CNU Football Rises National Ranking

October 6, 2003 – D3football.com has announced this week's Top 25 and Christopher Newport is ranked for the second week in a row.  The Captains are currently 3-1 and are ranked 23rd.  A 21-0 victory over Shenandoah moved the team up two spots from last week's 25.  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.

The complete D3football.com Top 25 follows:

#	School (1st votes)	Rec.
1	Mount Union (25)	4-0
2	St. John's	4-0
3	UW-La Crosse	4-0
4	Linfield	3-0
5	Mary Hardin-Baylor	4-0
6	Wartburg	4-0
7	Wheaton	4-0
8	Baldwin-Wallace	3-1
9	UW-Stevens Point	3-1
10	Wittenberg	4-0
11	Lycoming	3-0
12	Brockport State	5-0
13	Wooster	4-0
14	Springfield	5-0
15	Rowan	3-1
16	Bridgewater (Va.)	4-1
17	Bethel	5-0
18	Washington and Jefferson	4-0
19	Hampden-Sydney	3-1
20	Trinity (Texas)	4-1
21	Hardin-Simmons	3-1
22	New Jersey	4-1
23	Christopher Newport	3-1
24	Capital	4-0
25	UW-Stout	2-2