C-N jumps four spots in D2Football.com poll, enters AFCA Poll
September 30, 2024

C-N jumps four spots in D2Football.com poll, enters AFCA Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo.- Carson-Newman football moved up four spots to 21st in the D2Football.com poll, while moving into the top 25 in the AFCA Coaches Poll.  

KANSAS CITY, Mo.- Carson-Newman football moved up four spots to 21st in the D2Football.com poll, while moving into the top 25 in the AFCA Coaches Poll.  

The Eagles are nationally ranked in both polls, released Monday afternoon.  

Carson-Newman and Lenoir-Rhyne (6th/12th) are the only two South Atlantic Conference programs ranked by the polls. The Eagles were ranked 25th in last week's D2Football.com Poll.  This is the first week C-N has appeared in the coaches poll since the preseason poll in 2021.  

This is Carson-Newman's 145th week ranked since the year 2000 by either D2Football.com or the AFCA.  Carson-Newman has been nationally ranked more than any other league institution since the turn of the century.  

The Eagles are off to a 4-0 start, their best since 2007.  C-N finds itself ranked in the month of September (outside of a preseason poll) for the first time since 2014.

C-N will be in action Saturday at 1 p.m. against Barton at Burke-Tarr Stadium.  Pregame coverage begins at noon with the AEC Tailgate Show on Joy 620 (WRJZ-AM, Knoxville), MIX 105.5 (WSEV-FM, Sevierville) and online at cneagles.com/live. A video stream is available with a subscription to FloSports at cneagles.com/FloFB.  

D2Football.Com Poll

Rank Team Record Previous Rank
1 Harding 4-0 1
2 Grand Valley State 4-0 2
3 Valdosta State 4-0 3
4 Minnesota State 5-0 4
5 Pittsburg State 3-1 5
6 Ferris State 3-1 6
7 Colorado Mines 4-0 7
8 Kutztown 4-0 8
9 Central Washington 3-1 9
10 Slippery Rock 4-0 10
11 Lenoir-Rhyne 4-0 12
12 Western Colorado 4-0 13
13 Central Missouri 3-1 11
14 Ouachita Baptist 4-0 16
15 West Alabama 4-0 18
16 Bemidji State 4-1 21
17 Central Oklahoma 4-0 23
18 Charleston 4-0 22
19 CSU Pueblo 4-1 24
20 Emporia State 4-1 15
21 Carson-Newman 4-0 25
22 Indianapolis 3-1 14
23 Johnson C. Smith 5-0 NR
24 IUP 4-0 NR
25 Augustana 2-2 19

AFCA Coaches Poll

Rank  School (1st votes)                   Rec.   Pts.     Prev.      Week 4                                                                                               Next Game

1.         Harding (Ark.) (29)                     4-0      725     1              D. No. 20 Henderson St. (Ark.), 66-0      Oct. 5 at Southwestern Oklahoma

2.         Grand Valley St. (Mich.)           4-0      695     2              D. No. 21 West Florida, 31-7                               Oct. 5 at Davenport (Mich.)

3.         Valdosta St. (Ga.)                      4-0      656     3              Idle                                                                                    Oct. 5 at Shorter (Ga.)

4.         Colorado School of Mines        4-0      641     4              D. Black Hills St. (S.D.), 52-24                                Oct. 5 at Colorado Mesa

5.         Ferris St. (Mich.)                        3-1      586     5              D. American International (Mass.), 84-7                 Oct. 5 vs. Roosevelt (Ill.)

6.         Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)                  4-0      570     6              D. Tusculum (Tenn.), 37-23                            Oct. 5 at Emory & Henry (Va.)

7.         Minnesota St.                             5-0      545     7              D. Concordia (Minn.), 33-20                                Oct. 5 vs. Sioux Falls (S.D.)

8.         Kutztown (Pa.)                            4-0      506     8              D. East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 27-21                      Oct. 5 vs. Bloomsburg (Pa.)

9.         Slippery Rock (Pa.)                    4-0      489     9              D. Edinboro (Pa.), 28-23                                   Oct. 5 at No. 21 Indiana (Pa.)

10.      Pittsburg St. (Kan.)                    3-1      470     10           Idle                                                                     Oct. 5 vs. Missouri Western St.

11.      Central Washington                  3-1      401     13           D. Western New Mexico, 36-0                        Oct. 5 at Eastern New Mexico

12.      Central Missouri                         3-1      399     12           D. Nebraska-Kearney, 36-35                           Oct. 5 at Fort Hays St. (Kan.)

13.      Western Colorado                     4-0      376     14           D. New Mexico Highlands, 53-12                      Oct. 5 vs. Fort Lewis (Colo.)

14.      Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)              4-0      350     16           D. Arkansas-Monticello, 49-14                Oct. 5 at Southeastern Oklahoma

15.      West Alabama                           4-0      319     17           Idle                                                                                 Oct. 5 vs. Erskine (S.C.)

16.      Charleston (W.Va.)                    4-0      265     19           D. Concord (W.Va.), 42-7                               Oct. 5 vs. Glenville St. (W.Va.)

17.      Central Oklahoma                     4-0      246     23           D. Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 49-24                       Oct. 5 at Missouri Southern St.

18t.     Colorado St.-Pueblo                 4-1      238     22           D. Adams St. (Colo.), 66-10                     Oct. 5 vs. New Mexico Highlands

18t.     Emporia St. (Kan.)                     4-1      238     11           Lost to Northwest Missouri St., 14-9      Oct. 5 vs. Northeastern St. (Okla.)

20.      Delta St. (Miss.)                          3-1      150     24           Idle                                                                               Oct. 5 vs. Chowan (N.C.)

21.      Indiana (Pa.)                               4-0      132     25           D. Clarion (Pa.), 31-0                             Oct. 5 vs. No. 9 Slippery Rock (Pa.)

22.      Indianapolis (Ind.)                      3-1      117     15           Lost to Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 28-24     Oct. 5 at William Jewell (Mo.)

23.      Findlay (Ohio)                             4-0      73       NR          D. Hillsdale (Mich.), 28-21                                Oct. 5 at Kentucky Wesleyan

24.      Johnson C. Smith (N.C.)           5-0      51       NR          D. Bluefield St. (W.Va.), 42-3                                         Oct. 5 vs. Virginia St.

25.      Carson-Newman (Tenn.)         4-0      43       NR          D. Catawba (N.C.), 35-34                                           Oct. 5 vs. Barton (N.C.)

 

Dropped Out: Augustana (S.D.) (18), Henderson St. (Ark.) (20), West Florida (21)

 

Others Receiving Votes: Bemidji St. (Minn.), 30; Frostburg St. (Md.), 22; West Florida, 20; Henderson St. (Ark.), 18; Davenport (Mich.), 14; Augustana (S.D.), 12; Clark Atlanta (Ga.), 11; Virginia Union, 6; Southern Arkansas, 5; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 3; Angelo St. (Tex.), 1; Assumption (Mass.), 1; New Haven (Conn.), 1.