The Hutchinson Community College football team took a slight hit from Saturday night’s 54-34 loss at No. 12 Navarro College in Texas.
The Blue Dragons dropped four spots to No. 14 in the NJCAA’s first regular-season football poll of 2012 on Tuesday.
With the release of the latest national poll, the 1-1 Blue Dragons (1-0 Jayhawk Conference) will meet a nationally ranked team for the third-straight week to open the 2012 season. Hutchinson will play at No. 19 Garden City in a 7 p.m. kickoff at Memorial Stadium.
HCC has defeated No. 17 Coffeyville 58-26 and dropped a 20-point decision to now-No. 9 Navarro on Saturday night.
The Blue Dragons started the season ranked No. 10. The latest ranking marks the 30th-consecutive poll and the 39th time in the last 41 polls that the Blue Dragons have appeared in.
Defending national champion East Mississippi received 7 of 9 first-place votes and remains the No. 1 team. Butler, which defeated Blinn College 28-10 on Saturday, remains No. 2. Arizona Western is third, followed by Mississippi Gulf Coast and Hinds.
Coffeyville (0-2) dropped from the poll this week.
Garden City has defeated Independence 56-49 and Cisco College 24-19 in climb into the poll for the first time this season.
NJCAA FOOTBALL POLL Record Pts Last Week
1. East Mississippi CC (7) 1-0 138 1
2. Butler CC (2) 2-0 134 2
3. Arizona Western College 1-0 124 3
4. Mississippi Gulf Coast CC 1-0 118 4
5. Hinds CC 1-0 107 6
6. Trinity Valley CC 2-0 105 7
7. Iowa Western CC 2-0 104 8
8. Snow College 2-0 90 9
9. Navarro College 2-0 82 12
10. Eastern Arizona College 1-0 68 13
11. Blinn College 0-1 65 5
12. Northwest Mississippi CC 0-0 64 11
13. Tyler Junior College 1-0 56 16
14. Hutchinson CC 1-1 39 10
15. Iowa Central CC 1-0 38 18
16. Rochester CTC 2-0 37 19
17. Nassau CC 1-0 29 20
18. Georgia Military College 1-0 15 NR
19. Garden City CC 2-0 4 NR
20. College of DuPage 1-0 2 NR
20. Scottsdale CC 1-0 2 NR
