By Hutchinson CC Sports Information
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – For the 10th-consecutive poll, the Hutchinson Community College football is the No. 1-ranked team in the NJCAA Division I Football rankings.
As it has been through those 10 weeks, right behind the Blue Dragons is No. 2 Iowa Western.
No. 1 Hutchinson (9-0), the 2023 Jayhawk Conference champions, will play host to No. 2 Iowa Western (10-0) at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Gowans Stadium.
For the eighth-straight week, the Blue Dragons received 9 of 10 first-place votes and Iowa Western received the other first-place vote.
This will be the second-straight season that the Blue Dragons and Reivers meet in the regular season as the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the national polls. Last season the Blue Dragons rallied late to defeat Iowa Western 29-27 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
This will be the first 1 vs. 2 matchup at Gowans Stadium since October 21, 2010 when No. 2 Hutchinson played host to No. 1 Butler.
Hutchinson has now been ranked in 30 consecutive NJCAA rankings.
Kilgore (7-1) remained No. 3 in Monday’s rankings, but there is a new No. 4 as Copiah-Lincoln (8-1) edged past Snow College for fourth place.
Dodge City (6-3) remained No. 9 this week. The Conquistadors are the only other Jayhawk Conference team ranked. Highland is receiving votes
NJCAA DIVISION I FOOTBALL RANKINGS | |||
| Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1. Hutchinson (9) 2. Iowa Western (1) 3. Kilgore College 4. Copiah-Lincoln 5. Snow 6. Mississippi Gulf Coast 7. Trinity Valley 8. East Mississippi 9. Dodge City 10. Northwest Mississippi 11. Lackawanna 12. Navarro 13. Iowa Central 14. New Mexico Military 15. Jones | 9-0 10-0 7-1 8-1 8-2 8-1 7-2 7-2 6-3 7-2 7-2 5-3 6-4 5-4 6-3 | 149 141 130 114 109 97 94 83 72 46 46 38 34 10 9 | 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 15 14 15 14 14 10 |
| Receiving Votes: Northeast Mississippi, Georgia Military, Tyler, Monroe, Highland | |||
