D3football.com Poll | AFCA Poll

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - Saint John's University is ranked No. 4 in both the latest D3football.com (Oct. 27) and American Football Coaches' Association (Oct. 28) polls for the sixth consecutive week.

Nine teams in the West region, including SJU, were ranked in D3football.com's top 25: Wisconsin-Whitewater (No. 3), Bethel (No. 9), Wartburg (No. 12), Wisconsin-Platteville (No. 13), Chapman (No. 16), St. Thomas (No. 19), Redlands (No. 23) and Linfield (No. 24). Wisconsin-La Crosse (36 points) and Whitworth (11) received votes.

SJU scored 41 unanswered points, including 34 in the second half, in a 54-17 win at St. Olaf last Saturday (Oct. 26) in Northfield. The Johnnies rolled to 749 yards of offense on 68 plays (11.0 avg.), including 396 in the second half alone. The total was the second-most in school history, six yards from the record of 755 posted in the Johnnies' 77-12 win at Bethel on Oct. 16, 1993 (John Gagliardi's 300th career victory).

Senior quarterback Jackson Erdmann (Rosemount, Minn.) broke his own school records for passing yards and yards of total offense in the win. He finished 25 of 36 passing for 496 yards and four touchdowns, and led the Johnnies with a career-high 67 yards on 10 carries (for 563 yards of offense). The totals surpassed his previous records (470 passing, 456 total offense) set in the 2018 Johnnie-Tommie game.

The Johnnies (7-0, 6-0 MIAC) play host to Concordia-Moorhead (2-5, 2-3 MIAC) for a 1 p.m. game this Saturday, Nov. 2, in Clemens Stadium.