MOORHEAD, Minn.-- Concordia finished the regular season for the second straight season by being ranked in the top ten in at least one major NCAA Division III national poll.

The Cobbers climbed up one spot in the D3football.com poll and are now ranked 9th. Last year they finished the regular season by being ranked 4th in the D3football.com and Football Gazette polls.

Concordia is among five teams from the NCAA West Region that are all ranked in the top ten in the country (Linfield #1, UW-Whitewater #2, St. John's #3 and Occidental #6).

In the second major poll that came out on Sunday, the Cobbers moved up three spots in the Football Gazette rankings. Concordia is now ranked 11th in the final regular season poll.

The Cobbers alos moved into the top ten in a second major poll. Concordia is ranked 10th in the final regualr season poll as conducted by the AFCA.

Concordia's first round opponent in the NCAA playoffs, Coe College, is ranked 21st in the D3football.com poll and 31st in the Football Gazette poll. Their highest ranking comes in the AFCA poll where they are 20th.

Concordia has now been ranked in the top 25 in all three major Division III polls for 11 straight weeks in 2005. It is also the 19th consecutive week that the Cobbers have been ranked in the top 25 - a streak that dates back to Oct. 5, 2004.

Last year Concordia climbed as high as fourth in both the D3football.com and Football Gazette polls and sixth in the AFCA poll.

D3FOOTBALL.COM POLL (Nov. 13)

STERLING, Va. -- The D3football.com Top 25, through games of Saturday, Nov. 12:

1 Linfield (25) 8-0 625
2 UW-Whitewater 10-0 580
3 St. John's 10-0 567
4 Mary Hardin-Baylor 8-1 538
5 Mount Union 9-1 531
6 Occidental 9-0 512
7 Delaware Valley 10-0 467
8 Trinity (Texas) 9-0 400
9 Concordia 9-1 398
10 Augustana 9-1 370
11 Rowan 8-1 292
12 North Central 9-1 273
13 Wash. and Jeff. 9-1 268
14 Thiel 10-0 256
15 Wabash 10-0 240
16 Capital 8-2 234
17 Bridgewater (Va.) 8-1 221
18 Central 9-1 218
19 Union 10-0 197
20 Ohio Northern 8-2 186
21 Coe 9-1 160
22 Hardin-Simmons 8-2 141
23 Ithaca 8-2 94
24 Wesley 9-1 92
25 St. John Fisher 8-2 84

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Trinity (Conn.) 59, Monmouth 37, Cortland State 24, Hobart 20, RPI 10, Hampden-Sydney 9, John Carroll 6, UW-Eau Claire 4, Alfred 4, Cal Lutheran 3, UW-Oshkosh 2, Howard Payne 1

FOOTBALL GAZETTE POLL (NOV. 13)
RK TEAM REC
1 LINFIELD (OR) 8-0
2 UW-WHITEWATER 10-0
3 ST. JOHN'S 10-0
4 M. HARDIN-BAYLOR 8-1
5 MOUNT UNION (OH) 9-1
6 ROWAN NJ 8-1
7 DELAWARE VALLEY 10-0
8 OCCIDENTAL (CA) 9-0
9 WASH. & JEFF. (PA) 9-1
10 BRIDGEWATER 8-1
11 CONCORDIA 9-1
12 NORTH CENTRAL 9-1
13 AUGUSTANA (IL) 9-1
14 UNION (NY) 10-0
15 CENTRAL (IA) 9-1
16 THIEL (PA) 10-0
17 ITHACA (NY) 8-2
18 TRINITY (CT) 8-0
19 TRINITY (TX) 9-0
20 OHIO NORTHERN 8-2
21 CORTLAND STATE 7-2
22 WESLEY (DE) 9-1
23 CAPITAL (OH) 8-2
24 MONMOUTH (IL) 10-0
25 HOBART (NY) 8-1
26 MT. ST. JOSEPH 9-1
27 ST. JOHN FISHER 8-2
28 WABASH (IN) 10-0
29 HARDIN-SIMMONS 8-2
30 ALFRED (NY) 8-2
31 COE (IA) 9-1
32 CAL LUTHERAN 8-1
33 RENSSELAER TECH 7-2
34 WHITWORTH (WA) 5-3
35 DEPAUW (IN) 7-2
36 LAKELAND (WI) 8-2
37 ALBION (MI) 7-3
38 WARTBURG (IA) 7-3
39 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY 8-2
40 WILKES (PA) 8-2

AFCA POLL (Nov. 15)

Released on Tuesday, Nov. 15

RK TEAM REC PTS

1. Linfield (Ore.) (38) 8-0 998
2. St. John’s (2) 10-0 951
3. UW-Whitewater 10-0 898
4. Mary Hardin-Baylor 8-1 817
5. Occidental (Calif.) 9-0 810
6. Mount Union (Ohio) 9-1 788
7. Trinity (Texas) 9-0 787
8. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 10-0 745
9. Rowan (N.J.) 8-1 606
10. Concordia 9-1 596
11. Bridgewater (Va.) 8-1 539
12. Augustana (Ill.) 9-1 525
13. Wabash (Ind.) 10-0 516
14. Wash. & Jeff. (Pa.) 9-1 462
15. Thiel (Pa.) 10-0 438
16. Monmouth (Ill.) 10-0 385
17. Union (N.Y.) 10-0 369
18. North Central (Ill.) 9-1 300
19. Central (Iowa) 9-1 292
20. Coe (Iowa) 9-1 261
21. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 8-2 162
22. Hobart (N.Y.) 8-1 142
23. Capital (Ohio) 8-2 95
24. St. John Fisher (N.Y.) 8-2 91
25. Ithaca (N.Y.) 8-2 90

Dropped Out (last week’s rating):
Ferrum (Va.) (21).

Others Receiving Votes: Wesley (Del.), 84; Trinity (Conn.), 69; Ferrum (Va.), 55; Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), 36; Cortland St. (N.Y.), 31; California Lutheran, 29; Hampden-Sydney (Va.), 16; Albion (Mich.), 5; Alfred (N.Y.), 4; Wilkes (Pa.), 4; St. Norbert (Wis.), 3; DePauw (Ind.), 1.