Hillsdale finds its way back into the DII Coaches' poll at #24

It had become a running joke among Hillsdale fans. "Wow. That was a great win. I wonder how far we will drop in the Coaches' poll. Hillsdale's 34-17 win over then #15 Saginaw Valley knocked the Cardinals out of the poll and must have been enough to convince voters to put the Chargers back into the mix.

This week's opponent Grand Valley is ranked #23. They have been ranked a record 147 straight weeks. A win by the Chargers would end that streak.

2012 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll – October 22, 2012

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week Eight	Next Game
1.	Colorado St.-Pueblo (24)	8-0	743	1	D. Black Hills St. (S.D.), 45-13	Oct. 27 at Colorado Mesa
2.	Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) (6)	8-0	720	2	D. Livingstone (N.C.), 58-0	Oct. 27 at Shaw (N.C.)
3.	New Haven (Conn.)	7-0	679	3	D. Stonehill (Mass.), 45-41	Oct. 27 vs. Southern Connecticut St.
4.	Bloomsburg (Pa.)	8-0	629	4	D. Cheyney (Pa.), 27-13	Oct. 27 at No. 10 Shippensburg (Pa.)
5.	Northwest Missouri St.	7-1	623	5	D. Missouri Southern St., 38-14	Oct. 27 at No. 16t Washburn (Kan.)
6.	Ashland (Ohio)	8-0	589	6	D. Malone (Ohio), 31-7	Oct. 27 vs. Findlay (Ohio)
7.	Minnesota St.-Mankato	8-0	544	9	D. Winona St. (Minn.), 30-20	Oct. 27 at Wayne St. (Neb.)
8.	Minnesota-Duluth	7-1	537	7t	D. Bemidji St. (Minn.), 30-0	Oct. 27 at Minnesota-Crookston
9.	Henderson St. (Ark.)	8-0	484	11	D. East Central (Okla.), 49-14	Oct. 27 at Southern Arkansas
10.	Shippensburg (Pa.)	8-0	457	13	D. West Chester (Pa.), 42-24	Oct. 27 vs. No. 4 Bloomsburg (Pa.)
11.	Midwestern St. (Texas)	6-1	453	12	D. Abilene Christian (Texas), 35-31	Oct. 27 vs. Eastern New Mexico
12.	Missouri Western St.	7-1	421	16	D. No. 7t Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 63-14	Oct. 25 at No. 15 Emporia St. (Kan.)
13.	California (Pa.)	7-1	390	14	D. Gannon (Pa.), 41-0	Oct. 27 vs. Slippery Rock (Pa.)
14.	West Texas A&M	7-1	365	17	D. Eastern New Mexico, 44-21	Oct. 27 at West Georgia
15.	Emporia St. (Kan.)	8-0	354	18t	D. Truman St. (Mo.), 52-26	Oct. 25 vs. No. 12 Missouri Western St.
16t.	Indiana (Pa.)	7-1	274	20	D. Mercyhurst (Pa.), 31-13	Oct. 27 vs. Clarion (Pa.)
16t.	Washburn (Kan.)	7-1	274	18t	D. Lindenwood (Mo.), 19-16	Oct. 27 vs. No. 5 Northwest Missouri St.
18.	Miles (Ala.)	7-1	209	21	D. Lane (Tenn.), 38-20	Oct. 25 vs. Stillman (Ala.)
19.	Harding (Ark.)	6-1	164	25	D. No. 10 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 34-14	Oct. 27 vs. Arkansas Tech
20.	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	6-1	162	10	Lost to No. 25 Harding (Ark.), 34-14	Oct. 27 at East Central (Okla.)
21.	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	7-1	145	23	D. Augustana (S.D.), 32-31 2OT	Oct. 27 vs. Upper Iowa
22.	Pittsburg St. (Kan.)	5-2	119	7t	Lost to No. 16 Missouri Western St., 63-14	Oct. 27 at Truman St. (Mo.)
23.	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	6-2	71	24	D. Northwood (Mich.), 42-28	Oct. 27 at No. 24 Hillsdale (Mich.)
24.	Hillsdale (Mich.)	6-2	62	NR	D. No. 15 Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 34-17	Oct. 27 vs. No. 23 Grand Valley St. (Mich.)
25.	Charleston (W.Va.)	7-1	59	NR	D. West Liberty (W.Va.), 27-14	Oct. 27 at Glenville St. (W.Va.)

Dropped Out: Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) (15), Michigan Tech (22)

Others Receiving Votes: West Alabama, 52; Wayne St. (Mich.), 36; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 28; Tuskegee (Ala.), 26; Indianapolis (Ind.), 24; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 20; Southern Arkansas, 14; American International (Mass.), 13; Chadron St. (Neb.), 6; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 2; Missouri S&T, 2.