Sept. 24, 2002
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Despite having a bye week, Western Washington University still jumped two spots to No.15 in this week's American Football Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Coaches' Poll.
The Vikings, who are off to their first 2-0 start since 1996, travel to Moraga, Calif., for a game with NCAA I-AA Saint Mary's (2-2).
The top 10 teams in the AFCA Top 25 remained the same, led by Grand Valley State MI at No.1. UC Davis stayed at No.10 and Central Washington climbed four spots to No.16.
Western moved up one spot to No.10 in this week's Don Hansen's Football Gazette poll and jumped three spots to No.19 in the d2football.com Top 25.
In the latest Division II national statistics, the Vikings are third in passing offense (339.0) and 10th in total offense (457.5).
Individually, Western strong safety Rob White (So., Woodinville/Inglemoor) leads the country in forced fumbles (2.0) and wide receiver Greg Dykstra (Sr., Everson/Lynden Christian) is eighth in scoring (12.0). Quarterback Josh Shimek (Jr., Pasco) is 10th in total offense (287.0) and 11th in passing offense (156.0)
AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION (Sept. 24) Rank Team Points Last Week 1 Grand Valley State (2-0) 674 1 2 Valdosta State (3-0) 643 2 3 Pittsburg State (3-0) 620 3 4 Saginaw Valley State (3-0) 585 4 5 Carson-Newman (4-0) 565 5 6 Tarleton State (4-0) 508 6 7 Northwest Missouri State (3-0) 506 7 8 Tuskegee (4-0) 477 8 9 Central Arkansas (3-0) 465 9 10 UC Davis (2-1) 426 10 11 Tusculum (4-0) 381 13 12 Texas A&M-Kingsville (1-1) 356 12 13 Central Missouri State (3-0) 355 14 14 Indiana, Pa. (3-1) 338 15 15 Western Washington (2-0) 274 17 16 Central Washington (4-0) 256 20 17 C.W. Post (3-0) 233 18 18 Catawba (2-1) 229 19 19 Northern Colorado (2-1) 183 25 20 Bloomsburg (2-1) 172 23 21 Chadron State (2-1) 134 24 22 Nebraska-Kearney (2-1) 74 11 23 Findlay (3-0) 72 NR 24 Harding (3-0) 62 NR 23 Fort Valley State (3-1) 32 NR
NCAA DIVISION FOOTBALL STATS
Individual: Passing - 11. Josh Shimek, WWU, 156.0. Total Offense - 10. Josh Shimek, WWU, 287.0. Receptions - 15. Greg Dykstra, WWU. Receiving Yards - 34. Greg Dykstra, WWU, 88.0. Scoring - 8. Greg Dykstra, WWU, 12.0. Field Goals - 24. Michael Koenen, WWU, 1.0. Punting - 13. Michael Koenen, WWU, 41.6. Total Tackles - 35. Rob White, WWU, 10.0. Forced Fumbles - 1. Rob White, WWU, 2.0; 4. James Delgardo, WWU, 0.50, and Jesse Looker, WWU, 0.50.
Team: Total Offense - 10. Western Washington 457.5; 31. Humboldt State 406.5. Passing Offense - 3. Western Washington 339.0. Scoring - 14. Western Washington 38.0. Scoring Defense - 28. Western Washington 15.0. Turnover Margin - 19. Western Washington 1.5.
