STEPHENVILLE – Tarleton continues to climb the ladder in the latest national top-25 poll by the American Football Coaches Association as the Texans are now ranked No. 21 in the country at the FCS level.
Tarleton is 5-2 on the season after shutting out Northeastern State in a 38-0 blowout in Stephenville last weekend. The Texans have defeated Division I foes Dixie State and FBS New Mexico State this season.
This is the third time Tarleton has been nationally-ranked this season and the second consecutive week by the AFCA Coaches. The first ranking came in the national media poll presented by Stats Perform FCS where they debuted at No. 22. They have received votes in the media poll every week since.
The complete AFCA National Poll is as follows:
| Rank |
School (First) |
Record |
Votes |
| 1 |
James Madison (23) |
4-0 |
575 |
| 2 |
Weber State |
3-0 |
540 |
| 3 |
North Dakota State |
5-1 |
518 |
| 4 |
South Dakota State |
4-1 |
480 |
| 5 |
Sam Houston State |
3-0 |
476 |
| 6 |
North Dakota |
4-1 |
470 |
| 7 |
Kennesaw St. |
3-0 |
425 |
| 8 |
Delaware |
3-0 |
419 |
| 9 |
Eastern Washington |
3-1 |
385 |
| 10 |
VMI |
5-0 |
354 |
| 11 |
Nicholls |
4-1 |
318 |
| 12 |
Jacksonville State |
7-2 |
285 |
| 13 |
Murray State |
5-0 |
279 |
| 14 |
UC Davis |
3-1 |
266 |
| 15 |
Richmond |
3-0 |
249 |
| 16 |
Villanova |
1-1 |
247 |
| 17 |
Furman |
3-2 |
182 |
| 18 |
UIW |
3-1 |
125 |
| 19 |
Southern Illinois |
4-3 |
123 |
| 20 |
Northern Iowa |
3-3 |
97 |
| 21 |
Tarleton |
5-2 |
96 |
| 22 |
Southeastern Louisiana |
2-2 |
69 |
| 23 |
Missouri State |
4-4 |
54 |
| 24 |
Rhode Island |
2-1 |
50 |
| 25 |
San Diego |
3-0 |
40 |
Tarleton will be home on Thursday to host East Central (OK) at 6 p.m. It will be the annual Military Appreciation Night. Fans in attendance will also receive a special "sneak peek" football schedule poster with next year's fall schedule. Tickets to the game are available at TarletonSports.com/Tickets and must be purchased in advance.
