Stellar stay continues on NAIA poll
Morningside University’s 2021 football team checked in at No. 3 on the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics/American Football Coaches Association’s First Down Playbook Week Six top 25, released Monday, Oct. 18.
Morningside University's 2021 football team checked in at No. 3 on the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics/American Football Coaches Association's First Down Playbook Week Six top 25, released Monday, Oct. 18.
It was the seventh straight listing in which head coach Steve Ryan's Mustangs were among the first three. They also received one first-place vote for a fourth successive poll among their 412 ranking points. Defending national champion Lindsey Wilson College of Kentucky and defending national runner-up Northwestern College were No. 1 and 2.
The complete NAIA/AFCA First Down Playbook top 25 can be viewed at https://www.naia.org/sports/fball/2021-22/Releases/National_Poll_6. Morningside (6-0 overall, 6-0 Great Plains Athletic Conference) resumes its season Saturday, Oct. 23, hosting No. 15 Dordt University in a top 15 clash at Elwood Olsen Stadium. Kickoff is 1 p.m.