CNU Football Rises In AFCA Poll

October 14, 2003 – The American Football Coaches Association has released its weekly Top 25 poll and Christopher Newport is ranked for the second week in a row.  The Captains cracked the list last week at number 25.  After a 42-10 victory over Greensboro, they have moved up to number 22 this week.  CNU is now 4-1 on the season. 

The complete AFCA Top 25 follows:

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.
1.	Mount Union (Ohio) (45)	5-0
2.	St. John’s (Minn.) (1)	5-0
3.	Linfield (Ore.)	4-0
4.	Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)	5-0
5.	Brockport St. (N.Y.)	6-0
6.	Wheaton (Ill.)	5-0
7.	Wartburg (Iowa)	5-0
8.	Springfield (Mass.)	6-0
9.	Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio)	4-1
10.	Lycoming (Pa.)	4-0
11.	Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)	5-0
12.	Rowan (N.J.)	4-1
13.	Bridgewater (Va.)	4-1
14.	Trinity (Texas)	5-1
15.	Johns Hopkins (Md.)	6-0
16.	Bethel (Minn.)	6-0
17.	Hardin-Simmons (Texas)	4-1
18.	Wis.-La Crosse	4-1
19.	Salisbury (Md.)	4-0
20.	St. Norbert (Wis.)	6-0
21.	Capital (Ohio)	5-0
22.	Christopher Newport (Va.)	4-1
23.	College of New Jersey	5-1
24.	Simpson (Iowa)	5-0
25.	Wittenberg (Ohio)	4-1