In this week’s American Football Coaches Association NCAA Division III football Top 25, the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets received 11 votes to come in 31st in the nation.
The Yellow Jackets (4-1, 3-0) are joined by No. 4 Mary Hardin-Baylor (4-1, 3-0) and No. 10 Hardin-Simmons (3-1, 1-1) from the American Southwest Conference in the poll, as well as fellow Texas school Trinity (4-0), which comes in at No. 6.
Howard Payne will host McMurry (0-5, 0-3) at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gordon Wood Stadium in ASC action.