NAPERVILLE — North Central was a 44-14 winner at WashU on Saturday, allowing the Cardinals to keep hold of their top national ranking according to new polls released Sunday by D3football.com and Monday by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Wheaton climbed to #14 in the D3football.com poll and #15 in the AFCA rankings after its 61-13 win over Carroll.
NCC’s place remained unchanged – 22 of 25 first-place votes from D3football.com voters and a unanimous #1 ranking from the coaches. The Cardinals gained 456 total yards in the road win and improved to 3-0 on the season.
Wheaton is up three spots in the D3football.com poll, collecting 272 points. The Thunder had 521 points in the AFCA poll, an increase of one position from a week ago.
Despite Saturday’s result, WashU continued to receive votes in the AFCA poll. The Bears, now 2-1, collected eight points.
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).