WACO – The Texas A&M University-Commerce football team is ranked No. 2 in the American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll for the second consecutive week, as announced Monday.
 
This matches the highest AFCA ranking for A&M-Commerce in the team's history since the poll's inception in 2000.
 
The ranking will set up a marquee matchup of top 10 teams in the Lone Star Conference this weekend, as the Lions visit No. 10 Midwestern State for a 7 p.m. kickoff this Saturday in Wichita Falls.
 
A&M-Commerce enters the game with a 4-0 overall record after a bye week. Midwestern State is 3-0 after defeating Western New Mexico. Both teams are an undefeated 2-0 in the Lone Star Conference.
 
The Lions are the highest ranked team in the newly configured Super Region Four, which consists of the Lone Star, Rocky Mountain Athletic, Northern Sun Intercollegiate, and Great Northwest Athletic conferences. The region has four teams in the top 10 of the nation. A&M-Commerce is joined by Minnesota State at No. 5, Sioux Falls at No. 6, and Midwestern State at No. 10.
 
A&M-Commerce has been ranked in 32 consecutive AFCA polls, dating back to the 2015 preseason poll. This is A&M-Commerce's 38th all-time appearance in the AFCA poll since its inception in 2000.
 

2017 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll – October 2, 2017

 

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.
1.	Northwest Missouri St. (34)	5-0	850	1
2.	A&M-COMMERCE	4-0	783	2
3.	Shepherd (W.Va.)	4-0	770	3
4.	Indiana (Pa.)	5-0	740	4
5.	Minnesota St.	5-0	711	6
6.	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	5-0	679	7
7.	Indianapolis (Ind.)	5-0	616	10
8.	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	4-1	569	9
9.	Delta St. (Miss.)	5-0	541	13
10.	Midwestern St. (Texas)	3-0	540	12
11.	Fort Hays St. (Kan.)	5-0	487	14
12.	Slippery Rock (Pa.)	5-0	421	18
13.	Central Washington	5-0	416	16
14.	Colorado St.-Pueblo	4-1	391	17
15.	Ferris St. (Mich.)	3-1	356	15
16.	California (Pa.)	4-1	312	5
17.	Humboldt St. (Calif.)	4-0	303	19
18.	Ashland (Ohio)	4-1	257	20
19.	Bowie St. (Md.)	5-0	241	21
20.	Assumption (Mass.)	5-0	237	22
21.	Colorado Mesa	4-1	211	8
22.	Winona St. (Minn.)	5-0	163	25
23.	Southeastern Oklahoma St.	5-0	105	NR
24.	Arkansas Tech	4-1	95	11
25.	West Georgia	4-1	54	NR

Dropped Out: Catawba (N.C.) (23), LIU-Post (N.Y.) (24)

Others Receiving Votes: Shippensburg (Pa.), 42; West Alabama, 35; Wingate (N.C.), 34; Washburn (Kan.), 18; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 17; Catawba (N.C.), 13; Central Missouri, 12; Virginia St., 11; Eastern New Mexico, 7; Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 4; West Chester (Pa.), 4; Notre Dame (Ohio), 3; LIU-Post (N.Y.), 1; McKendree (Ill.), 1.