PELLA— The Central College football made its season debut in the D3football.com poll while moving up two spots in the newest American Football Coaches Association top-25 rankings Monday.
           
Central sits at No. 23 in both polls, having been No. 25 in last week's AFCA poll.
           
In their most recent game, the Dutch beat Luther College 63-26 to move to 3-0 on the season.
           
American Rivers foe Wartburg College is No. 9 in the AFCA and No. 7 by D3football.com. Coe College is receiving votes in both polls.
           
For homecoming this Saturday in Pella, Central hosts the University of Dubuque at 1 p.m.
 
2025 AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll – September 22, 2025
 

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.
1	North Central (52)	2-0	1300	1
2	Mount Union	2-0	1243	2
3	Johns Hopkins	3-0	1188	3
4	St. John's (Minn.)	2-0	1111	4
5	Salisbury	2-0	1035	6
6	UW-La Crosse	2-0	1024	8
7	Hardin-Simmons	3-0	968	7
8	UW-Platteville	3-0	916	10
9	Wartburg	3-0	831	11
10	UW-Whitewater	3-0	817	16
11	Bethel (Minn.)	2-0	768	12
12	UW-River Falls	3-0	758	13
13	DePauw	3-0	637	14
14	Susquehanna	2-1	626	5
15	Hope	3-0	557	15
16t.	Trinity (Tex.)	3-0	412	19
16t.	Wheaton	1-1	412	18
18	Mary Hardin-Baylor	1-1	393	9
19	Grove City	1-1	377	17
20	Carnegie Mellon	2-1	350	20
21	UW-Oshkosh	2-1	295	21
22	John Carroll	2-1	219	23
23	Central (Iowa)	3-0	196	25
24	Cortland	2-1	142	24
25	Hampden-Sydney	3-0	53	NR

Dropped Out: Berry (22)
Others Receiving Votes: Linfield, 37; Berry, 34; Baldwin Wallace, 28; Muhlenberg, 27; Wabash, 23; Randolph-Macon, 20; Washington (Mo.), 20; Coe, 17; Ursinus, 15; Christopher Newport, 12; Marietta, 8; Salve Regina, 8; UW-Stevens Point, 6; Brockport, 5; Springfield, 5; Calvin, 3; Tufts, 2; Maryville, 1; Western New England, 1.
D3football.com Top 25, 2025 Week 3
Through games of Saturday, Sept. 20

Rank	School (No. 1 votes)	W-L	Points	Prev.
1	North Central (Ill.) (22)	2-0	621	1
2	Mount Union (3)	2-0	599	2
3	Johns Hopkins	3-0	576	3
4	St. John's	2-0	520	5
5	UW-La Crosse	2-0	466	9
6	Salisbury	2-0	464	7
7	Wartburg	3-0	430	10
8	UW-Platteville	3-0	428	11
9	Hardin-Simmons	3-0	425	8
10	UW-Whitewater	3-0	404	16
11	UW-River Falls	3-0	393	12
12	Bethel	2-0	366	13
13	Susquehanna	2-1	349	4
14	DePauw	3-0	307	14
15	Hope	3-0	251	15
16	Mary Hardin-Baylor	1-1	241	6
17	Wheaton (Ill.)	1-1	196	18
18	Grove City	1-1	184	17
19	UW-Oshkosh	2-1	178	19
20	Carnegie Mellon	2-1	159	22
21	John Carroll	2-1	146	21
22	Trinity (Texas)	3-0	139	23
23	Central	3-0	74	--
24	Cortland	2-1	66	24
25	Berry	2-1	23	20

Dropped out: No. 25 Brockport.
Others receiving votes: Linfield 22; Baldwin Wallace 18; Hampden-Sydney 18; Maryville (Tenn.) 16; Randolph-Macon 11; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 8; Coe 8; Wabash 6; Christopher Newport 4; Utica 3; Rowan 2; Lewis & Clark 2; Brockport 1.