Husson Now #1 Ranked Defense In Nation

After holding the opposition to minus yards rushing for a second straight week, the Husson Eagles have climbed to the top of the national statistics in total defense.

The Eagles held Anna Maria to 37 total yards in Saturday's 42-0 win. That includes -12 rushing yards.

Through six games (win over Dean College does not count in NCAA stats), Husson is #1 in Division III allowing just 145.5 YPG.

Opponents are averaging 24.2 YPG on the ground and 121.3 YPG in the air.

NOTES: On offense, RB John Smith has climbed to #2 in the nation in rushing. He now is averaging 158.5 YPG. Trevor Heitland (Coe) is ranked first with 162.4 YPG...Senior LB Ellis Thorckmorton is ECFC Defensive Player of the Week (10 tackles,1 FF, 3 sacks)...QB Corey Brandon is ECFC Offensive Player of the Week (305 Yds Passing, 5 TDs)

2016 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll

October 24, 2016

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts	Prev	Last Week	Next Game
1.	Mount Union (Ohio) (38)	7-0	1045	1	D. Wilmington (Ohio), 71-7	Oct. 29 at Otterbein (Ohio)
2.	Wis.-Whitewater (3)	7-0	997	2	D. Wis.-Stevens Point, 24-2	Oct. 29 at Wis.-Eau Claire
3.	Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) (1)	7-0	971	3	D. No. 8 Hardin-Simmons (Texas), 20-15	Oct. 29 at Sul Ross St. (Texas)
4.	St. Thomas (Minn.)	7-0	929	4	D. Hamline (Minn.), 71-20	Oct. 29 at Bethel (Minn.)
5.	North Central (Ill.)	7-0	865	5	D. Augustana (Ill.), 42-21	Oct. 29 vs. Carroll (Wis.)
6.	Wis.-Oshkosh	6-1	832	6	D. No. 10 Wis.-Platteville, 22-13	Oct. 29 at Wis.-River Falls
7.	Johns Hopkins (Md.)	7-0	781	7	D. Gettysburg (Pa.), 54-14	Oct. 29 at Ursinus (Pa.)
8.	Linfield (Ore.)	5-1	736	9	D. Whitworth (Wash.), 45-31	Oct. 29 vs. George Fox (Ore.)
9.	St. John’s (Minn.)	7-1	710	11	D. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 56-10	Nov. 5 vs. Hamline (Minn.)
10.	Wheaton (Ill.)	7-1	623	12	D. North Park (Ill.), 60-7	Oct. 29 at Augustana (Ill.)
11.	Hardin-Simmons (Texas)	6-1	580	8	Lost to No. 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas), 20-15	Oct. 29 at Belhaven (Miss.)
12.	Stevenson (Md.)	7-0	538	14	D. Delaware Valley (Pa.), 19-0	Oct. 29 at King’s (Pa.)
13.	Thomas More (Ky.)	7-1	515	13	D. St. Vincent (Pa.), 45-14	Oct. 29 vs. Bethany (W.V.)
14.	St. Lawrence (N.Y.)	7-0	476	15	D. Merchant Marine (N.Y.), 8-0	Oct. 29 vs. Union (N.Y.)
15.	Coe (Iowa)	8-0	442	17	D. Luther (Iowa), 45-6	Oct. 29 vs. Buena Vista (Iowa)
16.	Wabash (Ind.)	6-1	326	18	D. Wooster (Ohio), 34-24	Oct. 29 at Ohio Wesleyan
17.	Salisbury (Md.)	6-1	300	19	D. Kean (N.J.), 36-14	Oct. 29 at Christopher Newport (Va.)
18.	Wis.-Platteville	5-2	292	10	Lost to No. 6 Wis.-Oshkosh, 22-13	Oct. 29 at Wis.-Stout
19.	Monmouth (Ill.)	7-0	284	20	D. Illinois College, 69-7	Oct. 29 at Beloit (Wis.)
20.	Alfred (N.Y.)	7-0	273	21	D. Hartwick (N.Y.), 61-12	Oct. 29 vs. Brockport (N.Y.)
21.	East Texas Baptist	6-1	247	22	D. Howard Payne (Texas), 76-14	Oct. 29 at Louisiana College
22.	John Carroll (Ohio)	6-1	154	25	D. Capital (Ohio), 56-0	Oct. 29 at Muskingum (Ohio)
23.	St. John Fisher (N.Y.)	6-1	141	23	Idle	Oct. 29 vs. Ithaca (N.Y.)
24.	Denison (Ohio)	7-0	113	NR	D. Allegheny (Pa.), 42-28	Oct. 29 at DePauw (Ind.)
25.	Hobart (N.Y.)	6-1	92	24	D. Springfield (Mass.), 12-7	Oct. 29 at Worcester Polytechnic (Mass.)

Dropped Out: Franklin (Ind.) (16).

Others Receiving Votes: Muhlenberg (Pa.), 64; Case Western Reserve (Ohio), 61; Wittenberg (Ohio), 51; Dubuque (Iowa), 41; Franklin (Ind.), 35; Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), 33; Western New England (Mass.), 28; Wesley (Del.), 25; Huntingdon (Ala.), 18;
Trinity (Conn.), 11; Berry (Ga.), 6; Rowan (N.J.), 3; Husson (Maine), 2; Redlands (Calif.), 2; Westminster (Pa.), 2; Frostburg St. (Md.), 1;
Merchant Marine (N.Y.), 1; Middlebury (Vt.), 1; Olivet (Mich.), 1; Utica (N.Y.), 1; Washington (Mo.), 1.

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