Bloomsburg (Pa.) breaks into AFCA top 10 for first time this season

WACO, Texas – Only one top-10 team lost this week, allowing Bloomsburg (Pa.) to enter the top 10 for the first time this year at No. 10 in the AFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll.

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The rest of the Top 10 was unchanged as Pittsburg State still holds onto the top spot with 29 first-place votes. Minnesota-Duluth, Colorado State-Pueblo, Grand Valley State and Winston-Salem State round out the Top 5.

Shippensburg moved into the Top 25 at No. 21 for the first time since the final poll of 2009. The Raiders are 4-0 after a 61-6 win against Millersville last Saturday.

Newberry is the second newcomer this week, making its first appearance in the poll since Oct. 7, 2008. The Wolves are No. 24 and 4-0 after its 47-22 victory against Carson-Newman.

Making its first appearance in the poll is Sioux Falls, which comes in ranked No. 25. The Cougars are 4-0 so far in 2012 in just its second season of Division II play since making the jump from NAIA. Valdosta State, Colorado School of Mines and Abilene Christian all fell out of the poll this week.