COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. - Defending national champion Blinn College (Texas) is the No. 1 ranked team in NJCAA football after the conclusion of the first two weeks of the 2010 season. The Bucs were voted to the top spot in the first poll of the season, released Tuesday (Sept. 7). Blinn received 139 total poll points and six of seven first place votes.

Blinn is 2-0 overall after wins over preseason No. 3 Fort Scott (Kan.) 55-42 on Aug. 28 and Southeast Prep (non-NJCAA school) 70-7 Saturday. The Bucs offense has dominated in its two wins amassing 968 total yards of offense. Quarterback Justin Tuggle has thrown for 423 yards and six touchdowns while also rushing for 144 yards and four more TD's in the two wins. Tuggle was the starting quarterback for three games at Boston College a year ago.

Arizona Western College is second in the rankings with 132 poll points and a first place vote. The No.2 ranking is the highest regular ranking for the Matadors since their 1972 national championship season. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Butler Community College (Kan.) and Snow College (Utah) round out the top five.

The second regular season NJCAA Football Poll will be announced on Sept. 14.

POLL NOTES: Blinn is no stranger to the No. 1 ranking as the Bucs held the top spot for eight weeks last year and three weeks in 2008...Blinn, Butler and Navarro have appeared in the Top 10 of the last 14 consecutive regular season rankings...Blinn owns the longest active winning streak in NJCAA Football (5)...the last time Coffeyville held a ranking in the Top 10 was the Oct. 31st poll from 2006 when they were ranked seventh.

Top 20 National Poll | September 07, 2010
RANK
COLLEGE
REGION
RECORD
POINTS
LAST WEEK
1 Blinn College 14 2-0 139 1
2 Arizona Western College 1 1-0 132 2
3 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 23 2-0 125 5
4 Butler Community College - KS 6 2-0 119 6
5 Snow College 18 1-0 110 8
6 Ellsworth Community College 11 2-0 104 9
7 Grand Rapids Community College 12 2-0 97 10
8 Hutchinson Community College 6 2-0 90 11
9 Navarro College 14 1-1 84 4
10 Coffeyville Community College 6 2-0 76 18
11 Jones County Junior College 23 1-0 56 19
12 Dean College 21 1-0 54 15
13 Iowa Western Community College 11 2-0 45 23
14 Rochester Community & Technical College 13 2-0 43 20
15 Northwest Mississippi Community College 23 1-0 42 22
16 East Mississippi Community College 23 0-1 38 7
17 Lackawanna College 19 1-0 32 21
18 Tyler Junior College 14 1-1 24 14
19 Fort Scott Community College 6 0-2 13 3
20 Glendale Community College 1 1-0 13 NR