PC Moves Up Three to No. 16 in AFCA Coaches Poll
October 20, 2025
The 7-0 Presbyterian College football team (one win away from a new program-record for the greatest start to a season in school history) has moved up to #16 on Monday’s AFCA Coaches Poll. The Blue Hose remain at #19 in the Stats Perform rankings.
PC has hit a new high with their #16 spot in the AFCA poll, the first Pioneer Football League team in seven years to be included in both polls at the same time. On Saturday, Presby dispatched Stetson 42-7 at Bailey Memorial Stadium.
With over 7,000 fans witnessing PC’s sixth consecutive home win, the Blue Hose have now pushed their overall winning streak to 11 games. That’s tied with Ohio State and North Dakota State for the second-longest active streak in all of Division I.
No team in the PFL has been ranked as high as #16 in the AFCA Coaches Poll since the start of the 2009 campaign.
On Sunday, PC made the milestone of 365 days since their last defeat. 2008 was the last time that they claimed six straight home victories.
The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) has conducted a weekly poll of FBS programs since 1950 and has ranked teams at the FCS level since the late 70’s. Founded in 1922, the AFCA is comprised of over 11,000 members and represents 90 percent of college football head coaches.
The Stats Perform panel is made up of 56 individuals who represent all 13 conferences (129 teams) in FCS.
AFCA FCS COACHES POLL – WEEK 9 (OCTOBER 20)
- North Dakota State (7-0) – 625 Points – 25 First-Place Votes
- South Dakota State (7-0) – 597 Points
- Tarleton State (8-0) – 578 Points
- Montana (7-0) – 547 Points
- Montana State (5-2) – 501 Points
- UC Davis (5-1) – 487 Points
- Lehigh (7-0) – 465 Points
- Tennessee Tech (7-0) – 431 Points
- Monmouth (6-1) – 417 Points
- North Dakota (5-2) – 398 Points
- Jackson State (5-1) – 345 Points
- Villanova (5-2) – 322 Points
- Rhode Island (6-2) – 314 Points
- Mercer (5-1) – 277 Points
- Lamar (6-1) – 268 Points
- Presbyterian (7-0) – 241 Points
- Harvard (5-0) – 198 Points
- Southern Illinois (4-3) – 165 Points
- Southeastern Louisiana (5-2) – 164 Points
- Illinois State (4-3) – 163 Points
- Youngstown State (4-3) – 155 Points
- Northern Arizona (4-3) – 124 Points
- Austin Peay (4-3) – 73 Points
- Stephen F. Austin (5-2) – 64 Points
- Abilene Christian (4-4) – 48 Points
STATS PERFORM TOP 25 POLL – WEEK 9 (OCTOBER 20)
- North Dakota State (7-0) – 1,399 Points – 55 First-Place Votes
- South Dakota State (7-0) – 1,339 Points – 1 First-Place Vote
- Tarleton State (8-0) – 1,276 Points
- Montana (7-0) – 1,220 Points
- Montana State (5-2) – 1,198 Points
- UC Davis (5-1) – 1,078 Points
- Lehigh (7-0) – 1,035 Points
- North Dakota (5-2) – 995 Points
- Tennessee Tech (7-0) – 987 Points
- Monmouth (6-1) – 909 Points
- Villanova (5-2) – 683 Points
- Jackson State (5-1) – 638 Points
- Rhode Island (6-2) – 631 Points
- Harvard (5-0) – 601 Points
- Lamar (6-1) – 585 Points
- Southern Illinois (4-3) – 481 Points
- Mercer (5-1) – 475 Points
- Illinois State (4-3) – 429 Points
- Presbyterian (7-0) – 369 Points
- Northern Arizona (4-3) – 342 Points
- South Dakota (5-3) – 296 Points
- Youngstown State (4-3) – 244 Points
- Abilene Christian (4-4) – 227 Points
- Stephen F. Austin (5-2) – 226 Points
- Austin Peay (4-3) – 182 Points
ELITE EIGHT
– Head coach Steve Englehart’s squad is one of eight FCS teams to still be undefeated this late into the season (along with five other FBS teams who are without a loss).
– Only Tennessee Tech has a longer current winning streak than the Scotsmen, as Presby is putting up 39 points per game during the 12-month streak. On the flip side, they are allowing just 15 points per game defensively across this stretch.
– PC had gone six consecutive games without allowing a touchdown in the fourth quarter until a late Stetson score. It was the first points of any kind that the Blue Hose had surrendered in 13 consecutive quarters when playing at home.
