Football | 12/13/2019 8:00:00 AM

ELLISVILLE – The Jones College Bobcats ended the 2019 season ranked No. 10 in the final NJCAA football poll.

Head coach Steve Buckley's Bobcats finished the year with a 7-3 record and advanced to the MACJC playoffs for the third consecutive season.

It is also the third straight year for the Bobcats to be ranked in the top 10 in the final poll. Jones was 8-2 and ranked No. 9 in 2017 and finished 10-2 and ranked No. 5 in 2018.

In addition, this year's Bobcat team led the nation in scoring defense, allowing only 11.8 points per game.

Mississippi Gulf Coast ended the season 12-0 and ranked No. 1, followed by Lackawanna (Pennsylvania), Hutchinson (Kansas), Iowa Western and Butler (Kansas).

Northwest was No. 6, Hinds was No. 11 and East Mississippi finished No. 14.

To view the complete rankings, go to www.njcaa.org.