MINNEAPOLIS-- The Wartburg football team (13-1 overall) was ranked No. 3 in the final D3football.com Top 25 poll for the 2022 season, the national organization announced today. This marked the highest ranking in program history. The Knights have been ranked No. 4 in three previous polls, most recently, the final poll of the 2014 season.
 

Rank	School (No. 1 votes)	W-L	Points	Prev.
1	North Central (Ill.) (25)	15-0	625	1
2	Mount Union	14-1	600	2
3	Wartburg	13-1	565	12
4	Mary Hardin-Baylor	12-2	558	3
5	Bethel	10-3	486	13
6	Trinity (Texas)	11-1	456	6
7	St. John's	10-2	449	4
8	Linfield	10-1	401	5
9	Delaware Valley	12-1	380	14
10	Ithaca	12-1	375	10
11	Hardin-Simmons	9-2	369	9
12	UW-La Crosse	9-2	368	7
13	Aurora	11-2	330	--
14	Carnegie Mellon	11-1	296	19
15	UW-Whitewater	8-3	285	8
16	Randolph-Macon	11-1	266	16
17	Wheaton (Ill.)	8-3	231	15
18	Cortland	9-2	192	17
19	Susquehanna	10-1	172	11
20	Utica	10-2	150	--
21	Johns Hopkins	10-1	136	18
22	Alma	11-1	108	22
23	John Carroll	8-2	86	21
24	Huntingdon	9-2	53	20
25	Springfield	9-3	45	--

Dropped out: No. 22 Endicott; No. 24 Albion; No. 25 Mount St. Joseph.

Others receiving votes: Albion 24; Endicott 24; UW-River Falls 22; Mount St. Joseph 22; Trinity (Conn.) 17; Salisbury 10; UW-Oshkosh 9; Washington & Jefferson 4; Ursinus 3; Baldwin Wallace 2; Bridgewater (Va.) 2; DePauw 2; Heidelberg 1; Washington U. 1.

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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.