(CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.)
- Following its 14-7 win over Washington & Jefferson College on Saturday the Thomas More College football moved up in both Division III Top-25 and have earned its highest ranking in 20 years of football.
The Saints received 637 points in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Top-25 poll and are ranked No. 10 the nation. In the web site D3football.com's Top-25, the Saints are ranked No. 11 after receiving 326 votes. The Saints previous best ranked was during the 2001 season when they ranked No. 12 in the AFCA poll on November 13.
The win over Washington & Jefferson on Saturday clinched Thomas More its second straight Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division III Championship Playoff. It will be Thomas More's fourth appearance in the Championship and its first-ever back-to-back appearance
The Saints have two more regular season games before the Championship as they host Geneva College on Saturday (November 7) at 1:30 p.m. on Senior Day at The Bank of Kentucky Field in Crestview Hills, Kentucky and then on November 14 they will play across-the River rival, the College of Mount St. Joseph in Bridge Bowl XIV at Schueler Field in Cincinnati, Ohio at 1 p.m. (
AFCA Top-25) (
D3football.com Top-25)
