DRAGONS STILL NO. 1 IN NJCAA FOOTBALL RANKINGS

Blue Dragon Football is ranked No. 1 for the ninth-straight week in the NJCAA Rankings. (McKenzie Franklin/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
Blue Dragon Football is ranked No. 1 for the ninth-straight week in the NJCAA Rankings. (McKenzie Franklin/Blue Dragon Sports Information)

NJCAA DIVISION I FOOTBALL POLL

  Record Points Last Poll
1. Hutchinson (9)
2. Iowa Western (1)
3. Kilgore
4. Snow
5. Copiah-Lincoln
6. Mississippi Gulf Coast
7. Trinity Valley
8. East Mississippi
9. Dodge City
10. Jones
11. Georgia Military
12. Tyler
13. Northeast Mississippi
14. Lackawanna
15. Northwest Mississippi
8-0
9-0
6-1
7-2
7-1
7-1
6-2
6-2
5-3
6-2
5-3-1
5-3
6-2
6-2
6-2

149
141
130
113
106
100
96
83
70
59
45
23
15
13
12

1
2
3
5
7
6
8
9
10
4
15
11
15
12
15
Receiving Votes: Navarro, Iowa Central, Butler, Monroe, Highland

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

The top three teams remained the same atop the NJCAA Division I Football Rankings on Monday.

The Hutchinson Community College football team stayed No. 1 for the 10th-consecutive week after Saturday's 13-0 victory at Highland.

Hutchinson, Iowa Western and Kilgore remained Nos 1, 2 and 3 this week. Snow College moved into No. 4 and Copiah-Lincoln moved into No. 5 this week.

For the ninth-straight poll, the Blue Dragons received 9 of 10 first-place votes with Iowa Western garnering the other first-place vote.

Hutchinson has now been ranked in 29 consecutive polls.

Only two Jayhawk Conference teams remain in the Top 15 of the NJCAA Rankings. Dodge City moved up one spot to No. 9. Butler and Highland are both receiving votes.

The Blue Dragons travel to Independence on Saturday with an opportunity to clinch the Jayhawk Conference championship.