Life proved to be different on the road for Seward County. Barton handed the Saints their first conference loss 3-1 Wednesday night in Great Bend. Barton won the match (25-22, 25-17, 20-25, 25-23) handing #18 Seward their first conference loss. The Cougars are now 1-2 in the conference and 7-4 overall. Seward is 9-3 overall and 3-1 in the Jayhawk West and is now in a tie with Pratt for first place. Seward plays at the Wyo-Braska Shootout Thursday and Friday September 23 and 24.

Here’s Wednesday’s NJCAA poll.

Top 20 National Poll | September 15, 2010

Rank

College

Region

Record

Points

Last Week

1 Miami Dade College 8 6-0 60 1

2 Iowa Western Community College 11 13-0 57 3

3 College of Southern Idaho 18 12-2 54 5

4 San Jacinto College-Central 14 11-3 51 6

5 Salt Lake Community College 18 13-2 48 2

6 Blinn College 14 8-5 45 4

7 Western Nebraska Community College 9 7-2 42 7

8 Western Wyoming Community College 9 9-3 39 10

9 Laramie County Community College 9 9-1 36 9

10 Panola College 14 9-2 33 14

11 Northeastern Junior College 9 10-1 30 12

12 Temple College 5 9-4 27 8

13 Frank Phillips College 5 8-2 24 13

14 Eastern Arizona College 1 12-3 21 15

15 Midland College 5 11-4 18 16

16 Hillsborough Community College 8 8-4 15 20

17 Florida State College at Jacksonville 8 6-3 12 11

18 Seward County Community College 6 9-2 9 18

19 North Idaho College 18 10-4 6 19

20 Wallace State Community College-Hanceville 22 14-0 3 20

Other schools receiving votes

College Location Record Points 1st Pl Votes Last Week

Arizona Western College Yuma AZ 6-6 0 0 0

Jefferson College Hillsboro MO 5-3 0 0 NR

Laredo Community College Laredo TX 7-1 0 0 NR

Missouri State University – West Plains West Plains MO 1-8 0 0 0

New Mexico Military Institute Roswell NM 8-6 0 0 NR

Paris Junior College Paris TX 13-2 0 0 NR

Pratt Community College Pratt KS 26-15 0 0 0

Redlands Community College El Reno OK 13-3 0 0 NR

Seminole State College Seminole OK 13-4 0 0 17

Yavapai College Prescott AZ 10-1 0 0 0