PELLA — With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Central College football is No. 19 in the latest edition of D3football.com and American Football Coaches Association top-25 polls.
Central defeated Buena Vista University 52-27 on Saturday.
North Central College (Ill.) remains at the top of both lists.
The Dutch visit Indianola for a 1 p.m. game against Simpson College.
2025 AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll – November 3, 2025
| Rank |
School (1st votes) |
Rec. |
Pts. |
Prev. |
| 1 |
North Central (52) |
8-0 |
1300 |
1 |
| 2 |
Mount Union |
8-0 |
1242 |
2 |
| 3 |
Johns Hopkins |
8-0 |
1181 |
3 |
| 4 |
Salisbury |
8-0 |
1105 |
4 |
| 5 |
Hardin-Simmons |
8-0 |
1073 |
5 |
| 6 |
Bethel (Minn.) |
8-0 |
1045 |
6 |
| 7 |
Wartburg |
9-0 |
980 |
7 |
| 8 |
UW-River Falls |
7-1 |
955 |
9 |
| 9 |
St. John's (Minn.) |
7-1 |
852 |
10 |
| 10 |
UW-La Crosse |
6-1 |
838 |
11 |
| 11 |
John Carroll |
7-1 |
764 |
12 |
| 12 |
Christopher Newport |
8-0 |
708 |
13 |
| 13 |
DePauw |
7-1 |
624 |
14 |
| 14 |
UW-Platteville |
6-2 |
594 |
15 |
| 15 |
Cortland |
7-1 |
519 |
16 |
| 16 |
Hope |
7-1 |
489 |
17 |
| 17 |
UW-Whitewater |
6-2 |
433 |
8 |
| 18 |
Randolph-Macon |
8-1 |
424 |
18 |
| 19 |
Central (Iowa) |
7-1 |
416 |
19 |
| 20 |
Berry |
7-1 |
355 |
20 |
| 21 |
Wheaton |
6-2 |
253 |
21 |
| 22 |
Trinity (Tex.) |
7-1 |
214 |
22 |
| 23 |
Wabash |
7-1 |
157 |
23 |
| 24 |
Baldwin Wallace |
7-1 |
154 |
24 |
| 25 |
Hampden-Sydney |
7-1 |
64 |
NR |
Dropped Out: Muhlenberg (25)
Others Receiving Votes: UW-Stout, 21; UW-Oshkosh, 18; Adrian, 17; Alma, 16; Monmouth (Ill.), 12; Hanover, 11; Coe, 9; Susquehanna, 9; Carnegie Mellon, 8; Endicott, 8; Chapman, 5; Concordia (Wis.), 5; Trinity (Conn.), 5; Muhlenberg, 4; Rensselaer, 4; Washington & Jefferson, 4; Franklin & Marshall, 2; Mary Hardin-Baylor, 1; Washington (Mo.), 1; Whitworth, 1.
D3football.com Top 25, 2025 Week 9
Through games of Saturday, Nov. 3
Dropped out: No. 23 UW-Stout; No. 24 Muhlenberg; No. 25 UW-Oshkosh.
Others receiving votes: Alma 27; Franklin & Marshall 19; Monmouth 13; Muhlenberg 13; Carnegie Mellon 12; Adrian 12; UW-Stout 11; Chapman 9; Mary Hardin-Baylor 8; Washington & Jefferson 8; UW-Oshkosh 8; Whitworth 8; Endicott 6; RPI 5; Hampden-Sydney 3; Maryville 3; Rowan 3; Hanover 2; Eastern 1.
