Northwest Ranked Seventh in Final NJCAA Football Poll

Following Sunday’s appearance in the Graphic Edge Bowl, Northwest Mississippi Community College has finished the 2017 football season at No. 7 in the NJCAA’s final rankings released Monday.
It marks the fifth top 10 finish in the last eight seasons for the Rangers, who ended the season at 8-3 overall. All three season losses came against teams ranked in the NJCAA’s final top 10 poll (No. 1 EMCC, No. 2 Iowa Western, No. 10 Itawamba).
Northwest opened the year ranked sixth in the NJCAA, eighth in the College Football America 2017 Yearbook, 13th according to Street & Smith’s College Football Preview magazine and 18th by JCGridiron.com. 
The Rangers went 3-2 against ranked opponents during the year, including a 61-38 win over then-No. 1 East Mississippi and 33-13 win over then-No. 3 Holmes. 
Northwest was one of five teams from the MACJC in the final poll along with No. 1 East Mississippi, No. 9 Jones County, No. 10 Itawamba and No. 11 Hinds.
East Mississippi defeated Arizona Western 31-28 in the Mississippi Bowl to claim the 2017 NJCAA national title. 
To learn more about Ranger football visit the athletics website at www.nwccrangers.com.
Final NJCAA Football Poll 
1. East Mississippi (7)
2. Iowa Western (2)
3. Arizona Western
4. Snow (UT)
5. Independence (KS)
6. Trinity Valley (TX)
7. Northwest Mississippi
8. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
9. Jones County
10. Itawamba
11. Hinds 
12. Blinn (TX)
13. Garden City (KS)
14. ASA Brooklyn (NY)
15. Butler (KS)
16. Louisburg (NC)
17. Navarro (TX)
18. Georgia Military 
19. Lackawanna (PA)
20. Eastern Arizona

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Courtesy of Northwest Community College
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