NEXT UP FOR NO. 1 DRAGONS ARE THE NINTH-RANKED GRIZZLIES

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The Hutchinson Community College football team goes from one national Top 10 battle right into another as the latest NJCAA Division I Rankings were released on Monday.

Hutchinson (7-0) remained No. 1 for the 11th-straight week after throwing a shutout in a 31-0 victory over then-No. 10 Coffeyville on Saturday at Gowans Stadium.

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Now the Blue Dragons will go on the road for another Top 10 showdown on Saturday when Hutchinson travels to play at No. 9 Butler at 7 p.m. in El Dorado.

The Grizzlies moved up four spots into the Top 10 after a double-overtime 26-23 road win at previous-No. 6 Garden City on Saturday.

The Blue Dragons extend their program record for longest consecutive weeks in the national poll to 58 weeks. The Dragons have been ranked in the top three of the NJCAA Rankings for 52 consecutive polls and have been ranked No. 1 in 47 of the 77 polls released in the Drew Dallas era.

Four Jayhawk Conference teams will remain in the national Top 15. After Hutchinson and Butler, Garden City drops five spots to No. 11 and Coffeyville moved down three spots to No. 13.

The Top 5 remained the same this week. Following Hutchinson, Iowa Western remained No. 2, Tyler stayed at No. 3, Northwest Mississippi is at No. 4 and Georgia Military stayed at No. 5.