KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Louisiana Christian University football program has put together a high enough quality body of work to withstand a difficult setback and remain on the cusp of the NAIA Top 25, falling down to 27th in the country but still firmly on the national radar with a dozen votes.
 
LCU is the top-ranked team in all of NAIA for sacks (33), first downs (221), and total yards (3,904), slots inside the top-five in terms of touchdowns scored (46), yards allowed per game (225.0), and yards per carry (6.0), as well as a top-ten team regarding scoring offense (43.0), punt average (40.8), and time of possession average (33:16).
 
The Wildcats still control their own destiny in the Sooner Athletic Conference as winning out on Homecoming against Southwestern Assemblies of God and in Fort Worth at Texas Wesleyan would guarantee the Orange and Blue at least a share of their first conference title in program history.
 
With the win over the good guys on Saturday night and into Sunday morning Central time, Ottawa (Arizona) made a sizable leap in the polls from #24 to #20, showing that the voters value the victory over the Cats as a high-quality result while the current SAC leaders, the undefeated Rams of TWU struggled with Wayland Baptist but found a way to pull it out and slid up to 16th.
 
The men from CenLA will hopefully celebrate Homecoming week with a triumph over SAGU on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. and keep its title hopes alive.  
 
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