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Lions ranked ninth in final AFCA Coaches’ Poll of 2018.

WACO – The Texas A&M University-Commerce football team is ranked No. 9 in the final 2018 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll, as announced by the AFCA on Monday.

The Lions went 10-3 in 2018 for their third consecutive year with double-digit victories. A&M-Commerce advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs for the fourth straight season and the regional semifinal round for the third successive year.

Four A&M-Commerce opponents from 2018 finished in the top 25 – Tarleton (No. 5), Colorado State-Pueblo (No. 7), Minnesota-Duluth (No. 13), and MSU Texas (No. 25).

A&M-Commerce has been ranked in 52 consecutive AFCA polls, dating back to the 2015 preseason poll. This is A&M-Commerce’s 58th all-time appearance in the AFCA poll since its inception in 2000.

In the polls recognized by Division II as the top rating system, the Lions have been known as a nationally ranked team 107 times since joining Division II in 1981.

2018 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll

December 17, 2018

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.
1.	Valdosta St. (Ga.) (33)	14-0	825	3
2.	Ferris St. (Mich.)	15-1	792	2
3.	Minnesota St.	13-1	750	1
4.	Notre Dame (Ohio)	13-1	699	11
5.	Tarleton	12-1	670	6
6.	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	12-1	662	4
7.	Colorado St.-Pueblo	11-2	546	9
8.	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	12-2	497	17
9.	A&M-COMMERCE	10-3	482	15
10.	Northwest Missouri St.	10-3	475	18
11.	Indianapolis (Ind.)	10-2	462	12
12.	Slippery Rock (Pa.)	11-3	412	NR
13.	Minnesota-Duluth	11-1	408	5
14.	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	10-2	395	7
15.	Hillsdale (Mich.)	10-3	301	23
16.	West Georgia	10-2	293	10
17.	West Chester (Pa.)	10-1	281	8
18.	Colorado School of Mines	10-2	256	14
19.	Bowie St. (Md.)	10-3	232	25
20.	Harding (Ark.)	9-3	229	21
21.	LIU-Post (N.Y.)	10-1	189	13
22.	Fort Hays St. (Kan.)	9-3	180	19
23.	New Haven (Conn.)	9-3	177	NR
24.	Wingate (N.C.)	9-4	137	NR
25.	MSU Texas	8-2	119	16

Dropped Out: Kutztown (Pa.) (20), Ohio Dominican (22), Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (24)

Others Receiving Votes: Kutztown (Pa.), 105; West Alabama, 43; Ohio Dominican, 32; Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 21; Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 14; Missouri S&T, 11; Florida Tech, 8; Indiana (Pa.), 7; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 6; Chadron St. (Neb.), 3; Central Washington, 2; Virginia Union, 2; Ashland (Ohio), 1; Tiffin (Ohio), 1.