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Saturday's 42-17 victory over Garden City had a very positive effect for the Hutchinson Community College football team in Monday's release of the NJCAA Division I Rankings.
The 9-1 Blue Dragons are now in sole possession of second place in the latest rankings. Last week, Hutchinson and Georgia Military were tied for second with 135 poll points each.
The new poll had the Blue Dragons firmly in second place with 138 points. Hutchinson earned two first-place votes this week. Georgia Military (10-1), which completed its regular season last week, is third with 129 points and Mississippi champion Northwest Mississippi is fourth. Iowa Western remained in the top spot after a narrow 21-14 win on Saturday at Highland.
The top four teams in the national rankings receive bids to play in the NJCAA National Playoffs, with the top two teams in the poll earning home games.
There is one week left in the regular season and just two games are on the schedule … Coffeyville played at Butler in a weather-make-up game in El Dorado. Then, No. 6 Navarro plays at No. 7 Tyler in the SWJCFC Championship game.
Now ranked in 46-straight polls, the current run of consecutive appearances is the longest in program history. The previous longest run was 45 set from 2010 to 2013.
The Dragons have been ranked the nation's Top 3 for 42 consecutive polls.