CRIMSON HAWKS DROP A SPOT IN AFCA POLL, HOLD STEADY IN D2FOOTBALL.COM

IUP dropped a spot to tenth in the AFCA Coaches Poll released yesterday, and the Crimson Hawks held steady at number thirteen in the D2Football.com poll. IUP beat Edinboro in double-overtime on Saturday.

The rankings for Kutztown and Slippery Rock remained the same in both polls. Kutztown is still third in the coaches poll and fourth at D2Football. Slippery Rock is still eighth in the AFCA poll and ninth at D2Football.

IUP quarterback Mason Maggs is the PSAC West Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for a career-high 369 yards and four touchdowns against Edinboro. Maggs leads the PSAC with seventeen touchdown passes and has thrown just three interceptions. He’s third in passing efficiency and in yards per game.

IUP plays Lock Haven Saturday in the Homecoming game.

AFCA COACHES POLL

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 5	Next Game
1	Ferris St. (31)	5-0	775	1	D. Northern Michigan, 42-0	Oct. 10 vs. Saginaw Valley St.
2	Harding	5-0	744	2	D. East Central, 42-21	Oct. 10 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma
3	Kutztown	5-0	704	3	D. Shippensburg, 59-7	Oct. 10 vs. Lackawanna
4	CSU Pueblo	6-0	672	4	D. Adams St., 72-7	Oct. 17 vs. New Mexico Highlands
5	Minnesota St.	6-0	651	5	D. Concordia-St. Paul, 49-7	Oct. 10 at Winona St.
6	Grand Valley St.	5-0	628	6	D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 69-3	Oct. 10 at No. 19 Michigan Tech
7	Western Colorado	6-0	572	7	D. New Mexico Highlands, 52-24	Oct. 17 vs. Fort Lewis
8	Slippery Rock	5-0	554	8	D. Gannon, 49-10	Oct. 10 vs. Seton Hill
9	Emporia St.	5-0	499	10	D. Missouri Western, 34-22	Oct. 10 at Missouri Southern
10	Indiana (Pa.)	5-0	476	9	D. Edinboro, 46-44 (2OT)	Oct. 10 vs. Lock Haven
11	Davenport	5-0	464	11	D. Saginaw Valley St., 37-27	Oct. 10 vs. Northern Michigan
12	Northwood	5-0	385	14	D. Kentucky Chrisitan, 59-14	Oct. 10 at Tiffin
13	Central Washington	3-2	378	12	D. Angelo St., 41-14	Oct. 10 vs. Midwestern St.
14	Northwest Missouri St.	3-1	376	13	Idle	Oct. 10 vs. No. 24 Central Missouri
15	North Greenville	5-0	325	17	D. UNC Pembroke, 42-41	Oct. 10 vs. Chowan
16	Findlay	4-1	308	16	D. Ohio Dominican, 41-3	Oct. 10 vs. Ashland
17	Henderson St.	5-0	273	19	D. Southwestern Oklahoma, 38-33	Oct. 10 at Northwestern Oklahoma
18	Valdosta St.	4-1	243	18	D. Erskine, 56-0	Oct. 24 vs. Shorter
19	Michigan Tech	4-1	213	20	D. Roosevelt, 57-28	Oct. 10 vs. No. 6 Grand Valley St.
20	Mars Hill	5-0	190	21t	D. Tusculum, 42-40 (4OT)	Oct. 10 at Emory & Henry
21	Carson-Newman	5-1	146	23	D. Lenoir-Rhyne, 20-17 (OT)	Oct. 10 vs. Anderson (S.C.)
22	West Alabama	5-1	124	24	D. Chowan, 29-26	Oct. 17 at West Florida
23	UT Permian Basin	4-1	117	NR	D. No. 21t Northeastern St., 38-27	Oct. 10 at West Texas A&M
24	Central Missouri	4-1	59	NR	D. Central Oklahoma, 33-31	Oct. 10 at No. 14 Northwest Missouri St.
25	Northern St.	5-1	42	NR	D. Bemidji St., 16-9	Oct. 10 at Minnesota-Duluth

Dropped Out: Newberry (15), Northeastern St. (21t), Walsh (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Virginia Union, 40; Benedict, 24; Minnesota-Duluth, 24; Northeastern St., 14; Shepherd, 14; Wayne St. (Neb.), 10; West Liberty, 9; Virginia St., 7; Newberry, 4; Midwestern St., 3; Tiffin, 3; Johnson C. Smith, 2; East Central, 1; Edward Waters, 1; South Dakota Mines, 1.

D2Football.com Top 25 – Oct. 5, 2026