Husson Now #1 Ranked Defense In Nation
After holding the opposition to minus yards rushing for a second straight week, the Husson Eagles have climbed to the top of the national statistics in total defense.
The Eagles held Anna Maria to 37 total yards in Saturday's 42-0 win. That includes -12 rushing yards.
Through six games (win over Dean College does not count in NCAA stats), Husson is #1 in Division III allowing just 145.5 YPG.
Opponents are averaging 24.2 YPG on the ground and 121.3 YPG in the air.
NOTES: On offense, RB John Smith has climbed to #2 in the nation in rushing. He now is averaging 158.5 YPG. Trevor Heitland (Coe) is ranked first with 162.4 YPG...Senior LB Ellis Thorckmorton is ECFC Defensive Player of the Week (10 tackles,1 FF, 3 sacks)...QB Corey Brandon is ECFC Offensive Player of the Week (305 Yds Passing, 5 TDs)
2016 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll
October 24, 2016
Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev | Last Week | Next Game |
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1. | Mount Union (Ohio) (38) | 7-0 | 1045 | 1 | D. Wilmington (Ohio), 71-7 | Oct. 29 at Otterbein (Ohio) |
2. | Wis.-Whitewater (3) | 7-0 | 997 | 2 | D. Wis.-Stevens Point, 24-2 | Oct. 29 at Wis.-Eau Claire |
3. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) (1) | 7-0 | 971 | 3 | D. No. 8 Hardin-Simmons (Texas), 20-15 | Oct. 29 at Sul Ross St. (Texas) |
4. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 7-0 | 929 | 4 | D. Hamline (Minn.), 71-20 | Oct. 29 at Bethel (Minn.) |
5. | North Central (Ill.) | 7-0 | 865 | 5 | D. Augustana (Ill.), 42-21 | Oct. 29 vs. Carroll (Wis.) |
6. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 6-1 | 832 | 6 | D. No. 10 Wis.-Platteville, 22-13 | Oct. 29 at Wis.-River Falls |
7. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 7-0 | 781 | 7 | D. Gettysburg (Pa.), 54-14 | Oct. 29 at Ursinus (Pa.) |
8. | Linfield (Ore.) | 5-1 | 736 | 9 | D. Whitworth (Wash.), 45-31 | Oct. 29 vs. George Fox (Ore.) |
9. | St. John’s (Minn.) | 7-1 | 710 | 11 | D. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 56-10 | Nov. 5 vs. Hamline (Minn.) |
10. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-1 | 623 | 12 | D. North Park (Ill.), 60-7 | Oct. 29 at Augustana (Ill.) |
11. | Hardin-Simmons (Texas) | 6-1 | 580 | 8 | Lost to No. 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas), 20-15 | Oct. 29 at Belhaven (Miss.) |
12. | Stevenson (Md.) | 7-0 | 538 | 14 | D. Delaware Valley (Pa.), 19-0 | Oct. 29 at King’s (Pa.) |
13. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 7-1 | 515 | 13 | D. St. Vincent (Pa.), 45-14 | Oct. 29 vs. Bethany (W.V.) |
14. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 7-0 | 476 | 15 | D. Merchant Marine (N.Y.), 8-0 | Oct. 29 vs. Union (N.Y.) |
15. | Coe (Iowa) | 8-0 | 442 | 17 | D. Luther (Iowa), 45-6 | Oct. 29 vs. Buena Vista (Iowa) |
16. | Wabash (Ind.) | 6-1 | 326 | 18 | D. Wooster (Ohio), 34-24 | Oct. 29 at Ohio Wesleyan |
17. | Salisbury (Md.) | 6-1 | 300 | 19 | D. Kean (N.J.), 36-14 | Oct. 29 at Christopher Newport (Va.) |
18. | Wis.-Platteville | 5-2 | 292 | 10 | Lost to No. 6 Wis.-Oshkosh, 22-13 | Oct. 29 at Wis.-Stout |
19. | Monmouth (Ill.) | 7-0 | 284 | 20 | D. Illinois College, 69-7 | Oct. 29 at Beloit (Wis.) |
20. | Alfred (N.Y.) | 7-0 | 273 | 21 | D. Hartwick (N.Y.), 61-12 | Oct. 29 vs. Brockport (N.Y.) |
21. | East Texas Baptist | 6-1 | 247 | 22 | D. Howard Payne (Texas), 76-14 | Oct. 29 at Louisiana College |
22. | John Carroll (Ohio) | 6-1 | 154 | 25 | D. Capital (Ohio), 56-0 | Oct. 29 at Muskingum (Ohio) |
23. | St. John Fisher (N.Y.) | 6-1 | 141 | 23 | Idle | Oct. 29 vs. Ithaca (N.Y.) |
24. | Denison (Ohio) | 7-0 | 113 | NR | D. Allegheny (Pa.), 42-28 | Oct. 29 at DePauw (Ind.) |
25. | Hobart (N.Y.) | 6-1 | 92 | 24 | D. Springfield (Mass.), 12-7 | Oct. 29 at Worcester Polytechnic (Mass.) |
Dropped Out: Franklin (Ind.) (16).
Others Receiving Votes: Muhlenberg (Pa.), 64; Case Western Reserve (Ohio), 61; Wittenberg (Ohio), 51; Dubuque (Iowa), 41; Franklin (Ind.), 35; Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), 33; Western New England (Mass.), 28; Wesley (Del.), 25; Huntingdon (Ala.), 18;
Trinity (Conn.), 11; Berry (Ga.), 6; Rowan (N.J.), 3; Husson (Maine), 2; Redlands (Calif.), 2; Westminster (Pa.), 2; Frostburg St. (Md.), 1;
Merchant Marine (N.Y.), 1; Middlebury (Vt.), 1; Olivet (Mich.), 1; Utica (N.Y.), 1; Washington (Mo.), 1.