Jacks Ranked No. 7 in Latest National Polls

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin football dropped five spots to No. 7 nationally in both the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) FCS Top 25 and the Opta Analyst Stats Perform FCS Top 25. SFA suffered a 45-28 loss on the road at No. 12/13 Lamar on Saturday.

It marks the 20^th-straight week that the Jacks have earned a national ranking and the eighth as a consensus top 10 team in the country. The Jacks spent four weeks inside the national top three, receiving first-place votes in each of the past three weeks prior to the program's first regular season loss in 20 games.

Lamar moved up to tie SFA for seventh in the media poll and sits a spot behind the Jacks at No. 8 in the AFCA rankings. Incarnate Word jumped into the media's top 25 at No. 22 and is receiving votes in the coaches poll. UTRGV received a single vote in the AFCA rankings.

Opta Analyst FCS Stats Perform Top 25
WEEK 10: T-#7
WEEK 9: #2 (7 first-place votes)
WEEK 8: #2 (5 first-place votes)
WEEK 7: #2 (4 first-place votes)
WEEK 6: #3
WEEK 5: #7
WEEK 4: #7
WEEK 3: #9
WEEK 2: #12
WEEK 1: #13
WEEK 0: #13
PRE: #13

AFCA FCS Coaches Top 25
WEEK 10: #7
WEEK 9: #2 (3 first-place votes)
WEEK 8: #2 (1 first-place vote)
WEEK 7: #2 (2 first-place votes)
WEEK 6: #3
WEEK 5: #4
WEEK 4: #5
WEEK 3: #6
WEEK 2: #8
WEEK 1: #9
WEEK 0: #11
PRE: #13

UP NEXT
SFA heads south to the Rio Grande Valley for a Week 11 matchup with UTRGV. The Jacks won the first-ever meeting with the Vaqueros 41-17 last season in Nacogdoches. UTRGV, in its second season of collegiate football, holds a 10-1 record at home inside Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium. Live coverage links are available at www.SFAjacks.com.

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