Amir Hall and Jalen Neal Selected to CIAA Football Weekly Honor Roll, Bowie State Moves Up to #20 in AFCA Poll

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Junior Amir Hall (Bowie, Md.) and senior transfer Jalen Neal (Detroit, Mich.) earn CIAA Weekly Honors for Week #8 as selected by the conference's head coaches and Sports Information Directors on Monday afternoon. This marks the sixth time in eight weeks Hall has been voted to the conference’s weekly honor roll and this is Neal’s first time being honored.

Hall threw for over 300 yards for the sixth time this season, completing 25-of-44 passes for a game-high 386 yards and three touchdowns in Bowie State 's 44-20 win versus Virginia Union.  Neal graded out as the top offensive lineman for the Bulldogs, helping the team account for 594 yards of total offense.

No. 20 Bowie State will host Lincoln (Pa.) University this Saturday (October 28^th) for Homecoming 2017 at 1 p.m. in Bulldogs Stadium. 

Bowie State Moves Up to #20 in AFCA Poll

WACO, TEX.– No. 11 Ferris State (Mich.) scored a touchdown with 15 seconds remaining to upset conference rival and then-No. 7 Grand Valley State (Mich.), 28-27. The Bulldogs have won six of the last eight meetings against the Lakers.

Northwest Missouri State still sits No. 1 with all 34 first-place votes. The Bearcats are followed by Shepherd (W.Va.), Minnesota State, Indiana (Pa.) and Midwestern State (Texas), who round out the Top 5.

Slippery Rock (Pa.), Delta State (Miss.) and Southeastern Oklahoma State fell out of the Top 25, making room for No. 22 Findlay (Ohio), No. 23 Central Missouri and No. 24 Colorado State-Pueblo. Central Missouri and Colorado State-Pueblo both re-enter the poll after being ranked earlier this year, but this is Findlay’s first ranking since September 22, 2014 when the Oilers were ranked No. 25.  

There is only one Top 25 matchup this week, and it is a Top 10 battle between unbeaten teams as new No. 3 Minnesota State hosts No. 10 Winona State (Minn.). The winner will have the upper hand in who wins the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference South Division. 

2017 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll – October 23, 2017

                               

Rank   School (1st votes)                        Rec.    Pts.     Prev.       Week 8                                                                   Next Game

     1.     Northwest Missouri St. (34)       8-0       850      1                D. Lindenwood (Mo.), 19-0                                    Oct. 28 at Pittsburg St. (Kan.)

     2.     Shepherd (W.Va.)                         7-0       794      2                D. Urbana (Ohio), 48-14                                 Oct. 28 at West Virginia Wesleyan

     3.     Minnesota St.                                 8-0       753      4                D. Southwest Minnesota St., 54-7       Oct. 28 vs. No. 10 Winona St. (Minn.)

     4.     Indiana (Pa.)                                   8-0       749      3                D. Clarion (Pa.), 23-17                                                      Oct. 28 vs. Gannon (Pa.)

     5.     Midwestern St. (Texas)               6-0       697      5                D. West Texas A&M, 45-3                                 Oct. 28 at Texas-Permian Basin

     6.     Indianapolis (Ind.)                         8-0       687      6                D. Lincoln (Mo.), 45-0                                              Oct. 28 at William Jewell (Mo.)

     7.     Fort Hays St. (Kan.)                     8-0       646      8                D. Missouri Western St., 38-10                           Oct. 28 vs. Emporia St. (Kan.)

     8.     Central Washington                      8-0       571      9                D. North Alabama, 17-10                                  Oct. 28 vs. Azusa Pacific (Calif.)

     9.     Texas A&M-Commerce               6-1       539      10             D. Angelo St. (Texas), 34-20                                    Oct. 28 at West Texas A&M

    10.   Winona St. (Minn.)                        8-0       537      11             D. Wayne St. (Neb.), 42-19                                  Oct. 28 at No. 3 Minnesota St.

    11.   Ferris St. (Mich.)                            6-1       503      12             D. No. 7 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 28-27          Oct. 28 vs. Northwood (Mich.)

   12t.   Ashland (Ohio)                               7-1       475      13             D. Tiffin (Ohio), 38-24                                                 Oct. 28 at Wayne St. (Mich.)

   12t.   Assumption (Mass.)                     7-0       475      14             D. New Haven (Conn.), 41-6                                    Oct. 28 vs. Stonehill (Mass.)

    14.   Sioux Falls (S.D.)                          7-1       397      15             D. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.), 27-9                    Oct. 28 vs. Augustana (S.D.)

    15.   Colorado Mesa                               7-1       382      16             D. Adams St. (Colo.), 70-21                         Oct. 28 vs. New Mexico Highlands

    16.   Wingate (N.C.)                                7-0       349      20             D. Mars Hill (N.C.), 42-21                                            Oct. 28 vs. Newberry (S.C.)

    17.   Virginia St.                                       7-0       303      21             D. Lincoln (Pa.), 73-21                                                      Oct. 28 at Chowan (N.C.)

    18.   Humboldt St. (Calif.)                     6-1       250      22             D. Western Oregon, 42-32                                    Oct. 28 at Simon Fraser (B.C.)

    19.   Grand Valley St. (Mich.)             6-2       216      7                Lost to No. 12 Ferris St. (Mich.), 28-27            Oct. 28 vs. Northern Michigan

    20.   Bowie St. (Md.)                               7-1       206      23             D. Virginia Union, 40-22                                                     Oct. 28 vs. Lincoln (Pa.)

    21.   Eastern New Mexico                    6-1       168      24             Idle                                                                          Oct. 28 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville

    22.   Findlay (Ohio)                                 7-1       115      NR            D. Kentucky Wesleyan, 68-14                                        Oct. 28 at Malone (Ohio)

    23.   Central Missouri                             6-2       83         NR            D. Washburn (Kan.), 62-42                                      Oct. 28 at Central Oklahoma

    24.   Colorado St.-Pueblo                     6-2       82         NR            D. Black Hills St. (S.D.), 49-0                        Oct. 28 vs. Western St. Colorado

    25.   West Alabama                                6-2       70         18             Lost to Florida Tech, 41-39                                               Oct. 28 vs. West Florida

Dropped Out: Slippery Rock (Pa.) (17), Delta St. (Miss.) (19), Southeastern Oklahoma St. (25)

Others Receiving Votes: West Georgia, 33; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 26; Delta St. (Miss.), 20; California (Pa.), 19; Washburn (Kan.), 18; Shippensburg (Pa.), 17; Arkansas Tech, 7; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 5; Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 3; Catawba (N.C.), 1; Minnesota-Duluth, 1; Notre Dame (Ohio), 1; Southern Arkansas, 1; West Florida, 1. 

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