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

By Press release submission

Nov 23, 2022

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

North Central (Ill.) (44)

10-0

1172

D. Augustana (Ill.), 63-3

Nov. 19 vs. Lake Forest (Ill.)

Mount Union (Ohio) (1)

10-0

1101

D. Baldwin Wallace (Ohio), 23-21

Nov. 19 vs. No. 24 Salisbury (Md.)

Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) (1)

9-1

1068

D. McMurry (Tex.), 62-3

Nov. 19 vs. No. 19 Huntingdon (Ala.)

Linfield (Ore.) (1)

9-0

1039

D. Lewis & Clark (Ore.), 70-7

Nov. 19 vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.)

Trinity (Tex.)

10-0

949

D. Sewanee (Tenn.), 38-0

Nov. 19 vs. No. 10 Hardin-Simmons (Tex.)

St. John's (Minn.)

9-1

932

D. No. 12 Bethel (Minn.), 28-10

Nov. 19 vs. Northwestern (Minn.)

Wisconsin-La Crosse

9-1

852

D. Wisconsin-Platteville, 31-10

Nov. 19 at No. 12 Wartburg (Iowa)

Delaware Valley (Pa.)

10-0

785

D. Widener (Pa.), 34-7

Nov. 19 vs. Gallaudet (D.C.)

Ithaca (N.Y.)

10-0

760

D. No. 9 Cortland (N.Y.), 34-17

Nov. 19 vs. Massachusetts-Dartmouth

Hardin-Simmons (Tex.)

9-1

733

D. Texas Lutheran, 45-16

Nov. 19 at No. 5 Trinity (Tex.)

Wisconsin-Whitewater

8-2

700

D. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 79-10

Nov. 19 vs. Aurora (Ill.)

Wartburg (Iowa)

10-0

666

D. Coe (Iowa), 19-14

Nov. 19 vs. No. 7 Wisconsin-La Crosse

Susquehanna (Pa.)

10-0

628

D. Juniata (Pa.), 66-15

Nov. 19 vs. Utica (N.Y.)

Randolph-Macon (Va.)

10-0

543

D. Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 38-17

Nov. 19 vs. No. 17 Cortland (N.Y.)

Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)

10-0

471

D. Case Western Reserve (Ohio), 20-7

Nov. 19 vs. DePauw (Ind.)

Johns Hopkins (Md.)

9-1

451

D. McDaniel (Md.), 44-7

Nov. 19 vs. Stevenson (Md.)

Cortland (N.Y.)

9-1

408

Lost to No. 11 Ithaca (N.Y.), 34-17

Nov. 19 at No. 14 Randolph-Macon (Va.)

Wheaton (Ill.)

8-2

357

D. North Park (Ill.), 54-14

Nov. 19 vs. No. 20 Bethel (Minn.)

Huntingdon (Ala.)

9-1

305

D. LaGrange (Ga.), 55-7

Nov. 19 at No. 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.)

Bethel (Minn.)

8-2

291

Lost to No. 6 St. John's (Minn.), 28-10

Nov. 19 at No. 18 Wheaton (Ill.)

Mount St. Joseph (Ohio)

10-0

243

D. Rose-Hulman (Ind.), 40-31

Nov. 19 at No. 22 Alma (Mich.)

Alma (Mich.)

10-0

233

D. No. 19 Albion (Mich.), 34-31

Nov. 19 vs. No. 21 Mount St. Joseph (Ohio)

Endicott (Mass.)

10-0

207

D. Western New England (Mass.), 26-21

Nov. 19 vs. Springfield (Mass.)

Salisbury (Md.)

9-1

D. Christopher Newport (Va.), 36-33

Nov. 19 at No. 2 Mount Union (Ohio)

Albion (Mich.)

9-1

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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