The Muhlenberg football team is back in the national rankings.

The 2-0 Mules are ranked No. 25 in the second D3football.com poll of the 2023 season after posting a 29-17 home victory against the team that was ranked No. 25 last week, Salisbury.

Muhlenberg received 14 votes in the preseason poll and dipped to eight points in the first regular-season poll despite recording a 41-point win against Moravian in its opener. Following their win against a nationally ranked opponent, the Mules leaped over six other teams that also won to land in the top 25. 

This is the fifth straight season that Muhlenberg has appeared in the top 25 during the regular season. The Mules were ranked as high as No. 18 last year, and their highest D3football.com ranking ever is No. 4, in 2008.