Tuesday, October 16, 2012

WSSU, at No. 2, sets standard for CIAA

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  -- Winston-Salem State is creeping closer to No. 1 in Division II football.

The 7-0 Rams jumped a spot to No. 2 on Monday in the American Football Coaches Association poll. Colorado State-Pueblo moved up a spot to No. 1 after Pittsburg State, last season's D-II national champion, lost 31-21 to Northwest Missouri State on Saturday.

Until Monday, no CIAA team had been higher than No. 3 in the poll, which was started in 2000.

"It's a great honor for the university and for the alumni and our fans," Coach Connell Maynor of the Rams said. "And it's nice to be the highest-ranking CIAA team ever in the poll's history, but we also know our work isn't done."

The Rams are coming off their fourth straight CIAA blowout — 56-37 against St. Augustine's. Over the last four games, they have outscored their CIAA opponents 189-53. WSSU will play Livingstone in its homecoming game Saturday at Bowman Gray Stadium.




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