Carson-Newman breaks into AFCA Coaches Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After receiving votes in the first two iterations of the AFCA Coaches Poll, Carson-Newman has broken into the top 25, the organization released Monday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After receiving votes in the first two iterations of the AFCA Coaches Poll, Carson-Newman has broken into the top 25, the organization released Monday.
This is Carson-Newman's 153rd 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.
This marks a second consecutive season that Carson-Newman has been nationally ranked in the month of September (outside of a preseason poll). Carson-Newman was ranked for nine weeks last season, matching the most since C-N was ranked in nine polls in the 2014 season.
Carson-Newman gives the South Atlantic Conference a second ranked team. Lenoir-Rhyne sits in 17th in the D2Football.com poll and 21st in the AFCA Poll. Wingate is also receiving votes in the AFCA Poll.
C-N will be in action Saturday at 1 p.m. against Mars Hill at Meares 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.
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| 1 | Ferris St. (31) | 2-0 | 775 | 1 | D. Lake Erie, 63-6 | Sept. 13 vs. Tiffin | |
| 2 | Harding | 1-0 | 738 | 2 | D. Northwestern Oklahoma St., 49-7 | Sept. 11 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma St. | |
| 3 | Grand Valley St. | 2-0 | 704 | 3 | D. Black Hills St., 48-36 | Sept. 13 at No. 24t Pittsburg St. | |
| 4 | Slippery Rock | 1-0 | 646 | 4 | D. Franklin Pierce, 24-13 | Sept. 13 vs. Shepherd | |
| 5 | West Florida | 2-0 | 645 | 6 | D. Kentucky Wesleyan, 28-7 | Sept. 13 vs. Shorter | |
| 6 | Kutztown | 1-0 | 609 | 7 | D. Assumption, 51-14 | Sept. 13 at Edinboro | |
| 7 | Minnesota St. | 2-0 | 597 | 8 | D. Minot St., 34-16 | Sept. 13 at No. 24t Minnesota-Duluth | |
| 8 | Angelo St. | 2-0 | 543 | 10 | D. Emporia St., 41-20 | Sept. 13 at Eastern New Mexico | |
| 9 | Western Colorado | 2-0 | 542 | 9 | D. Midwestern St., 38-13 | Sept. 20 at Adams St. | |
| 10 | California (Pa.) | 1-0 | 464 | 14 | D. No. 12 Charleston, 23-19 | Sept. 13 vs. West Chester | |
| 11 | Augustana (S.D.) | 2-0 | 381 | 20 | D. Jamestown, 37-7 | Sept. 13 at UMary | |
| 12 | UT-Permian Basin | 2-0 | 380 | 21 | D. Adams St., 41-7 | Sept. 20 at Texas A&M-Kingsville | |
| 13 | Virginia Union | 1-0 | 364 | 16 | Idle | Sept. 13 at Edward Waters | |
| 14 | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 1-1 | 337 | 5 | Lost to Fort Hays St., 36-35 | Sept. 11 at Central Missouri | |
| 15 | Central Oklahoma | 1-1 | 336 | 19 | D. No. 13 Pittsburg St., 27-24 | Sept. 20 vs. Washburn | |
| 16 | Delta St. | 2-0 | 301 | 22 | D. North Greenville, 41-9 | Sept. 13 at UNC Pembroke | |
| 17 | West Alabama | 2-0 | 200 | 25 | D. Chowan, 38-28 | Sept. 13 vs. No. 18t Charleston | |
| 18t. | Central Washington | 1-1 | 199 | 18 | Lost to Montana, 42-17 | Sept. 20 vs. West Texas A&M | |
| 18t. | Charleston | 1-1 | 199 | 12 | Lost to No. 14 California (Pa.), 23-19 | Sept. 13 at No. 17 West Alabama | |
| 20 | Ashland | 1-0 | 185 | 23 | D. Indiana (Pa.), 13-9 | Sept. 13 at UIndy | |
| 21 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 1-1 | 120 | 24 | D. Tusculum, 28-7 | Sept. 13 vs. Emory & Henry | |
| 22 | Valdosta St. | 1-1 | 110 | 11 | Lost to Johnson C. Smith, 28-16 | Sept. 13 at Chowan | |
| 23 | Carson-Newman | 1-0 | 104 | NR | D. SC Central Christian, 59-0 | Sept. 13 at Mars Hill | |
| 24t. | Minnesota-Duluth | 2-0 | 86 | NR | D. Concordia-St. Paul, 61-7 | Sept. 13 vs. No. 7 Minnesota St. | |
| 24t. | Pittsburg St. | 0-2 | 86 | 13 | Lost to No. 19 Central Oklahoma, 27-24 | Sept. 13 vs. No. 3 Grand Valley St. |
Dropped Out: Ouachita Baptist (15), UIndy (17)
Others Receiving Votes: Johnson C. Smith, 83; UIndy, 72; Wingate, 59; Ouachita Baptist, 49; Colorado School of Mines, 37; Michigan Tech, 24; Albany St., 18; Sioux Falls, 15; Fort Hays St., 14; Southern Arkansas, 13; Frostburg St., 11; Fairmont St., 10; Findlay, 8; Davenport, 5; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 4; Nebraska-Kearney, 1; Virginia St., 1.
