Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The Hutchinson Community College football team stayed atop the NJCAA Division I Football national rankings for the fifth-straight week on Monday.
Following a 52-24 win over NEO on Saturday at Gowans Stadium, the Blue Dragons once again received all 10 first-place votes in the latest national rankings, released on Monday.
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The Blue Dragons extended their program record for longest consecutive run in the national poll to 73 weeks. The Dragons have been ranked in the top three of the NJCAA Rankings for 67 consecutive polls.
Now with this latest move to No. 1, the Blue Dragons have been ranked No. 1 in 55 of the 92 polls released in the Drew Dallas era.
The Blue Dragons (9-0) will have nationally ranked matchups in their final two regular-season games.
Hutchinson meets No. 12 Dodge City (6-3) at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Gowans Stadium, and will close out the regular season at No. 13 Iowa Central (4-3) on November 7 in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Hutchinson and No. 2 Iowa Western stayed put this week, but the remainder of the Top 10 had a multitude of changes.
Trinity Valley is the new No. 3 team and Georgia Military is now No. 4 with Northwest Mississippi at No. 5.
Butler jumped up two spots to No. 8.