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Tech Moves Ahead of Carroll in Top 25

Posted: Oct 29, 2012 2:34 PM by Mark Freeman
Updated: Oct 29, 2012 3:25 PM

The Montana Tech Orediggers(7-1) find themselves ranked seventh in the country in the latest NAIA Top 25 poll released today. The Diggers are coming off a 21-13 win over MSU Northern (2-6) this weekend. Meanwhile, fellow Frontier Conference squad Carroll College (6-3) finds themselves sitting at sixteenth this week after their 52-49 loss to Southern Oregon on the road.

Montana Tech has now won 7 straight games and will host Montana Western this coming weekend in the last Digger-Dog matchup of the season. Tech won the first matchup between the two 31-24 back in September.

The entire Top 25 poll is listed below:

1. Marian, Ind. (8-0)
2. Georgetown, Ky. (8-0)
3. Missouri Valley (8-0)
4. Morningside, Iowa (8-0)
5. Saint Xavier, Ill. (7-1)
6. Saint Francis, Ind. (6-2)
7. Montana Tech (7-1)
8. Cumberlands, Ky. (8-1)
9. Grand View, Iowa (7-2)
10. William Penn. Iowa (8-1)
11. St. Ambrose, Iowa (7-1)
12. MidAmerica Nazarene, Kan. (6-2)
13. Baker, Kan. (6-2)
14. Southern Oregon (6-2)
15. Evangel, Mo. (7-2)
16. Carroll, Mont. (6-3)
17. Northwestern, Iowa (7-2)
18. Benedictine, Kan. (6-3)
19. Ottawa, Kan. (6-2)
20. Tabor, Kan. (6-2)
21. Bethel,Tenn. (6-3)
22. Robert Morris, Ill. (8-1)
23. Kansas Wesleyan (6-3)
24. Doane, Neb. (5-3)
25. Hastings, Neb. (6-2)