WACO, Texas (Oct. 31, 2016) - On Monday, the LIU Post football team tied its highest national ranking in program history, slotting in at No. 10 in Monday's American Football Coaches Association Division II Poll.

The Pioneers were previously ranked 10th in 2002, when they completed an unbeaten regular season of 11-0 and won the Northeast-10 Conference Championship.

LIU Post is one of only eight remaining undefeated programs in Division II. Northwest Missouri State, which boasts an unblemished 9-0 record, topped the poll with 750 points and 30 first-place votes.

The Pioneers improved to an identical 9-0 mark last Saturday, after dispatching Pace, 35-17, to capture the NE-10 regular-season title. Senior running back David White (Bronx, N.Y.) rushed for a game-high 117 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the victory.

Head Coach Bryan Collins and his LIU Post squad return to the gridiron Saturday (Nov. 5), when they face NE-10 foe Merrimack College at 1 p.m. in North Andover, Mass.

2016 AFCA Division II Poll - Oct. 31, 2016
1. Northwest Missouri St. (30 First-Place Votes) - 750 Points
2. Grand Valley St. - 716 Points
3. Shepherd - 688 Points
4. Sioux Falls - 656 Points
5. Harding - 615 Points
6. California (Pa.) - 602 Points
7. North Alabama - 561 Points
8. Texas A&M-Commerce - 535 Points
9. Emporia St. - 493 Points
10. LIU Post - 463 Points
11. Indiana (Pa.) - 450 Points
12. Midwestern St. - 429 Points
13. Azusa Pacific - 372 Points
14. Tuskegee - 329 Points
15. Assumption - 326 Points
16. UNC Pembroke - 301 Points
17. Fairmont St. - 288 Points
18. Minnesota-Duluth - 236 Points
19. Ferris St. - 201 Points
20. Newberry - 180 Points
21. Ashland - 134 Points
22. Southwest Baptist - 110 Points
23. Valdosta St. - 59 Points
24. Edinboro - 56 Points
25. Central Missouri - 44 Points