Hutchinson, Four Others Ranked Or Receiving Votes In Latest NJCAA Football Rankings

NJCAA Division 1 Football Week 2 Rankings

CHARLOTTE, NC – Led by a one-spot jump for Hutchinson Community College, the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference has three teams ranked and another two teams receiving votes in the latest NJCAA Division 1 Football poll released on Tuesday, September 3rd.

Following a 42-10 win over New Mexico Military Institution last Thursday, the Blue Dragons move up as previously ranked number two East Mississippi Community College drops eight spots after their home defeat to Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Blue Dragons will play in one of the top regular season games of the year this coming Saturday when they make the trip to Council Bluffs, Iowa to take on two-time defending National Champion and number one ranked Iowa Western who escaped with a 42-41 overtime win at number 12 Georgia Military College last Saturday afternoon.

Of the three new teams in the NJCAA Division 1 Football Rankings, the KJCCC makes up two of the teams as Highland enters the rankings in the number 13 spot following a 31-0 shutout of Monroe College while Dodge City won a 20-17 thriller over Tyler Junior College to be ranked number 15 in this week’s poll. The Scotties take on their first road game of the year with a 12 PM kickoff at number eight ranked Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa while Dodge City is back at home to host Garden City Community College in a Southwest Kansas showdown set for 7 PM.

After being ranked in both the preseason and week one poll of the season, Garden City and Butler both dropped from being ranked to just outside the poll in receiving votes as the Broncbusters fell at home to number seven ranked Navarro 34-20 while the Grizzlies dropped a 26-23 overtime decision to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. Garden City takes on Dodge City on Saturday evening while Butler makes the long haul to Iowa Falls, Iowa to take on Ellsworth Community College with a 1 PM kickoff.

The remaining two KJCCC teams not ranked or receiving votes in this week’s poll will both be in action this weekend as Independence Community College will look to bounce back from a Week 0 defeat at Trinity Valley by heading to Miami, Oklahoma to take on Northeastern Oklahoma A&M while Coffeyville will travel to Cisco College in Texas for a 3 PM kickoff.