WACO, Texas-- The Wartburg football team (10-0 overall) remained No. 3 in the seventh 2023 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Top 25 poll, the national organization announced today. This ties the highest ranking in program history in this poll, as the Knights were previously ranked No. 3 in the last three week's poll.

Complete poll:   

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Last Week	Next Game
1	North Central (Ill.) (48)	9-0	1224	1	D. Illinois Wesleyan, 83-26	Nov. 11 at Augustana (Ill.)
2	Mount Union (Ohio) (1)	9-0	1176	2	D. No. 15 John Carroll (Ohio), 49-14	Nov. 11 vs. Baldwin Wallace (Ohio)
3	Wartburg (Iowa)	10-0	1119	3	D. Nebraska Wesleyan, 45-0	Nov. 11 - Idle
4	Linfield (Ore.)	8-0	1023	4	D. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), 42-19	Nov. 11 vs. Whitworth (Wash.)
5	Trinity (Tex.)	8-1	973	5	D. Sewanee (Tenn.), 44-6	Nov. 11 vs. Hendrix (Ark.)
6	Wisconsin-Whitewater	8-1	960	6	D. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 48-0	Nov. 11 vs. Wisconsin-Eau Claire
7	Wisconsin-La Crosse	8-1	944	7	D. No. 10 Wisconsin-River Falls, 31-28	Nov. 11 at Wisconsin-Stevens Point
8	Johns Hopkins (Md.)	9-0	904	8	D. Dickinson (Pa.). 34-23	Nov. 11 vs. McDaniel (Md.)
9	Randolph-Macon (Va.)	9-0	831	9	D. Ferrum (Va.), 49-16	Nov. 11 vs. Hampden-Sydney (Va.)
10	Aurora (Ill.)	9-0	748	11	D. Lakeland (Wis.), 70-14	Nov. 11 vs. Concordia (Wis.)
11	Susquehanna (Pa.)	9-0	717	12	Idle	Nov. 11 vs. Lycoming (Pa.)
12	Wheaton (Ill.)	8-1	623	13	D. Washington (Mo.), 36-35	Nov. 11 at North Park (Ill.)
13	Alma (Mich.)	9-0	613	14	D. Adrian (Mich.), 45-24	Nov. 11 at Albion (Mich.)
14	Ithaca (N.Y.)	8-1	545	16	D. St. Lawrence (N.Y.), 51-14	Nov. 11 vs. No. 16 Cortland (N.Y.)
15	Wisconsin-River Falls	7-2	514	10	Lost to No. 7 Wisconsin-La Crosse, 31-28	Nov. 11 at Wisconsin-Oshkosh
16	Cortland (N.Y.)	8-1	484	17	D. Brockport (N.Y.), 41-17	Nov. 11 at No. 14 Ithaca (N.Y.)
17	Endicott (Mass.)	8-1	413	18	D. Curry (Mass.), 48-6	Nov. 11 vs. New England (Maine)
18	Hardin-Simmons (Tex.)	8-1	383	19	D. Austin College (Tex.), 59-19	Nov. 11 at East Texas Baptist
19	Grove City (Pa.)	9-0	336	20	Idle	Nov. 11 at Thiel (Pa.)
20	St. John's (Minn.)	7-2	281	21	D. St. Olaf (Minn.), 49-10	Nov. 11 at Concordia (Minn.)
21	Muhlenberg (Pa.)	8-1	232	22	D. Franklin & Marshall (Pa.), 48-45 2OT	Nov. 11 at Montclair St. (N.J.)
22	DePauw (Ind.)	9-0	210	23	Idle	Nov. 11 at Wabash (Ind.)
23	John Carroll (Ohio)	7-2	181	15	Lost to No. 2 Mount Union (Ohio), 49-14	Nov. 11 at Otterbein (Ohio)
24	Berry (Ga.)	8-1	144	25	D. Birmingham-Southern (Ala.), 53-6	Nov. 11 vs. Rhodes (Tenn.)
25	Delaware Valley (Pa.)	8-1	134	24	D. Misericordia (Pa.), 28-6	Nov. 11 vs. Widener (Pa.)

 
Dropped out: None
 
Others Receiving Votes: Whitworth (Wash.), 78; Coe (Iowa), 54; Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), 24; Augustana (Ill.), 20; Union (N.Y.), 11; Utica (N.Y.), 11; Wisconsin-Platteville, 5; Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.), 3; Belhaven (Miss.), 2; Bethel (Minn.), 2; Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 1; Illinois College, 1; Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1.