Oct. 1, 2002

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Western Washington University remained No.15 in this week's American Football Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Coaches' Poll despite a 31-28 road win at Division I-AA Saint Mary's CA last Saturday.

The Vikings, off to their first 3-0 start since 1996 and winners of nine of their last 10 contests dating back to the fifth game of 2001, host Western New Mexico University in their annual Homecoming/Hall of Fame Game on Saturday (1 p.m.) at Bellingham's Civic Stadium.

The top five teams in the AFCA Top 25 remained the same, led by Grand Valley State MI (3-0) at No.1.

UC Davis (3-1) jumped one spot to No.9, and Central Washington (5-0) climbed two spots to No.14.

Western moved up one spot to No.9 in this week's Dan Hansen's Football Gazette Top 40 and stayed at No.19 in the d2football.com Top 25.

American Football Coaches Association
    SCHOOL                  W-L PTS LW1.  Grand Valley State (26) 3-0 674 12.  Valdosta State      4-0 642 23.  Pittsburg State     4-0 622 34.  Saginaw Valley State    4-0 589 45.  Carson-Newman       4-0 562 56.  Northwest Missouri State4-0 525 77.  Central Arkansas    4-0 486 98.  Tuskegee (1)        4-0 485 89.  UC Davis        3-1 448 1010. Texas A&M-Kingsville    2-1 408 1211. Tusculum        4-0 402 1112. Central Missouri State  4-0 371 1313. Indiana, Pa.        4-1 351 1414. Central Washington  5-0 316 1615. Western Washington  3-0 295 1516. C.W. Post       4-0 227 1717. Catawba         2-1 220 1818. Tarleton State      4-1 214 619. Northern Colorado   3-1 207 1920. Bloomsburg      3-1 189 2021. Chadron State       3-1 150 2122. Findlay         4-0 106 2323. Nebraska-Kearney    3-1 79  2224. Harding         4-0 69  2425. Eastern New Mexico  4-0 36  NR
d2football.com
    SCHOOL          W-L LW1.  Grand Valley State  3-0 12.  Pittsburg State     4-0 23.  Valdosta State      4-0 34.  UC Davis        3-1 45.  Central Arkansas    4-0 56.  Saginaw Valley State    4-0 67.  Carson-Newman       4-0 88.  Texas A&M-Kingsville    2-1 99.  Catawba         2-1 1010. Tuskegee        4-0 1111. Tarleton State      4-1 712. Central Missouri State  4-0 1213. Northwest Missouri State4-0 1314. Indiana, Pa.        4-1 1415. Tusculum        4-0 1516. Northern Colorado   3-1 1617. Minnesota-Duluth    4-0 1718. Central Washington  5-0 1819. Western Washington  3-0 1920. Bloomsburg      3-1 2021. Saint Cloud State   4-0 2122. Chadron State       3-1 2323. Nebraska-Kearney    3-1 2424. Findlay         4-0 2525. Harding         4-0 NR