Waco, Tex. - The Southwest Baptist University football team received 37 votes in the latest AFCA Division II Coaches Poll, the most votes received in program history. The Bearcats were the second school out of the top 25, and one of only two GLVC schools in the rankings.

The Bearcats picked up a 37-20 victory at Quincy last weekend, extending their win streak to 6 games dating back to last season. The Bearcats 4-0 start this year ties the best start in program history when SBU went 4-0 in both 1986 and 1987.

Below is the complete AFCA Division II Coaches' Poll:
 

Rank	School (1st Votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.
1.	Northwest Missouri St. (30)	4-0	750	1
2.	Grand Valley St. (MI)	4-0	713	2
3.	West Georgia	4-0	658	3
4.	Shepherd (WV)	4-0	637	4
5.	Ashland (OH)	4-0	622	5
6.	Texas A&M-Commerce	3-0	586	6
7.	Henderson St. (AR)	4-0	563	8
8.	Indiana (PA)	3-0	533	9
9.	Slippery Rock (PA)	4-0	511	10
10.	Midwestern St. (TX)	3-0	458	11
11.	Tuskegee (AL)	4-0	424	12
12.	Sioux Falls (SD)	4-0	386	14
13.	Ferris St. (MI)	3-1	374	7
14.	Azusa Pacific (CA)	4-0	365	15
15.	Assumption (MA)	4-0	325	17
16.	Florida Tech	4-0	302	19
17.	Colorado Mesa	4-0	289	18
18.	North Alabama	2-1	261	20
19.	Minnesota St.	3-1	178	21
20.	Harding (AR)	4-0	172	25
21.	North Carolina-Pembroke	4-0	123	NR
22.	Central Missouri	3-1	116	13
23.	Emporia St. (KS)	3-1	97	NR
24.	California (PA)	3-0	71	NR
25.	Augustana (SD)	3-1	48	16

Others Receiving Votes: Bemidji St (MN), 40; Southwest Baptist (MO), 37; Valdosta St. (GA), 32; West Texas A&M, 32; Wayne St. (MI), 20; LIU-Post (NY), 8; Winston-Salem (NC), 6; Minnesota-Duluth, 3; Humboldt St. (CA), 2; McKendree (IL), 2; Pittsburg St. (KS), 2; Colorado School of Mines, 1; Fort Hays St. (KS), 1; Ouachita Baptist (AR), 1; Western St. (CO), 1.