The Dickinson State football team is back in the NAIA coaches' poll.
The Blue Hawks were ranked 24th in the poll released Monday.
The team entered the season ranked No. 15 but fell out of the poll after back-to-back losses to Rocky Mountain College and Wisconsin-Whitewater, which, consequently, is unbeaten at 5-0 and ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division III poll.
The Blue Hawks (4-2) are on a four-game win streak and are unbeaten in the Dakota Athletic Conference. They defeated Black Hills State 13-9 on the road last Saturday and host South Dakota Mines this Saturday at the Badlands Activities Center.
BHSU was ranked No. 23 coming into the game but was not ranked in the latest poll.
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Minot State (5-1), which defeated Mines last Saturday, jumped from No. 21 to No. 17 this week.
The University of Sioux Falls (S.D.) is 6-0 and still the top-ranked team in the country. USF puts its 20-game win streak on the line Saturday when it visits the University of North Dakota.
Carroll College (Mont.) is 7-0 and ranked second. The top nine teams in the poll are all undefeated.
NAIA Record Pts Pv
1. Sioux Falls (S.D.) (18) 6-0 444 1
2. Carroll (Mont.) (1) 7-0 426 2
3. Lindenwood (Mo.) 6-0 409 3
4. Saint Francis (Ind.) 5-0 395 4
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5. Morningside (Iowa) 5-0 376 5
6. Cumberlands (Ky.) 6-0 357 6
7. Lambuth (Tenn.) 6-0 340 7
8. Saint Xavier (Ill.) 7-0 323 9
9. Ottawa (Kan.) 6-0 307 10
10. Missouri Valley 5-1 283 11
11. MidAm.Nazarene 5-1 270 12
12. McKendree (Ill.) 5-1 261 13
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13. Northwestern (Iowa) 5-1 232 14
14. Friends (Kan.) 4-1 207 15
15. Langston (Okla.) 5-2 196 8
16. McPherson (Kan.) 4-1 183 18
17. Minot State 5-1 170 t21
18. Saint Ambrose (Iowa) 4-2 167 t21
19. Eastern Oregon 5-2 109 24
20. Cent. Methodist (Mo.) 5-1 107 25
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21. Walsh (Ohio) 4-2 91 20
22. Hastings (Neb.) 5-2 82 16
23. Ohio Dominican 4-2 53 NR
24. Dickinson State 4-2 50 NR
25. Georgetown (Ky.) 4-2 31 NR
Other notables receiving votes: Black Hills State 8; Nebraska Wesleyan 1; Midland Lutheran (Neb.) 1.
