AFCA Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University stayed at No. 5 in the latest American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) poll released Monday, Oct. 18.  
 
Six teams in NCAA Region 6 (MIAC, NWC, SCIAC, UMAC, WIAC) were ranked in the top 25, including three in the top 10: Wisconsin-Whitewater (No. 3), SJU (No. 5), Linfield (No. 6), Wisconsin-La Crosse (No. 13), Bethel (No. 16) and Wisconsin-Oshkosh (No. 24). Four others (Redlands, Chapman, Wisconsin-Stout, Whitworth and Gustavus Adolphus) received votes.

D3football.com reported last Thursday (Oct. 14) that the NCAA shifted the American Southwest Conference (Mary Hardin-Baylor, Hardin-Simmons, etc.) from Region 6 to Region 3.
 
SJU recorded five takeaways and out-gained St. Olaf 520-190 (301-28 in the first half) in a 56-0 win, the team's third consecutive shutout, last Saturday (Oct. 16) in front of a Family Weekend crowd of just under 9,000 fans in Collegeville.

The Johnnies (6-0, 4-0 MIAC, 1-0 Northwoods) make their second road trip of the season to face Gustavus Adolphus (5-1, 3-1 MIAC, 1-0 Northwoods) at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, in St. Peter.