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Dec 30, 2008

Occidental Lands at #15 in Final d3football.com Poll of 2008

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Dec. 30, 2008) - The final D3football.com media poll has Occidental College ranked No. 15 in the final poll of the 2008 season. The weekly poll was released for the first time in five weeks due to the NCAA Division III football playoffs.

Mount Union, who won its 10th NCAA Division III national championship, was ranked No. 1 in the final poll with 625 points and all 25 first-place votes. The Purple Raiders held the top spot for the entire season. Mount Union's opponent in Stagg Bowl XXXVI was Wisconsin-Whitewater, who collected 600 points and jumped up two spots to No. 2. Mary Hardin-Baylor (563 points) and Willamette (508 points), who the Tigers fell to in the first round of the playoffs, each moved up two spots in the poll to No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Wheaton (Ill.) saw its first time in the top five this season, as it moved up 20 spots to No. 5.

Occidental was the only Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football team to land in the Top-25, although Cal Lutheran University did receive votes.

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.

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