(Wednesday, November 4; Sioux Center, Iowa) The latest NAIA National Selection Committee poll has been announced and the Dordt Defendres are no. 11 in this week's poll, up two spots from last week.
With two weeks remaining in the regular season the Defenders are 7-2 overall and 7-1 in the GPAC and have won six games in a row. Dordt was an 80-14 winner over Waldorf on Saturday, October 31 and will travel to face Dakota Wesleyan on Saturday, November 7. Dordt concludes the regular season on November 14 in a noon kickoff at Northwestern in Orange City, Iowa.
Dordt is one of three teams from the GPAC in the poll with Northwestern (no. 4) and Northwestern (no. 13 occupying spots. Dordt's losses this year are to Morningside and Indiana Wesleyan (no. 7).
| RANK |
LAST |
INSTITUTION |
RECORD |
| 1 |
1 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
9-0 |
| 2 |
2 |
College of Idaho |
8-0 |
| 3 |
3 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
9-1 |
| 4 |
5 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
8-1 |
| 5 |
4 |
Montana Tech |
8-1 |
| 6 |
6 |
Marian (Ind.) |
8-1 |
| 7 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
8-1 |
| 8 |
8 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
8-1 |
| 9 |
11 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
7-2 |
| 10 |
10 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
7-1 |
| 11 |
13 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
7-2 |
| 12 |
12 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
7-1 |
| 13 |
14 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
8-2 |
| 14 |
NR |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
8-1 |
| 15 |
NR |
Keiser (Fla.) |
6-2 |
