ARCATA — Saturday's win over Dixie State kept Humboldt State unbeaten, a fact reflected in this week's American Football Coaches Association NCAA Division II Top 25. For the second straight week the Lumberjacks advanced one position, up to No. 9 in the AFCA poll announced Monday.

Ranked 21st in the AFCA preseason poll released Aug. 13, the Jacks have made steady progress toward the top since the season's onset. They were 17th in the first regular season poll, 11th in the second, and stood at No. 10 a week ago. Humboldt State enters this week's game at Central Washington with a 4-0 record and 3-0 Great Northwest Athletic Conference mark.

Left out of the Top 25, Central Washington was among other schools receiving votes for the second straight week. The Wildcats, who are tied with HSU at the top of the GNAC standings, will host the Jacks on Saturday in either their Ellensburg hometown or in Bothell, Wash., depending on air quality issues caused by wildfires in the Kittitas Valley.

Only one of the poll's top 10 team lost this week, allowing Bloomsburg (Pa.) to enter the Top 10 for the first time this year, at No. 10. The rest of the Top 10 was unchanged as Pittsburg State (Kan.) still holds onto the top spot with 29 first-place votes. Minnesota-Duluth, Colorado State-Pueblo, Grand Valley State (Mich.) and Winston-Salem State (N.C.) round out the Top 5.

Shippensburg (Pa.) moved into the Top 25, at No. 21, for the first time since the final poll of 2009. The Raiders are 4-0 after a 61-6 win over Millersville (Pa.) last Saturday. Newberry (S.C.) is the second newcomer this week, making its first appearance in the Division II Coaches' Top 25 poll since October 7, 2008. The Wolves are No. 24 and 4-0 after their 47-22 victory over Carson-Newman (Tenn.). Making its first-ever appearance in the poll is Sioux Falls (S.D.), who comes in ranked No. 25. The Cougars are 4-0 so far in 2012 in just their second season of Division II play since making the jump from NAIA. Valdosta State (Ga.), Colorado School of Mines and Abilene Christian (Texas) all fell out of the poll this week.

2012 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll – September 24, 2012

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week Two	Next Game
1.	Pittsburg St. (Kan.) (29)	4-0	749	1	D. Lincoln (Mo.), 59-17	Oct. 6 vs. Central Missouri
2.	Minnesota-Duluth	4-0	716	2	D. Augustana (S.D.), 42-34	Sept. 29 at St. Cloud State (Minn.)
3.	Colorado St.-Pueblo	4-0	680	3	D. Adams St. (Colo.), 30-0	Sept. 29 at Fort Lewis (Colo.)
4.	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	4-0	649	4	D. Ohio Dominican, 46-41	Sept. 29 at Michigan Tech
5.	Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) (1)	4-0	627	5	D. Virginia Union, 35-6	Sept. 29 at Bowie St. (Md.)
6.	California (Pa.)	4-0	600	6	D. No. 14 Indiana (Pa.), 26-24	Sept. 29 vs. West Chester (Pa.)
7.	Missouri Western St.	4-0	568	7	D. Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 21-3	Sept. 29 vs. Central Oklahoma
8.	New Haven (Conn.)	4-0	547	8	D. St. Anselm (N.H.), 45-0	Oct. 6 vs. Assumption (Mass.)
9.	Humboldt St. (Calif.)	4-0	490	10	D. Dixie St. (Utah), 49-13	Sept. 29 at Central Washington
10.	Bloomsburg (Pa.)	4-0	484	11	D. LIU Post (N.Y.), 42-27	Sept. 29 vs. Gannon (Pa.)
11.	Northwest Missouri St.	3-1	441	12	D. Nebraska-Kearney, 37-13	Sept. 29 vs. Northeastern St. (Okla.)
12.	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	3-0	392	13	D. Arkansas Tech, 31-24	Sept. 29 at Southeastern Oklahoma St.
13.	Ashland (Ohio)	4-0	375	17	D. Northern Michigan, 42-13	Sept. 29 vs. Lake Erie (Ohio)
14.	Midwestern St. (Texas)	2-1	340	15	D. Texas A&M-Kingsville, 45-28	Sept. 29 vs. Incarnate Word (Texas)
15.	Minnesota St.-Mankato	4-0	297	22	D. Minnesota St.-Moorhead, 24-0	Sept. 29 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)
16.	Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)	3-1	245	20	D. Lake Erie (Ohio), 51-24	Sept. 29 vs. Ferris St. (Mich.)
17.	Henderson St. (Ark.)	4-0	232	24	D. Southeastern Oklahoma St., 56-20	Sept. 29 at Southwestern Oklahoma St.
18.	Wayne St. (Mich.)	2-1	186	21	D. Malone (Ohio), 38-14	Sept. 29 at Northwood (Mich.)
19.	West Alabama	3-1	181	23	D. No. 16 Valdosta St. (Ga.), 39-28	Sept. 29 vs. West Georgia
20.	Washburn (Kan.)	3-1	155	9	Lost to Central Oklahoma, 35-20	Sept. 29 vs. Southwest Baptist (Mo.)
21.	Shippensburg (Pa.)	4-0	150	NR	D. Millersville (Pa.), 61-6	Sept. 29 at Lock Haven (Pa.)
22.	Indiana (Pa.)	3-1	147	14	Lost to No. 6 California (Pa.), 26-24	Sept. 29 at Millersville (Pa.)
23.	West Texas A&M	3-1	106	25	D. Incarnate Word (Texas), 24-0	Sept. 29 vs. Tarleton St. (Texas)
24.	Newberry (S.C.)	4-0	68	NR	D. Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 47-22	Sept. 29 at Mars Hill (N.C.)
25.	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	4-0	57	NR	D. Bemidji St. (Minn.), 21-5	Sept. 29 vs. Southwest Minnesota St

Dropped Out: Valdosta St. (Ga.) (16), Colorado School of Mines (18), Abilene Christian (Texas) (19)

Others Receiving Votes: Central Missouri, 47; Hillsdale (Mich.), 40; Emporia St. (Kan.), 36; Colorado School of Mines, 30; Harding (Ark.), 28; Michigan Tech, 28; Central Washington, 11; Shepherd (W.Va.), 11; St. Augustine's (N.C.), 8; Miles (Ala.), 6; North Carolina-Pembroke, 5; Tarleton St. (Texas), 5; Missouri S&T, 4; New Mexico Highlands, 4; Abilene Christian (Texas), 3; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 2.