Sioux Falls, Augustana Football Both Rise in Latest AFCA Poll

Both USF and Augustana took care of business on Saturday, picking up wins in each of their contests following the Key to the City matchup just over a week ago.

The latest AFCA poll is out, and both DII programs that call Sioux Falls home have risen higher in the latest rankings.

USF is now the 14th ranked team in the country following a dominant home win over Southwest Minnesota State 35-14.

Augustana is back in the rankings after a brief one-week absence. The Vikings are now the 24th rated team, after they defeated Upper Iowa on the road 31-14.

Here is the entirety of this week's poll:

1	Ferris St. (Mich.) (28)	5-0	747	1	D. No. 25 Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 33-28	Oct. 15 vs. No. 2 Grand Valley St. (Mich.)
2	Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (2)	6-0	720	2	D. American International (Mass.), 45-3	Oct. 15 at No. 1 Ferris St. (Mich.)
3	Angelo St. (Tex.)	6-0	684	3	D. Eastern New Mexico, 28-9	Oct. 15 at Western New Mexico
4	Shepherd (W.Va.)	6-0	656	4	D. Lock Haven (Pa.), 72-7	Oct. 15 vs. Millersville (Pa.)
5	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	6-0	627	5	D. Southwestern Oklahoma St., 63-24	Oct. 15 vs. Arkansas-Monticello
6	Ashland (Ohio)	5-0	591	6	D. Walsh (Ohio), 35-0	Oct. 15 vs. Ohio Dominican
7	Pittsburg St. (Kan.)	6-0	583	7	D. No. 9 Northwest Missouri St., 24-22	Oct. 15 at Lincoln (Mo.)
8	Indianapolis (Ind.)	5-0	508	8	D. McKendree (Ill.), 38-23	Oct. 15 at Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
9	West Florida	4-1	475	10	D. No. 15 West Georgia, 42-28	Oct. 15 at Shorter (Ga.)
10	Delta St. (Miss.)	6-0	451	13	D. North Greenville (S.C.), 47-14	Oct. 15 vs. West Alabama
11	Virginia Union	6-0	432	12	D. Elizabeth City St. (N.C.), 49-0	Oct. 15 at Bowie St. (Md.)
12	Harding (Ark.)	5-1	427	11	D. Southern Nazarene (Okla.), 56-28	Oct. 15 vs. Henderson St. (Ark.)
13	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	5-1	359	14	D. Limestone (S.C.), 51-30	Oct. 15 at Barton (N.C.)
14	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	6-0	348	17	D. Southwest Minnesota St., 35-14	Oct. 15 at Mary (N.D.)
15	Indiana (Pa.)	5-0	319	18	D. California (Pa.), 22-21	Oct. 15 at Edinboro (Pa.)
16	Northwest Missouri St.	4-2	254	9	Lost to No. 7 Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 24-22	Oct. 15 vs. Washburn (Kan.)
17	Newberry (S.C.)	5-1	239	19	D. Barton (N.C.), 42-21	Oct. 15 at Catawba (N.C.)
18	Slippery Rock (Pa.)	5-1	226	20	D. Mercyhurst (Pa.), 31-17	Oct. 15 vs. Gannon (Pa.)
19	Colorado School of Mines	4-2	192	21	D. Colorado Mesa, 48-21	Oct. 15 at South Dakota Mines
20	Texas A&M-Kingsville	6-0	187	22t	D. Western New Mexico, 21-17	Oct. 15 vs. Texas Permian Basin
21	Albany St. (Ga.)	5-1	167	22t	D. Edward Waters (Fla.), 55-7	Oct. 15 vs. No. 23 Benedict (S.C.)
22	Nebraska-Kearney	5-1	166	24	D. Missouri Western St., 39-18	Oct. 15 vs. Emporia St. (Kan.)
23	Benedict (S.C.)	6-0	73	NR	D. Miles (Ala.), 20-3	Oct. 15 at No. 21 Albany St. (Ga.)
24	Augustana (S.D.)	5-1	70	NR	D. Upper Iowa, 31-14.	Oct. 15 vs. Wayne St. (Neb.)
25	West Georgia	3-2	65	15	Lost to No. 10 West Florida, 42-28	Oct. 15 at North Greenville (S.C.)

Showing 1 to 25 of 25 entries

Dropped Out: Notre Dame (Ohio) (16), Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) (25)

Others Receiving Votes: New Haven (Conn.), 39; Davenport (Mich.), 37; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 34; Notre Dame (Ohio), 28; Truman St. (Mo.), 11; Assumption (Mass.), 9; Emporia St. (Kan.), 8; Wayne St. (Neb.), 7; Wingate (N.C.), 7; Frostburg St. (Md.), 2; Black Hills St. (S.D.), 1; West Alabama, 1.

Next up for both teams, USF takes on UMary on the road, a 2:00 kickoff on Saturday, while Augustana plays host to Wayne State, a 1:00 start from Kirkeby-Over Stadium.

Source: AFCA Polls

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