D3football.com Poll | AFCA Poll

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - Saint John's University stayed at No. 8 in the latest D3football.com (Nov. 10) poll and moved up one spot to No. 11 in the American Football Coaches' Association (Nov. 11) rankings.

Nine teams in the West region, including SJU, were ranked in D3football.com's top 25: Wisconsin-Whitewater (No. 3), Bethel (No. 9), Chapman (No. 13), St. Thomas (No. 17), Redlands (No. 18), Linfield (No. 19), Wartburg (No. 24) and Central (No. 25). Wisconsin-La Crosse (50 points), Wisconsin-Platteville (47) and Wisconsin-Oshkosh (42) received votes.

SJU (8-1, 7-1 MIAC) won a share of its MIAC-record 34th conference championship and earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Playoffs with a 70-0 victory Nov. 9 at Hamline.

The Johnnies out-gained Hamline by a 550-121 margin and scored touchdowns on its first six offensive possessions. The Johnnies averaged 9.5 yards per play and 8.4 yards per carry (294 yards on 35 carries).

SJU wraps up the 2019 regular-season schedule with a 1 p.m. non-conference game against Rose-Hulman (Ind.) this Saturday, Nov. 16, in Clemens Stadium. The Fightin' Engineers (6-3, 5-2 HCAC) fell at home to Hanover (Ind.) by a score of 42-13 Nov. 9 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference's championship game.