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R-MC Football Rises to No. 14 in AFCA Coaches’ Poll

The Randolph-Macon football team climbed two spots to No. 14 in the American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches' Poll.

The Yellow Jackets bumped up to No. 16 in the latest D3football.com Top 25.

R-MC registered a 38-17 victory at Hampden-Sydney this past Saturday, the ninth straight win for the Yellow Jackets over the Tigers. R-MC improved to 10-0, the most wins in a season in program history. The Yellow Jackets extended their win streak to 16.

The Yellow Jackets, under 19th-year head coach Pedro Arruza, will host No. 17 Cortland on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 12 noon in the first round of the NCAA Championship.

2022 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches' Poll – November 14, 2022

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Last Week	Next Game
1	North Central (Ill.) (44)	10-0	1172	1	D. Augustana (Ill.), 63-3	Nov. 19 vs. Lake Forest (Ill.)
2	Mount Union (Ohio) (1)	10-0	1101	2	D. Baldwin Wallace (Ohio), 23-21	Nov. 19 vs. No. 24 Salisbury (Md.)
3	Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) (1)	9-1	1068	3	D. McMurry (Tex.), 62-3	Nov. 19 vs. No. 19 Huntingdon (Ala.)
4	Linfield (Ore.) (1)	9-0	1039	4	D. Lewis & Clark (Ore.), 70-7	Nov. 19 vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.)
5	Trinity (Tex.)	10-0	949	5	D. Sewanee (Tenn.), 38-0	Nov. 19 vs. No. 10 Hardin-Simmons (Tex.)
6	St. John's (Minn.)	9-1	932	6	D. No. 12 Bethel (Minn.), 28-10	Nov. 19 vs. Northwestern (Minn.)
7	Wisconsin-La Crosse	9-1	852	7	D. Wisconsin-Platteville, 31-10	Nov. 19 at No. 12 Wartburg (Iowa)
8	Delaware Valley (Pa.)	10-0	785	8	D. Widener (Pa.), 34-7	Nov. 19 vs. Gallaudet (D.C.)
9	Ithaca (N.Y.)	10-0	760	11	D. No. 9 Cortland (N.Y.), 34-17	Nov. 19 vs. Massachusetts-Dartmouth
10	Hardin-Simmons (Tex.)	9-1	733	10	D. Texas Lutheran, 45-16	Nov. 19 at No. 5 Trinity (Tex.)
11	Wisconsin-Whitewater	8-2	700	13	D. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 79-10	Nov. 19 vs. Aurora (Ill.)
12	Wartburg (Iowa)	10-0	666	14	D. Coe (Iowa), 19-14	Nov. 19 vs. No. 7 Wisconsin-La Crosse
13	Susquehanna (Pa.)	10-0	628	15	D. Juniata (Pa.), 66-15	Nov. 19 vs. Utica (N.Y.)
14	Randolph-Macon (Va.)	10-0	543	16	D. Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 38-17	Nov. 19 vs. No. 17 Cortland (N.Y.)
15	Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)	10-0	471	17	D. Case Western Reserve (Ohio), 20-7	Nov. 19 vs. DePauw (Ind.)
16	Johns Hopkins (Md.)	9-1	451	18	D. McDaniel (Md.), 44-7	Nov. 19 vs. Stevenson (Md.)
17	Cortland (N.Y.)	9-1	408	9	Lost to No. 11 Ithaca (N.Y.), 34-17	Nov. 19 at No. 14 Randolph-Macon (Va.)
18	Wheaton (Ill.)	8-2	357	20	D. North Park (Ill.), 54-14	Nov. 19 vs. No. 20 Bethel (Minn.)
19	Huntingdon (Ala.)	9-1	305	21	D. LaGrange (Ga.), 55-7	Nov. 19 at No. 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.)
20	Bethel (Minn.)	8-2	291	12	Lost to No. 6 St. John's (Minn.), 28-10	Nov. 19 at No. 18 Wheaton (Ill.)
21	Mount St. Joseph (Ohio)	10-0	243	22	D. Rose-Hulman (Ind.), 40-31	Nov. 19 at No. 22 Alma (Mich.)
22	Alma (Mich.)	10-0	233	24	D. No. 19 Albion (Mich.), 34-31	Nov. 19 vs. No. 21 Mount St. Joseph (Ohio)
23	Endicott (Mass.)	10-0	207	23	D. Western New England (Mass.), 26-21	Nov. 19 vs. Springfield (Mass.)
24	Salisbury (Md.)	9-1	97	25	D. Christopher Newport (Va.), 36-33	Nov. 19 at No. 2 Mount Union (Ohio)
25	Albion (Mich.)	9-1	71	19	Lost to No. 24 Alma (Mich.), 34-31	Season Complete

Dropped Out: none

Others Receiving Votes: John Carroll (Ohio), 62; DePauw (Ind.), 46; Lake Forest (Ill.), 28; Trinity (Conn.), 11; Howard Payne (Tex.), 10; Ursinus (Pa.), 9; Utica (N.Y.), 6; Washington (Mo.), 6; Aurora (Ill.), 5; Baldwin Wallace (Ohio), 5; Coe (Iowa), 5; Wisconsin-River Falls, 5; Washington & Jefferson (Pa.), 4; Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 3; Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 3; Birmingham-Southern (Ala.), 2; Central (Iowa), 2; Massachusetts-Dartmouth, 1.

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