Lenoir-Rhyne Breaks into AFCA Division II Coaches' Top-25 Poll
WACO, TEX.– The Lenoir-Rhyne Bears football team has moved into the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Top-25 this week.
For the first time since 2015, the Bears are nationally ranked, earning the No. 24 spot in this week's ranking. LR is coming off their seventh consecutive victory, defeating Fort Valley State last week 30-22.
2018 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll – October 22, 2018
|
Rank |
School (1st votes) |
Rec. |
Pts. |
Prev. |
Week 8 |
Next Game |
|
1. |
Minnesota St. (30) |
8-0 |
821 |
1 |
D. Bemidji St. (Minn.), 47-20 |
Oct. 27 at Wayne St. (Neb.) |
|
2. |
Ferris St. (Mich.) (3) |
8-0 |
768 |
2 |
D. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 28-14 |
Oct. 27 vs. Wayne St. (Mich.) |
|
3. |
West Georgia |
8-0 |
755 |
3 |
D. West Alabama, 27-25 |
Oct. 27 at Mississippi College |
|
4. |
Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) |
8-0 |
678 |
4 |
D. Southern Nazarene (Okla.), 41-0 |
Oct. 27 at Arkansas-Monticello |
|
5. |
Minnesota-Duluth |
8-0 |
670 |
5 |
D. Winona St. (Minn.), 37-17 |
Oct. 27 at Minnesota-Crookston |
|
6. |
Colorado School of Mines |
8-0 |
646 |
6 |
D. Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 42-27 |
Oct. 27 vs. South Dakota Mines |
|
7. |
Valdosta St. (Ga.) |
8-0 |
630 |
7 |
D. North Greenville (S.C.), 44-21 |
Nov. 3 at West Florida |
|
8. |
Tarleton St. (Texas) |
7-0 |
582 |
9 |
D. Texas A&M-Kingsville, 59-21 |
Oct. 27 at No. 10 Midwestern St. (Texas) |
|
9. |
Grand Valley St. (Mich.) |
7-1 |
541 |
8 |
D. Davenport (Mich.), 19-14 |
Oct. 27 at Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) |
|
10. |
Midwestern St. (Texas) |
6-1 |
524 |
10 |
Idle |
Oct. 27 vs. No. 8 Tarleton St. (Texas) |
|
11. |
Northwest Missouri St. |
7-1 |
513 |
11 |
D. Lindenwood (Mo.), 38-17 |
Oct. 27 at Northeastern St. (Okla.) |
|
12. |
West Chester (Pa.) |
7-0 |
459 |
12 |
D. East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 53-24 |
Oct. 27 at No. 15 Kutztown (Pa.) |
|
13. |
Colorado St.-Pueblo |
7-1 |
414 |
13 |
D. Adams St. (Colo.), 29-22 |
Oct. 27 vs. Fort Lewis (Colo.) |
|
14. |
Notre Dame (Ohio) |
8-0 |
406 |
14 |
D. West Virginia Wesleyan, 41-0 |
Oct. 27 vs. Charleston (W.Va.) |
|
15. |
Kutztown (Pa.) |
7-0 |
342 |
15 |
D. Shippensburg (Pa.), 42-28 |
Oct. 27 vs. No. 12 West Chester (Pa.) |
|
16. |
Indianapolis (Ind.) |
6-1 |
338 |
16 |
D. McKendree (Ill.), 48-10 |
Oct. 27 at Southwest Baptist (Mo.) |
|
17. |
Tiffin (Ohio) |
8-0 |
303 |
17 |
D. No. 25 Ohio Dominican, 24-23 |
Oct. 27 at Lake Erie (Ohio) |
|
18. |
Texas A&M-Commerce |
6-2 |
241 |
18 |
D. Western New Mexico, 55-7 |
Oct. 27 vs. West Texas A&M |
|
19. |
LIU-Post (N.Y.) |
7-0 |
237 |
20 |
D. Pace (N.Y.), 41-6 |
Oct. 27 at Assumption (Mass.) |
|
20. |
Central Washington |
6-2 |
175 |
21 |
D. Simon Fraser (B.C.), 60-19 |
Oct. 27 at Humboldt St. (Calif.) |
|
21. |
Southern Arkansas |
7-1 |
171 |
22 |
D. East Central (Okla.), 48-9 |
Oct. 27 vs. Henderson St. (Ark.) |
|
22. |
Indiana (Pa.) |
6-2 |
109 |
23 |
D. Gannon (Pa.), 43-34 |
Oct. 27 vs. Seton Hill (Pa.) |
|
23. |
Harding (Ark.) |
6-2 |
95 |
24 |
D. Northwestern Oklahoma St., 38-7 |
Oct. 27 at East Central (Okla.) |
|
24. |
Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) |
7-1 |
83 |
NR |
D. Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 30-22 |
Oct. 27 vs. North Carolina-Pembroke |
|
25. |
Hillsdale (Mich.) |
7-1 |
47 |
NR |
D. Walsh (Ohio), 28-9 |
Oct. 27 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan |
Dropped Out: West Florida (19), Ohio Dominican (25)
Others Receiving Votes: Slippery Rock (Pa.), 42; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 37; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 30; West Texas A&M, 15; Morehouse (Ga.), 13; Florida Tech, 9; New Haven (Conn.), 7; Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 5; Ohio Dominican, 4; West Florida, 4; Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 3; Missouri S&T, 3; Bowie St. (Md.), 2; Davenport (Mich.), 2; Virginia Union, 1.
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