Taylor Moves Closer to Top-25 Rating After Third-Straight Victory
UPLAND, Ind. – The Taylor football program inched closer to a Top-25 rating by moving up four spots in the receiving votes portion of the national poll announced on Monday.
The Trojans hauled in 38 points in the new ratings, doubling their total from the previous poll and climbing from the 32nd-highest total to the 28th.
TU moved up following a 63-7 thrashing of Judson on September 27, a win that saw the Trojans produce season-bests with 63 points, 641 total yards of offense, 258 passing yards and 383 rushing yards. Taylor also turned in its best defensive showing of the young season, allowing just seven points on 164 yards, while limiting JU to negative-26 yards on the ground and piling up seven sacks and 13 hits for lost yardage.
Taylor has opened the season with four-straight outings of at least 42 points for the first time in program history, and enters the season's fifth week ranking No. 2 in the NAIA with 303.5 rushing yards per game, No. 3 with 48.0 points per game and No. 9 with 478.0 total yards of offense per game.
RV Taylor (3-1) will look to extend its three-game win streak when it hosts RV Saint Francis (3-1) for Homecoming on Saturday, October 4 at 1:00 pm.