BRENHAM, TX -- For the fourth consecutive week, the Blinn Buccaneer football team holds down the No. 1 ranking in the NJCAA Top 20 National Poll. At 8-0 on the season, the Bucs remain one of only five unbeaten teams in the NJCAA, keeping their hopes of a fifth national championship alive.
Although the Bucs maintained the top ranking, they slipped a point in the poll after a narrow 52-45 win over Kilgore College this past weekend. The Bucs (8-0, 5-0 SWJCFC) earned 136 points and four first place votes, while No. 2 Arizona Western College (8-0, 5-0) gained a point to pull within two votes of the Bucs after a 56-17 rout of former No. 18 Glendale Community College (Ariz.).
The Bucs will wrap up the regular-season on Saturday, as they travel to face Cisco College. The Wranglers (3-5, 1-4 SWJCFC) are coming off a 37-14 conference loss to Trinity Valley Community College. Of their five losses on the season, three have been by seven points or less. Kick-off for the SWJCFC game is scheduled for 3 p.m.
NJCAA Football Poll – Oct. 25, 2011
School, Record, Poll Votes (1st Place Votes), Previous Ranking
1. Blinn College, Texas, 8-0, 136 (4), 1
2. Arizona Western College, 8-0, 134 (2), 2
3. East Mississippi CC, 8-0, 127 (1), 3
4. Butler CC, Kan., 8-1, 118, 4
5. Grand Rapids CC, Mich., 9-0, 113, 6
6. Navarro College, Texas, 7-1, 107, 7
7. Mississippi Gulf Coast CC, 7-1, 95, 9
8. Iowa Western CC, 7-1, 93, 10
9. Trinity Valley CC, Texas, 7-1, 85, 11
10. Hinds CC, Miss., 7-1, 70, 12
11. Snow College, Utah, 7-1, 64, 5
12. New Mexico Military Institute, 7-1, 62, 14
13. Rochester CTC, Minn., 9-0, 59, 13
14. Eastern Arizona College, 7-2, 50, 20
15. Hutchinson CC, Kan., 6-2, 44, 8
16. Dean College, Mass., 6-1, 34, RV
17. Coffeyville CC, Kan., 6-2, 33, 19
18. Northeast Mississippi CC, 6-2, 13, 16
19. Nassau CC, N.Y., 6-2, 9, 15
20. Central Lakes College-Brainerd, Minn., 7-2, 8, 17
