MINNEAPOLIS,
Minn. – Millsaps jumped three spots to No.
19 in this week's D3football.com Top 25 Poll after a 41-7 Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference opening win over Austin College
in Jackson, the Majors' highest ranking
in the polls since the 1980 undefeated season
when
they finished at
No. 13.
Millsaps
is off to its first 3-0 start since the 1996 SCAC Championship
season behind the arm of senior QB Juan Joseph who has completed
58-of-98 (59.2 percent) passes for 677 yards and eight TDs against
just one INT and a trio of 100-yard receivers. Defensively, seniors
Michael Sims and Cap White are leading the team in tackles with
23 and 19, respectively.
The
Majors have been ranked each of the last two seasons for just
one week, but are winning over voters with big wins over then
25th-ranked Mississippi College 42-6, Belhaven 34-14 and Austin
College 41-7.
Millsaps
will face its first road test in league play this weekend, traveling
to Memphis, Tenn., to face off with the Rhodes College Lynx (1-1).
The Majors have won four-straight against the Lynx and have not
lost a SCAC road game in the Mike DuBose era (7-0 overall). The
game will be streamed live on the internet at www.atwsportscast.com with
Derrel Palmer handling play-by-play duties.
