OT VICTORY KEEPS BLUE DRAGONS AT NO. 2

Blue Dragon Football celebrates a 31-28 overtime win over No. 7 Iowa Central on Saturday ta Gowans Stadium. The Blue Dragons are No. 2 in this week's NJCAA Rankings. (Andrew Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
Blue Dragon Football celebrates a 31-28 overtime win over No. 7 Iowa Central on Saturday ta Gowans Stadium. The Blue Dragons are No. 2 in this week's NJCAA Rankings. (Andrew Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
September 12, 2022

NJCAA DIVISION I FOOTBALL RANKINGS
  Record Points Last Poll

1. New Mexico Military Institute (7)
2. Hutchinson (2)
3. Iowa Western
4. Northwest Mississippi
5. Kilgore
6. Jones
7. Snow
8. Iowa Central
9. East Mississippi
10. Butler
11. Lackawanna
12. Georgia Military
13. Blinn
14. Pearl River
15. Independence

 3-0
3-0
2-0
2-0
2-0
2-0
2-1
2-1
1-1
2-1
2-0
3-0
3-0
2-0
1-1		 147
141
132
120
106
99
97
77
55
54
45
43
34
20
17		 1
2
2
4
6
9
10
7
5
8
13
12
15
RV
RV
Receiving Votes: Coffeyville, Coahoma

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

The Hutchinson Community College football team withstood its first Top 10 test of the year, topping No. 7 Iowa Central 31-28 in overtime last Saturday at Gowans Stadium. The victory moved the Blue Dragons into sole possession of No. 2 in the latest NJCAA Division I National Football Rankings, which were released Monday.

Hutchinson was tied for second with Iowa Western in last week's national poll, who had a bye week prior to those rankings. Hutchinson received three first place votes, and New Mexico Military Institute, who remains the top team in the nation in the NJCAA, earned seven first place votes.

New Mexico Military Institute escaped Navarro's upset big over the weekend, winning 40-35 after Navarro led 21-7 at the end of the first quarter. Iowa Western, which is now outright third in the national rankings, defeated Garden City 43-13 to drop the Broncbusters to 0-3.

After halting Iowa Central on downs in the Tritons' opening drive of overtime, the Blue Dragons won the game with a 39-yard field goal by freshman Cole Segraves. The Maize High School product had to kick the game winner into a 15 to 20-mph wind, securing the Blue Dragons' second Top 15 win of the year.

Hutchinson will have a bye week this week before hitting the road to open the Jayhawk Conference season at Coffeyville for a 7 p.m. kickoff Saturday, Sept. 24 at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Coffeyville.

Coffeyville dropped out of the rankings this week, but is still receiving votes after an 18-5 loss to Independence on Saturday. The Pirates move back into the rankings at No. 15.

Northwest Mississippi remains at No. 4 and Kilgore jumps into the fifth spot. Butler dropped two spots to No. 10 after falling to Snow in overtime, 50-49, on Saturday in El Dorado.