BEREA, OHIO -- TheBaldwin-Wallace College Yellow Jacket football team, 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, is ranked high in the three Division III national polls this week and prior to playing in Ada against OAC rival Ohio Northern University on Saturday (October 11) at War Memorial Stadium at 1:30 p.m.
B-W is ranked eighth by the d3football.com Internet Web site poll which is released on Sunday. The Yellow Jackets jumped three spots, from 11th to eighth following last Saturday's 36-0 shutout win of previously nationally-ranked OAC and Cleveland cross-town rival John Carroll University. To view the entire d3football.com national poll, please click here.
B-W is ranked 11th this week in the AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) poll which is released on Monday. The Yellow Jackets jumped six spots in this poll as it was previously 17th prior to beating JCU. Fans should also not confuse the AFCA poll with the Division III Football Coaches Regional rankings which will take place in a few weeks. Both are totally separate polls with separate voters, and the Div. III Coaches poll is what determines the NCAA Division III National Playoff selections following games on November 15. To view the entire AFCA poll, please click here.
The final of the three weekly polls is the Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette poll. B-W is ranked 10th this week in the poll after being 15th a week ago. To view the entire poll, please click here.
Yellow Jacket fans can listen to this Saturday's game at Ohio Northern on B-W campus radio station WBWC, 88.,3 FM. Sports Director Pete Goche and a member of his staff will call back all of the action to campus. The pregame show is set to begin at 1:15 p.m. To hear the broadcast via the B-W Internet Web site, please log onto it at www.bw.edu/athletics. Go to the left-hand column on the main athletics page to the WBWC icon.
Following its game this Saturday against Ohio Northern in Ada, B-W will return home to begin preparations for its October 18 home game versus OAC foe Wilmington College at 1:30 p.m. That day is designated as Youth Football Day, Academic All-American Day and Professor Appreciation Day.
FOR MORE INFORMATION on Baldwin-Wallace College football, please contact the B-W Sports Information Office and Director Kevin Ruple by phone, please call 440-826-2327 or e-mail him at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach John Snell, please call him at 440-826-2069, FAX him at 440-826-2192 or e-mail him at jsnell@bw.edu. All of the latest Yellow Jacket football information can be accessed by logging onto the Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics and then going to the football pages.
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