AFCA FOOTBALL RANKINGS OCTOBER 17, 2023

Rank	School (1st votes)	Pts.	Prev.	Rec.
1	Georgia (58)	1,590	1	7-0
2	Michigan (4)	1,516	2	7-0
3	Ohio State (1)	1,429	3	6-0
4	Florida State	1,390	4	6-0
5	Washington	1,325	6	6-0
6	Penn State	1,302	5	6-0
7	Oklahoma (1)	1,260	7	6-0
8	Texas	1,078	11	5-1
8	Alabama	1,078	10	6-1
10	North Carolina	1,038	12	6-0
11	Oregon	989	8	5-1
12	Mississippi	849	13	5-1
13	Oregon State	809	14	6-1
14	Utah	704	16	5-1
15	Tennessee	663	17	5-1
16	Southern California	606	9	6-1
17	Duke	590	18	5-1
18	Notre Dame	572	21	6-2
19	LSU	482	20	5-2
20	Missouri	368	25	6-1
21	Louisville	309	15	6-1
22	Air Force	196	NR	6-0
23	Iowa	192	NR	6-1
24	Tulane	112	NR	5-1
25	UCLA	70	22	4-2

Dropped out: No. 19 Washington State (4-2); No. 23 Kentucky (5-2); No. 24 Kansas (5-2).

Others receiving votes: James Madison (6-0) 67; Clemson (4-2) 54; Florida (5-2) 29; Fresno State (6-1) 21; Washington State (4-2) 20; Arizona (4-3) 13; Wyoming (5-2) 12; Oklahoma State (4-2) 12; Miami (Fla.) (4-2) 12; Maryland (5-2) 11; Kentucky (5-2) 9; Liberty (6-0) 5; Kansas State (4-2) 5; UNLV (5-1) 4; Texas A&M (4-3) 4; West Virginia (4-2) 3; Memphis (4-2) 1; Kansas (5-2) 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 7	Next Game
1	South Dakota St. (26)	6-0	650	1	D. Northern Iowa, 41-6	Oct. 21 at No. 12 Southern Illinois
2	Montana St.	5-1	623	2	D. Cal Poly, 59-19	Oct. 21 at No. 4 Sacramento St.
3	Furman	5-1	570	4	D. Samford, 27-21	Oct. 21 at No. 14 Western Carolina
4	Sacramento St.	5-1	566	5	D. Northern Colorado, 21-13	Oct. 21 vs. No. 2 Montana St.
5	UIW	5-1	511	6	D. Texas A&M-Commerce, 28-11	Oct. 21 at McNeese
6	Montana	6-1	495	10	D. No. 3 Idaho, 23-21	Oct. 28 vs. Northern Colorado
7	Delaware	5-1	464	8	D. North Carolina A&T, 21-6	Oct. 21 at Hampton
8	Idaho	5-2	418	3	Lost to No. 10 Montana, 23-21	Oct. 28 vs. No. 2 Montana St.
9	North Dakota	4-2	409	15	D. No. 7 North Dakota St., 49-24	Oct. 21 at Northern Iowa
10	North Carolina Central	5-1	408	9	Idle	Oct. 19 at Morgan St.
11	Holy Cross	4-2	365	11	Idle	Oct. 21 vs. Lafayette
12	Southern Illinois	5-1	349	13	D. Murray St., 27-6	Oct. 21 vs. No. 1 South Dakota St.
13	William & Mary	4-2	335	12	Idle	Oct. 21 vs. Towson
14	Western Carolina	5-1	329	14	Idle	Oct. 21 vs. No. 3 Furman
15	North Dakota St.	4-2	320	7	Lost to No. 15 North Dakota, 49-24	Oct. 21 vs. Western Illinois
16	South Dakota	5-1	305	17	D. No. 20t Youngstown St., 34-31	Oct. 21 at Indiana St.
17	Harvard	5-0	234	18	D. Howard, 48-7	Oct. 21 at Princeton
18	Florida A&M	5-1	227	16	Idle	Oct. 21 at Texas Southern
19	UT Martin	5-1	190	19	Idle	Oct. 21 vs. Charleston Southern
20	Chattanooga	5-2	151	20t	D. Mercer, 22-10	Oct. 21 vs. East Tennessee St.
21	Central Arkansas	5-2	120	25	D. Stephen F. Austin, 24-21	Oct. 28 vs. Tarleton
22	New Hampshire	3-3	81	24	D. Albany, 38-31	Oct. 21 at Stony Brook
23	UC Davis	4-3	67	NR	D. No. 23 Weber St., 17-16	Oct. 28 at Northern Arizona
24	Austin Peay	4-2	59	NR	D. Gardner-Webb, 41-14	Oct. 21 at Southern Utah
25	Illinois St.	4-2	58	NR	D. Indiana St., 44-7	Oct. 21 at Youngstown St.

Dropped Out: Youngstown St. (20t), Rhode Island (22), Weber St. (23)

Others Receiving Votes: Fordham, 47; Villanova, 38; Lafayette, 21; Youngstown St., 17; Eastern Kentucky, 6; Northern Iowa, 6; Rhode Island, 6; Pennsylvania, 2; Albany, 1; Mercer, 1; Portland St., 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 7	Next Game
1	Colorado School of Mines (28)	7-0	723	2	D. South Dakota Mines, 45-22	Oct. 21 at Black Hills St. (S.D.)
2	Pittsburg St. (Kan.)	7-0	691	3	D. Missouri Southern St., 31-21	Oct. 21 at Northwest Missouri St.
3	Minnesota St.	7-0	655	4	D. Western Oregon, 45-14	Oct. 21 at No. 17 Augustana (S.D.)
4	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	5-1	618	7	D. No. 1 Ferris St. (Mich.), 49-28	Oct. 21 at Northern Michigan
5	Delta St. (Miss.)	7-0	597	8	D. North Greenville (S.C.), 49-27	Oct. 21 vs. No. 18 West Florida
6	Harding (Ark.)	7-0	577	9	D. No. 5 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 41-10	Oct. 21 at Southern Arkansas
7	Slippery Rock (Pa.)	7-0	519	10	D. Gannon (Pa.), 49-24	Oct. 21 vs. California (Pa.)
8	Benedict (S.C.)	7-0	497	11	D. Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 48-6	Oct. 21 vs. Kentucky St.
9	Ferris St. (Mich.)	4-2	486	1	Lost to No. 7 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 49-28	Oct. 21 at Michigan Tech
10	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	7-0	451	12	D. Barton (N.C.), 47-3	Oct. 21 at Newberry (S.C.)
11	Indianapolis (Ind.)	6-0	427	13	D. No. 19 Truman St. (Mo.), 38-17	Oct. 21 at Quincy (Ill.)
12	Western Colorado	7-0	396	14	D. Black Hills St. (S.D.), 35-20	Oct. 21 vs. New Mexico Highlands
13	Davenport (Mich.)	6-0	338	16	D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 32-3	Oct. 21 at Mary (N.D.)
14	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	6-1	329	5	Lost to No. 9 Harding (Ark.), 41-10	Oct. 21 vs. Arkansas Tech
15	Bemidji St. (Minn.)	5-1	325	15	D. Wayne St. (Neb.), 33-23	Oct. 21 vs. Concordia (Minn.)
16	Central Missouri	6-1	298	17	D. Northeastern St. (Okla.), 63-24	Oct. 21 vs. No. 24 Emporia St. (Kan.)
17	Augustana (S.D.)	7-0	222	22	D. Winona St. (Minn.), 48-28	Oct. 21 vs. No. 3 Minnesota St.
18	West Florida	5-2	221	6	Lost to West Alabama, 10-6	Oct. 21 at No. 5 Delta St. (Miss.)
19	Angelo St. (Tex.)	4-2	182	20	D. Texas A&M-Kingsville, 38-16	Oct. 21 vs. Texas-Permian Basin
20	Virginia St. (1)	7-0	173	24	D. Bluefield St. (W.Va.), 39-23	Oct. 21 vs. Elizabeth City St. (N.C.)
21	Assumption (Mass.)	5-1	151	21	D. Franklin Pierce (N.H.), 21-17	Oct. 21 vs. St. Anselm (N.H.)
22	Shepherd (W.Va.)	6-1	131	23	D. Millersville (Pa.), 33-17	Oct. 21 vs. West Chester (Pa.)
23	Tiffin (Ohio)	7-0	97	NR	D. Lake Erie (Ohio), 50-0	Oct. 21 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan
24	Emporia St. (Kan.)	5-2	70	25	D. Washburn (Kan.), 38-23	Oct. 21 at No. 16 Central Missouri
25	Truman St. (Mo.)	6-1	62	19	Lost to No. 13 Indianapolis (Ind.), 38-17	Oct. 21 vs. William Jewell (Mo.)

Dropped Out: Henderson St. (Ark.) (18)

Others Receiving Votes: Virginia Union, 45; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 42; Texas-Permian Basin, 27; Charleston (W.Va.), 21; Minnesota-Duluth, 15; Henderson St. (Ark.), 13; Southern Arkansas, 12; Missouri Western St., 10; Central Washington, 4.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Last Week	Next Game
1	North Central (Ill.) (48)	6-0	1224	1	D. Millikin (Ill.), 75-3	Oct. 21 vs. Washington (Mo.)
2	Mount Union (Ohio) (1)	6-0	1176	2	D. Capital (Ohio), 76-0	Oct. 21 at Wilmington (Ohio)
3	Wartburg (Iowa)	7-0	1125	3	D. Dubuque (Iowa), 31-10	Oct. 21 at Loras (Iowa)
4	Linfield (Ore.)	5-0	1010	5	D. George Fox (Ore.), 41-13	Oct. 21 at Puget Sound (Wash.)
5	Trinity (Tex.)	5-1	957	6	Idle	Oct. 21 at Southwestern (Tex.)
6	Wisconsin-Whitewater	5-1	898	11	D. No. 4 Wisconsin-River Falls, 21-14	Oct. 21 vs. Wisconsin-Stout
7	Johns Hopkins (Md.)	6-0	889	7	D. Franklin & Marshall (Pa.), 34-27	Oct. 21 vs. Ursinus (Pa.)
8	Wisconsin-La Crosse	5-1	855	9	D. Wisconsin-Platteville, 21-17	Oct. 21 vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh
9	St. John’s (Minn.)	5-1	851	8	D. Carleton (Minn.), 63-7	Oct. 21 at Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)
10	Randolph-Macon (Va.)	6-0	777	10	D. Bridgewater (Va.), 38-3	Oct. 21 vs. Shenandoah (Va.)
11	Wisconsin-River Falls	5-1	746	4	Lost to No. 11 Wisconsin-Whitewater, 21-14	Oct. 21 at Wisconsin-Stevens Point
12	Aurora (Ill.)	6-0	679	12	D. St. Norbert (Wis.), 37-9	Oct. 21 vs. Wisconsin-Lutheran
13	Susquehanna (Pa.)	7-0	662	13	D. Juniata (Pa.), 56-0	Oct. 21 vs. Wilkes (Pa.)
14	Wheaton (Ill.)	5-1	588	14	D. Carthage (Wis.), 50-13	Oct. 21 at Carroll (Wis.)
15	Alma (Mich.)	6-0	520	15	D. Hope (Mich.), 35-17	Oct. 21 vs. Kalamazoo (Mich.)
16	John Carroll (Ohio)	5-1	504	16	D. Ohio Northern, 44-14	Oct. 21 at Capital (Ohio)
17	Muhlenberg (Pa.)	6-0	412	17	D. Gettysburg (Pa.), 41-13	Oct. 21 at Dickinson (Pa.)
18	Ithaca (N.Y.)	5-1	376	18	D. Union (N.Y.), 17-9	Oct. 21 at Rochester (N.Y.)
19	Cortland (N.Y.)	5-1	323	19	D. Alfred (N.Y.), 59-21	Oct. 21 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.)
20	Endicott (Mass.)	5-1	270	20	D. Western New England (Mass.), 24-21	Oct. 21 at Nichols (Mass.)
21	Hardin-Simmons (Tex.)	5-1	203	21	D. Texas Lutheran, 27-22	Oct. 21 at Sul Ross St. (Tex.)
22	Grove City (Pa.)	7-0	191	23	D. Allegheny (Pa.), 31-7	Oct. 21 vs. St. Vincent (Pa.)
23	DePauw (Ind.)	7-0	188	22	D. Wooster (Ohio), 53-7	Oct. 21 at Wittenberg (Ohio)
24	Delaware Valley (Pa.)	5-1	93	24	D. FDU-Florham (N.J.), 20-0	Oct. 21 vs. Lebanon Valley (Pa.)
25	Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.)	3-3	66	NR	D. Sul Ross State (Tex.), 37-13	Oct. 21 at Austin (Tex.)

Dropped Out: Washington (Mo.) (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Berry (Ga.), 62; Whitworth (Wash.), 50; Lake Forest (Ill.), 48; Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 37; Coe (Iowa), 34; Wisconsin-Platteville, 31; Belhaven (Miss.), 29; Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), 15; Augustana, (Ill.), 13; Utica (N.Y.), 13; Howard Payne (Tex.), 6; Union (N.Y.), 2; Rensselaer (N.Y.), 1; Wisconsin-Stout 1

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