WACO, Texas – After opening the season with a 42-13 rout of Virginia Union, the LIU Post football team has cracked the top-10 in the latest American Football Coaches' Association Division II Top-25 Poll, released Monday.
 
The Pioneers (1-0) received 486 points, rising four spots to No. 10 after sitting at 14 last week. 
 
Northwest Missouri St. held onto the top spot on the ranking, receiving a whopping 850 points.
Rounding out the Top-5 are Ferris St. (Mich.), Texas A&M-Commerce, Shepherd (W.Va.), and California (Pa.).
 
Fellow Northeast-10 opponent Assumption grabbed eight votes. LIU Post and the Greyhounds are set to faceoff on Saturday, Sept. 30 at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium.
 
Head Coach Bryan Collins and the Pioneers return to action Saturday, Sept. 9, when they head to West Haven, Conn. to face New Haven in the NE-10 opener. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
 
2017 AFCA Division II Top-25 Poll – Sept. 4
1. Northwest Missouri St. - 850
2. Ferris St. (Mich.) - 799
3. Texas A&M-Commerce - 776
4. Shepherd (W.Va.) - 726
5. California (Pa.) - 675
6. Indiana (Pa.) - 649
7. Colorado St.-Pueblo - 644
8. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) - 541
9. Sioux Falls (S.D.) - 502
10. LIU Post - 486
11. North Alabama - 468
12. Minnesota St. - 412
13. Central Missouri - 401
14. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) - 338
15. Emporia St. (Kan.) - 310
16. Midwestern St. (Texas) - 298
17. Colorado Mesa - 293
18. Indianapolis (Ind.) - 246
19. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) - 201
20. Albany St. (Ga.) - 197
21. Minnesota-Duluth - 139
22. Tuskegee (Ala.) - 138
23. Henderson St. (Ark.) - 126
24. West Chester (Pa.) - 101
25. West Georgia - 79