll, the national office announced Monday.[[“value”:”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Montana Tech football team held serve at No. 6 in the latest STADIONIC NAIA coaches’ top 25 poll, the national office announced Monday.
The Orediggers earned their third victory of the season against a ranked opponent on Saturday, defeating then-No. 22 Dakota State, 33-21, on the road. The victory moved Montana Tech to 4-1 on the season and 1-0 in Frontier Conference East Division play.
Tech’s other top-25 victories came September 5 versus then-No. 11 Carroll and September 12 at then-No. 18 Montana Western.
The College of Idaho, Montana Tech’s lone defeat on the season, moved into sole possession of the No. 1 spot. Carroll at No. 12 and Dakota State at No. 23 also represented the Frontier in the rankings.
Montana Tech will return home Saturday to celebrate Homecoming with a 1 p.m. kickoff against MSU-Northern.
STADIONIC NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll (Sept. 28)
TREND
RANK
LAST
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]
RECORD
●
1
T-1
College of Idaho [8]
5-0
▼
2
T-1
Keiser (Fla.) [4]
3-1
●
3
3
Indiana Wesleyan
5-0
●
4
4
Benedictine (Kan.)
5-1
●
5
5
Grand View (Iowa)
5-1
●
6
6
Montana Tech
5-1
●
7
7
Morningside (Iowa)
5-1
●
8
8
Friends (Kan.)
6-0
▲
9
10
St. Thomas (Fla.)
5-0
▲
10
11
Marian (Ind.)
4-1
▲
11
12
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
5-1
▲
12
13
Carroll (Mont.)
4-1
▼
13
9
Campbellsville (Ky.)
4-1
▲
14
15
McPherson (Kan.)
6-0
▲
15
17
Dordt (Iowa)
3-2
▲
16
19
Louisiana Christian
5-1
▲
17
18
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
4-0
▲
18
20
William Penn (Iowa)
5-1
▼
19
16
Midland (Neb.)
5-1
▲
20
21
Northwestern (Iowa)
4-2
▼
21
14
Southeastern (Fla.)
3-1
▲
22
24
Georgetown (Ky.)
3-2
▼
23
22
Dakota State (S.D.)
4-2
▼
24
23
Baker (Kan.)
4-1
▲
25
RV
Evangel (Mo.)
4-2
Dropped out of Top 25: Cumberland (Tenn.)
Receiving Votes: Cumberland (Tenn.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Florida Memorial, Kansas Wesleyan, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), OUAZ (Ariz.), Southwestern (Kan.), Taylor (Ind.), Texas Wesleyan.
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