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Thu, Apr. 19, 2012 - [Football]
William Penn is one of five teams in the rating from the highly-touted Midwest League
William Penn is one of five teams in the rating from the highly-touted Midwest League
Oskaloosa--The William Penn football team remains quite visible on the NAIA radar as the Association's spring top 25 poll was released Wednesday.

The Statesmen, who were 9-2 last fall (5-2 MWL), improved two spots from the last ranking to #13 in the NAIA with 182 points.

Defending national champion Saint Xavier (Ill.) is the spring's #1 with 340 points and all 15 first-place votes, while Carroll (Mont.) is second. Marian (Ind.), Georgetown (Ky.), and MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) round out the top five.

St. Francis (Ill.) tops the Midwest League at #7, while Grand View is 16th and St. Ambrose is 20th. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), unofficially 28th, also represents the league.

The Statesmen remain the second-highest team from the state of Iowa behind #8 Morningside.

William Penn opens its 2012 season on Saturday, August 25 by traveling to Mount Pleasant to face Iowa Wesleyan in MWL action at 6 p.m.

NAIA Football Spring Rating - April 18, 2012
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
(Iowa Institutions bolded)
1. Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15)
2. Carroll (Mont.)
3. Marian (Ind.)
4. Georgetown (Ky.)
5. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
6. St. Francis (Ind.)
7. St. Francis (Ill.)
8. Morningside
9. Missouri Valley
10. Ottawa (Kan.)
11. Benedictine (Kan.)
12. Bethel (Tenn.)
13.William Penn
14. Northwestern
15. Valley City State (N.D.)
16. Grand View
17. Eastern Oregon
18. Doane (Neb.)
19. Baker (Kan.)
20. St. Ambrose
21. Langston (Okla.)
22. Cumberlands (Ky.)
23. Cumberland (Tenn.)
24. Bethany (Kan.)
25. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

Others receiving votes:Campbellsville (Ky.) 9; Friends (Kan.) 1; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 1; Montana State-Northern 1; Midland (Neb.) 1; Hastings (Neb.) 1.