La Crosse, Wis. - The UW-La Crosse football team has moved up to 19th on this week's D3football.com Top-25 Poll released Sunday night. The Eagles, who were 24th last week, have 159 points in this week's rankings.

Mt. Union (Ohio) is ranked first with 623 points while UW-Whitewater is second with 601 and Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) third with 576. Mt. Union received 23 first-place votes while UW-Whitewater received two.
Wheaton (Ill.) is fourth (532 points) while Wesley (Del.) is fifth (518). St. John's, Minn. is sixth (471) followed by Cortland State, N.Y. (373), Washington & Jefferson, Pa. (367), Ohio Northern (355) and Case Western Reserve, Ohio (354) to round-out the top-10.

UW-Stevens Point moved up one position to 16th in this week's poll while UW-Eau Claire is receiving votes.

UW-L improved to 2-0 on the season with a 49-24 victory over Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) Sept. 12 in the first collegiate game played at the newly constructed Roger Harring Stadium at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex. The Eagles return to action Saturday, Sept. 26 hosting Missouri University of Science & Technology at 4 p.m.

For the complete D3football.com Top-25 Poll, click here.

The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.