After Saturdays 36-20 victory over Concordia College, the Bethel Royals have moved up one spot to 18th in the latest D3Football.com poll. The Royals are currently 7-1 on the season with two games remaining. This coming week the Royals will travel down Snelling Avenue compete against Hamline University.
Here are the complete rankings as they currently stand courtesy of D3football.com:
Through games of Saturday, Oct. 30:
Rank School (No. 1 votes) W-L Pts Prev.
1 UW-Whitewater (23) 8-0 623 1
2 Mount Union (2) 8-0 602 2
3 Wesley 8-0 563 3
4 St. Thomas 9-0 550 4
5 North Central (Ill.) 8-0 506 5
6 Mary Hardin-Baylor 8-0 502 6
7 Hardin-Simmons 8-1 420 7
8 Delaware Valley 7-1 404 8
9 Wittenberg 8-0 386 9
10 Thomas More 8-0 376 10
11 Ohio Northern 7-1 366 11
12 Linfield 6-1 344 12
13 Wartburg 8-0 309 13
14 Trine 8-0 307 15
15 Wheaton (Ill.) 8-0 286 17
16 Coe 7-1 284 16
17 Central 8-1 263 18
18 Bethel 7-1 176 19
19 Hampden-Sydney 8-0 170 21
20 Cal Lutheran 6-1 153 22
21 Pacific Lutheran 6-1 85 25
22 DePauw 8-0 81 --
23 Rowan 7-1 62 --
24 Cortland State 7-1 61 --
25 Wabash 7-1 55 --
Dropped out: No. 14 Montclair State, No. 20 Alfred, No. 23 St. John Fisher, No. 24 Ursinus
Others receiving votes: St. John Fisher 54, Montclair State 51, Franklin 35, Randolph-Macon 12, Baldwin-Wallace 11, Amherst 10, Salisbury 10, Ursinus 6, Willamette 3, Williams 2.
The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.