ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita Baptist University football team has held on to a top 10 national ranking and checks in at No. 5 this week in Super Region 3.

The NCAA released its first numerical region rankings of the season on Monday with the Tigers coming in at No. 5 in Super Region 3, which consists of teams from the Great American Conference, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference, and the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

The top seven teams from the region will make the playoffs. The No. 1 seed gets a first-round bye. The rest of SR3's top 10 include No. 1 Ferris State, No. 2 Grand Valley State, No. 3 Pittsburg State, No. 4 Central Oklahoma, No. 6 Harding, No. 7 Emporia State, No. 8 Saginaw Valley State, No. 9 Indianapolis, and No. 10 Southern Arkansas.

In the national rankings, Ouachita dropped six spots to No. 9 in this week's American Football Coaches Association Top 25 poll following the team's first loss of the season, an 18-17 setback to Southern Nazarene last Thursday night at home. Ouachita has now been ranked nationally by the AFCA in 73 of the last 74 polls, reaching as high as No. 3 twice during that time.

In this week's D2Football.com Top 25, Ouachita fell seven spots to No. 12.

Ouachita is one of three teams from the GAC included in this week's national and regional rankings. Harding moved up to No. 4 in the AFCA poll and No. 5 by D2Football.com. Southern Arkansas is receiving votes this week in the AFCA poll.

The Tigers will look to bounce back from last week's loss this Saturday, November 9 on the road against Oklahoma Baptist. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. in Shawnee.