PELLA—Central College inched up another spot to No. 10 in the American Football Coaches Association Division III Poll and the D3football.com Top 25.
           
The Dutch are 6-0 after rolling up a 55-21 road victory over Coe College Saturday in Cedar Rapids as quarterback Blaine Hawkins (fifth-year, Ankeny) threw for a school-record 503 yards.
               
Unbeaten North Central College (Ill.) tops both polls followed by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas). The Dutch climbed after then-No. 6 Wisconsin-Oshkosh was defeated 30-21 by then-No. 21 Wisconsin-La Crosse, which jumped to No. 14.
               
Central is off this week before playing host to Loras College Saturday, Oct. 23 in a 1 p.m. game at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium.
 
2021 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches' Poll – October 11, 2021
                                                                       
Rank  School (1st votes)                 Rec.     Pts.    Prev.      Last Week                                                                                           Next Game
     1.    North Central (Ill.) (36)              5-0   1158           1      D. Carthage (Wis.), 64-13                                          Oct. 16 vs. Elmhurst (Ill.)
     2.    Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) (7)  5-0   1121           2      Idle                                                                             Oct. 16 vs. Texas Lutheran
     3.    Wisconsin-Whitewater (3)        5-0   1075           3      D. Wisconsin-Platteville, 65-21          Oct. 16 at No. 19 Wisconsin-Oshkosh
     4.    Mount Union (Ohio) (1)             5-0   1053           4      D. Wilmington (Ohio), 63-0                                       Oct. 16 vs. Capital (Ohio)
     5.    St. John's (Minn.)                       5-0      940           5      D. Augsburg (Minn.), 50-0                                       Oct. 16 vs. St. Olaf (Minn.)
     6.    Linfield (Ore.)                             4-0      896          7t      D. No. 21 Whitworth (Wash.), 42-7                           Oct. 16 vs. Pacific (Ore.)
     7.    Delaware Valley (Pa.)               5-0      880          7t      D. King's (Pa.), 48-15                                        Oct. 16 at FDU-Florham (N.J.)
     8.    Hardin-Simmons (Tex.)            4-1      800           9      Idle                                                                          Oct. 16 at East Texas Baptist
     9.    Wheaton (Ill.)                              4-1      774         10      D. Augustana (Ill.), 45-0                                                Oct. 16 at Carroll (Wis.)
  10.    Central                                        6-0      754         11      D. Coe (Iowa), 55-21                                                  Oct. 23 vs. Loras (Iowa)
  11.    Johns Hopkins (Md.)                 5-0      672         13      Idle                                                               Oct. 15 at No. 22 Muhlenberg (Pa.)
  12.    Union (N.Y.)                                6-0      659         12      D. St. Lawrence (N.Y.), 37-7                                  Oct. 23 at Rochester (N.Y.)
  13.    Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 6-0      580         14      D. St. Vincent (Pa.), 63-22                                 Oct. 23 vs. Westminster (Pa.)
  14.    Wisconsin-La Crosse                4-1      561         20      D. No. 6 Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 30-21            Oct. 16 at Wisconsin-Platteville
  15.    Ithaca (N.Y.)                               5-0      490         15      D. Rochester (N.Y.), 37-14                                Oct. 16 at St. Lawrence (N.Y.)
  16.    Salisbury (Md.)                           3-1      462         16      Idle                                                                                    Oct. 16 at Rowan (N.J.)
  17.    Bethel (Minn.)                             4-1      423         17      D. Hamline (Minn.), 49-7                  Oct. 16 at Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)
  18.    Cortland (N.Y.)                           5-0      375         18      D. Brockport (N.Y.), 31-10                                         Oct. 16 at Hartwick (N.Y.)
  19.    Wisconsin-Oshkosh                  3-1      326           6      Lost to No. 20 Wisconsin-La Crosse, 30-21 Oct. 16 vs. No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater
  20.    Wabash (Ind.)                             5-0      318         19      D. Oberlin (Ohio), 49-20                                          Oct. 16 vs. Wooster (Ohio)
  21.    Susquehanna (Pa.)                   5-0      230         23      Idle                                                                            Oct. 15 vs. Gettysburg (Pa.)
  22.    Muhlenberg (Pa.)                       4-1      209         22      Idle                                                        Oct. 15 vs. No. 11 Johns Hopkins (Md.)
23t.    Rensselaer (N.Y.)                      6-0      107         25      D. Buffalo St. (N.Y.), 24-16                                           Oct. 16 at Hobart (N.Y.)
23t.    Trinity (Tex.)                               4-0      107        NR      D. Centre (Ky.), 34-7                                               Oct. 16 vs. Millsaps (Miss.)
  25.    John Carroll (Ohio)                    3-2        56        NR      D. Capital (Ohio), 38-7                                              Oct. 16 vs. Ohio Northern
 
Dropped out: Whitworth (Wash.) (21), Albion (Mich.) (24)
 
Others receiving votes: Birmingham-Southern (Ala.), 43; Albion (Mich.), 39; Randolph-Macon (Va.), 36; Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio), 34; Whitworth (Wash.), 24; California Lutheran, 13; Howard Payne (Tex.), 11; Heidelberg (Ohio), 9; Hobart (N.Y.), 9; Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 8; Redlands (Calif.), 7; Wartburg (Iowa), 3; Wisconsin-Stout, 3; Dubuque (Iowa), 2; Merchant Marine (N.Y.), 2; Aurora (Ill.), 1; Centre (Ky.), 1; Chapman (Calif.), 1; Lake Forest (Ill.), 1; Trinity (Conn.), 1; Washington & Lee (Va.), 1.