WACO, Texas -- The Washburn Ichabod football team was ranked No. 25 in the final AFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll which was announced today. The Ichabods were the only MIAA school other than Northwest Missouri to be ranked in the final poll.

Washburn finished the 2009 season 8-3. The ranking was the third time in the program's history the Ichabods were ranked in the final AFCA poll as the 2005 team was ranked No. 13 and the 2007 squad was tabbed No. 24 in the final poll.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Postseason Results	Head Coach
1.	Northwest Missouri St. (25)	14-1	625	2	D. No. 3 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 30-23, in championship	Mel Tjeerdsma
2.	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	13-2	600	3	Lost to No. 2 Northwest Missouri St., 30-23, in championship	Chuck Martin
3.	Central Washington	12-1	558	1	Lost to No. 2 Northwest Missouri St., 21-20, in quarterfinals	Blaine Bennett
4.	Carson-Newman (Tenn.)	11-3	535	10	Lost to No. 3 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 41-27, in semifinals	Ken Sparks
5.	Minnesota-Duluth	11-2	502	4	Lost to No. 3 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 24-10, in quarterfinals	Bob Nielson
6.	North Alabama	11-2	492	5	Lost to No. 10 Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 24-21, in quarterfinals	Terry Bowden
7.	California (Pa.)	11-4	426	22	Lost to No. 2 Northwest Missouri St., 56-31, in semifinals	John Luckhardt
8.	Nebraska-Kearney	11-2	413	6	Lost to No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth, 42-7, in second round	Darrell Morris
9.	West Liberty (W.Va.)	11-2	377	9	Lost to No. 22 California (Pa.), 57-35, in quarterfinals	Roger Waialae
10.	Tarleton St. (Texas)	10-3	362	12	Lost to No. 1 Central Washington, 27-6, in second round	Sam McElroy
11.	Hillsdale (Mich.)	10-3	352	15	Lost to No. 3 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 44-27, in second round	Keith Otterbein
12.	Minnesota St.-Mankato	10-2	310	8	Lost to No. 15 Hillsdale (Mich.), 27-24 OT, in first round	Todd Hoffner
13.	Abilene Christian (Texas)	9-4	307	18	Lost to No. 2 Northwest Missouri St., 35-10, in second round	Chris Thomsen
14.	Midwestern St. (Texas)	9-3	289	7	Lost to No. 18 Abilene Christian (Tex.), 24-21, in first round	Bill Maskill
15.	Shippensburg (Pa.)	9-3	272	17	Lost to No. 22 California (Pa.), 26-21, in second round	Rocky Rees
16.	Texas A&M-Kingsville	9-3	253	13	Lost to No. 12 Tarleton St. (Texas), 57-56 2OT, in first round	Bo Atterberry
17.	Tuskegee (Ala.)	10-2	244	14	D. Elizabeth City St. (N.C.), 21-7, in Pioneer Bowl	Willie Slater
18.	Arkansas Tech	9-3	235	21	Lost to No. 5 North Alabama, 41-28, in second round	Steve Mullins
19.	Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)	9-3	206	16	Lost to No. 6 Nebraska-Kearney, 35-20, in first round	Jim Collins
20.	North Carolina-Pembroke	9-2	166	11	Lost to No. 21 Arkansas Tech, 41-13, in first round	Pete Shinnick
21.	West Alabama	8-5	113	NR	Lost to No. 10 Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 59-41, in second round	Bobby Wallace
22.	Albany St. (Ga.)	8-3	106	20	Lost to West Alabama, 24-22, in first round	Mike White
23.	Charleston (W.Va.)	9-2	82	19	DNQ Playoffs	Tony DeMeo
24.	Edinboro (Pa.)	9-4	77	NR	Lost to No. 9 West Liberty (W.Va.), 84-63, in second round	Scott Browning
25.	Washburn (Kan.)	8-3	43	24	DNQ Playoffs	Craig Schurig

Dropped Out: Central Missouri (23), Bloomsburg (Pa.) (25).

Others Receiving Votes: West Texas A&M, 39; Missouri Western St., 36; Central Missouri, 35; Bloomsburg (Pa.), 14; Colorado School of Mines, 10; Bentley (Mass.), 9; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 9; Wayne St. (Neb.), 8; Wingate (N.C.), 8; East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 5; Winona St. (Minn.), 4; Glenville St. (W.Va.), 1; Nebraska-Omaha, 1; Seton Hill (Pa.), 1.