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College Football | Mount Union remains No. 4 in both national polls

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Mount Union remained at No. 4 in this week's AFCA Coaches Division III football poll.

The Purple Raiders (10-0, 9-0 Ohio Athletic Conference) completed their 32nd conference championship — all since 1985 — and will represent the OAC in the NCAA Division III playoffs. Mount Union, which will compete in the postseason for the 32nd time, has won 13 national championships.

Mount Union opens the postseason at home Saturday at noon against Washington & Lee.

AFCA DIVISION III COACHES POLL

1, North Central (Ill.) (39) 10-0 1158 1

2, Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) (6) 10-0 1117 2

3, Wisconsin-Whitewater (1) 10-0 1080 3

4, Mount Union (1) 10-0 1047 4

5, St. John’s (Minn.) 10-0 974 5

6, Linfield (Ore.) 9-0 928 6

7, Delaware Valley (Pa.) 10-0 847 7

8, Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 9-1 841 8

9, Wheaton (Ill.) 9-1 796 9

10, Central (Iowa) 10-0 792 10

11, Salisbury (Md.) 8-1 671 11

12, Cortland (N.Y.) 10-0 640 13

13, Muhlenberg (Pa.) 9-1 579 14

14, Trinity (Texas) 9-0 544 15

15, Wisconsin-La Crosse 8-2 520 16

16, Johns Hopkins (Md.) 9-1 436 17

17, Bethel (Minn.) 8-2 404 12

18, Randolph-Macon (Va.) 9-1 343 19

19, Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) 9-1 300 23

20, Rensselaer (N.Y.) 9-1 305 24

21, Redlands (Calif.) 8-1 225 25

22, Lake Forest (Ill.) 10-0 145 NR

23, Albion (Mich.) 9-1 134 NR

24. Ithaca (N.Y.) 8-2 127 18

25, Wisconsin-River Falls 8-2 109 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Hobart (N.Y.) 27, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 19, Merchant Marine (N.Y.) 15, Williams (Mass.) 15, Baldwin Wallace 11, Aurora (Ill.) 10, Westminster (Pa.) 10, Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 9, Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 9, George Fox (Ore.) 5, John Carroll 5, Susquehanna (Pa.) 4, DePauw (Ind.) 3, Methodist (N.C.) 3, Ohio Wesleyan 3, Heidelberg 2, Hope (Mich.) 1.

D3FOOTBALL.COM POLL

1, North Central (Ill.) (18) 10-0 616 1

2, Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) (7) 10-0 597 2

3, Wisconsin-Whitewater 10-0 580 3

4, Mount Union 10-0 548 4

5, St. John's (Minn.) 10-0 499 5

6, Wheaton (Ill.) 9-1 497 6

7, Linfield (Ore.) 9-0 476 7

8, Central (Iowa) 10-0 412 9

9, Delaware Valley (Pa.) 10-0 406 10

11, Wisconsin-La Crosse 8-2 359 12

12, Salisbury (Md.) 8-1 347 11

13, Cortland (N.Y.) 10-0 333 14

14, Bethel (Minn.) 8-2 295 13

15, Muhlenberg (Pa.) 9-1 278 15

16, Trinity (Texas) 9-0 265 16

17, Johns Hopkins (Md.) 9-1 214 17

18, Rensselaer (N.Y.) 9-1 193 21

19, Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) 9-1 177 22

20, Ithaca (N.Y.) 8-2 117 18

21, Randolph-Macon (Va.) 9-1 93 24

22, Wisconsin-River Falls 8-2 73 NR

23, Aurora (Ill.) 8-2 55 NR

24, Lake Forest (Ill.) 10-0 50 NR

25, Redlands (Calif.) 8-1 45 NR

Others receiving votes: Albion (Mich.) 36, Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 36, Williams (Mass.) 23, Heidelberg 20, Baldwin Wallace 20, Union (N.Y.) 19, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 14, John Carroll 10, Hobart (N.Y.) 4, Rose-Hulman (Ind.) 4, Susquehanna (Pa.) 4, Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 4, DePauw (Ind.) 2, Huntingdon (Ala.) 2, Westminster (Pa.) 2, Merchant Marine (N.Y.) 1.

This article originally appeared on The Alliance Review: Mount Union football is ranked No. 4 in this week's AFCA poll