Texas A&M Commerce Lions Football Team Ranked Ninth in Final AFCA Coaches’ Poll of 2018
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The Texas A&M University-Commerce football team is ranked No. 9 in the final 2018 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll, as announced by the AFCA on Monday.
The Lions went 10-3 in 2018 for their third consecutive year with double-digit victories. A&M-Commerce advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs for the fourth straight season and the regional semifinal round for the third straight year.
Four A&M-Commerce opponents from 2018 finished in the top 25 – Tarleton (No. 5), Colorado State-Pueblo (No. 7), Minnesota-Duluth (No. 13), and MSU Texas (No. 25).
A&M-Commerce has been ranked in 52 consecutive AFCA polls, dating back to the 2015 preseason poll. This is A&M-Commerce’s 58th all-time appearance in the AFCA poll since its inception in 2000.
In the polls recognized by Division II as the top rating system, the Lions have been recognized as a nationally ranked team 107 times since joining Division II in 1981.
2018 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll
December 17, 2018
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1. | Valdosta St. (Ga.) (33) | 14-0 | 825 | 3 |
| 2. | Ferris St. (Mich.) | 15-1 | 792 | 2 |
| 3. | Minnesota St. | 13-1 | 750 | 1 |
| 4. | Notre Dame (Ohio) | 13-1 | 699 | 11 |
| 5. | Tarleton | 12-1 | 670 | 6 |
| 6. | Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) | 12-1 | 662 | 4 |
| 7. | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 11-2 | 546 | 9 |
| 8. | Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) | 12-2 | 497 | 17 |
| 9. | A&M-COMMERCE | 10-3 | 482 | 15 |
| 10. | Northwest Missouri St. | 10-3 | 475 | 18 |
| 11. | Indianapolis (Ind.) | 10-2 | 462 | 12 |
| 12. | Slippery Rock (Pa.) | 11-3 | 412 | NR |
| 13. | Minnesota-Duluth | 11-1 | 408 | 5 |
| 14. | Grand Valley St. (Mich.) | 10-2 | 395 | 7 |
| 15. | Hillsdale (Mich.) | 10-3 | 301 | 23 |
| 16. | West Georgia | 10-2 | 293 | 10 |
| 17. | West Chester (Pa.) | 10-1 | 281 | 8 |
| 18. | Colorado School of Mines | 10-2 | 256 | 14 |
| 19. | Bowie St. (Md.) | 10-3 | 232 | 25 |
| 20. | Harding (Ark.) | 9-3 | 229 | 21 |
| 21. | LIU-Post (N.Y.) | 10-1 | 189 | 13 |
| 22. | Fort Hays St. (Kan.) | 9-3 | 180 | 19 |
| 23. | New Haven (Conn.) | 9-3 | 177 | NR |
| 24. | Wingate (N.C.) | 9-4 | 137 | NR |
| 25. | MSU Texas | 8-2 | 119 | 16 |
Dropped Out: Kutztown (Pa.) (20), Ohio Dominican (22), Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (24)
Others Receiving Votes: Kutztown (Pa.), 105; West Alabama, 43; Ohio Dominican, 32; Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 21; Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 14; Missouri S&T, 11; Florida Tech, 8; Indiana (Pa.), 7; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 6; Chadron St. (Neb.), 3; Central Washington, 2; Virginia Union, 2; Ashland (Ohio), 1; Tiffin (Ohio), 1.
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