For the second consecutive week, Butler football remained ranked 19th in the NJCAA Top 20 National poll.
Butler (6-3 overall, 4-2 KJCCC) defeated Garden City 56-6 on Saturday and received 20.5 votes this week - an increase of 5.5 votes from the previous week. The Grizzlies are one of two three-loss teams in the poll.
There was a change at the top of the poll, as Iowa Western knocked East Mississippi out of the top spot with a 58-34 win over No. 4 Hutchinson. Despite receiving just three of the nine first-place votes, Iowa Western moved into the No. 1 spot with 205 votes - just five more votes than East Mississippi, who received five first-place votes. Trinity Valley, Texas, remained ranked third, while Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mississippi Gulf Coast moved up to fourth and fifth, respectively.
For the sixth straight week, three KJCCC teams - Hutchinson, Butler and Coffeyville - were ranked this week's poll. Hutchinson moved down three spots to seventh after losing to Iowa Western, while Coffeyville moved up one spot to No. 14 with a 49-24 home win against Highland.
Butler will travel to Highland this Saturday for a 1 p.m. contest. The Scotties (5-4 overall, 2-3 conference) have lost two straight games to ranked competition on the road (58-35 at Hutchinson on Oct. 18, 49-24 at Coffeyville last Saturday). Prior to the two losses, Highland had won four in a row.
| 2014 NJCAA TOP 20 FOOTBALL POLL | ||||
| Oct. 28, 2014 | ||||
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Prev. |
| 1. | Iowa Western (3) | 9-0 | 205 | 2 |
| 2. | East Mississippi (5) | 9-0 | 200 | 1 |
| 3. | Trinity Valley, TX (1) | 9-0 | 185.5 | 3 |
| 4. | Scottsdale, AZ | 7-1 | 163 | 5 |
| 5. | Mississippi Gulf Coast | 8-1 | 160 | 7 |
| 6. | Snow, UT | 7-1 | 148.5 | 6 |
| 7. | Hutchinson | 8-1 | 140.5 | 4 |
| 8. | Central Lakes-Brainerd, MN | 9-0 | 139.5 | 7 |
| 9. | Nassau, NY | 8-0 | 136 | 9 |
| 10. | Arizona Western | 8-1 | 125 | 10 |
| 11. | Copiah-Lincoln, MS | 7-2 | 95.5 | 12 |
| 12. | Navarro, TX | 7-2 | 92 | 12 |
| 13. | Dakota-Bottineau, ND | 8-1 | 91.5 | 14 |
| 14. | Coffeyville | 7-2 | 71 | 15 |
| 15. | Tyler, TX | 7-2 | 62.5 | 18 |
| 16. | ASA, NY | 5-1 | 58 | 16 |
| 17. | Hudson Valley, NY | 8-0 | 51.5 | 17 |
| 18. | Kilgore, TX | 7-2 | 50.5 | 11 |
| 19. | Butler | 6-3 | 20.5 | 19 |
| 20. | Glendale, AZ | 6-3 | 11 | 20 |
Other schools receiving votes: Rochester, MN (6-3, 7).
Dropped from rankings: None
