D3football.com Poll

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University fell four spots to No. 6 in tonight's (Sept. 25) D3football.com Top 25 poll.

North Central (Ill.) picked up 18 first-place votes and 612 points to retain the top spot in the poll. Mount Union (Ohio) received five first-place votes and moved up one spot to No. 2 (600 points), followed by Wisconsin-Whitewater (one first-place vote, 560 points), Mary Hardin-Baylor of Texas (one first-place vote, 524 points), Trinity of Texas (486 points) and SJU (480 points).

Seven teams in NCAA Region 6 were ranked in the top 25: Wisconsin-Whitewater (No. 3), SJU (No. 6), Linfield (No. 7), Wisconsin-La Crosse (No. 9), Bethel (No. 12), Wisconsin-Oshkosh (No. 16) and Wisconsin-River Falls (No. 17). George Fox and Wisconsin-Platteville received votes.

SJU suffered its first loss of the 2022 season - 28-24 - on Saturday (Sept. 24) at then-No. 20 Bethel. The Johnnies rushed for a season-high 101 yards (-31 yards on five sacks) and posted 414 total yards, but allowed 506 yards of offense to the Royals and three touchdowns of 35+ yards. SJU led 10-7 at halftime and entered the fourth quarter with a 17-14 advantage, but committed turnovers on its final two possessions. The win was the first for BU over SJU since 2013 - snapping an eight-game losing skid in the series - and the 10th in 44 meetings against the Johnnies.

The Johnnies (2-1, 0-1 MIAC) play host to Concordia-Moorhead (2-1, 0-1 MIAC) for Homecoming at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in Clemens Stadium.