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CNU Football Continues To Rise In AFCA Poll
October 21, 2003 – The American Football Coaches
Association has released its
weekly Top 25 poll and Christopher Newport continues to steadily rise in
the rankings. Behind a 31-7 win over Chowan, the Captains are
currently 5-1 and ranked 21st. This marks the third consecutive
week CNU has been ranked by AFCA and they have improved their position
each of those weeks. The Captains were ranked 22cd last week,
after debuting on the poll at 25th the previous week.
The complete AFCA Top 25 follows:
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mount Union (Ohio) (45) | 6-0 | |
| 2. | St. John’s (Minn.) (1) | 6-0 | |
| 3. | Linfield (Ore.) | 5-0 | |
| 4. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) | 6-0 | |
| 5. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-0 | |
| 6. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 6-0 | |
| 7. | Springfield (Mass.) | 7-0 | |
| 8. | Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) | 5-1 | |
| 9. | Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) | 6-0 | |
| 10. | Rowan (N.J.) | 5-1 | |
| 11. | Bridgewater (Va.) | 5-1 | |
| 12. | Trinity (Texas) | 5-1 | |
| 13. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 7-0 | |
| 14. | Bethel (Minn.) | 7-0 | |
| 15. | Wis.-La Crosse | 5-1 | |
| 16. | Hardin-Simmons (Texas) | 5-1 | |
| 17. | Capital (Ohio) | 6-0 | |
| 18. | Brockport St. (N.Y.) | 6-1 | |
| 19. | Salisbury (Md.) | 5-0 | |
| 20. | St. Norbert (Wis.) | 7-0 | |
| 21. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 5-1 | |
| 22. | College of New Jersey | 5-1 | |
| 23. | Lycoming (Pa.) | 4-1 | |
| 24. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 5-1 | |
| 25. | Wittenberg (Ohio) | 5-1 |