Lenoir-Rhyne Moves Up to No. 15 and No. 17 in Division II National Polls

September 18, 2023

The Lenoir-Rhyne Bears moved up to No. 15 in the most recent D2Football.com National Poll, and they moved up to No. 17 in the most recent American Football Coaches' Association (AFCA) Division II National Poll.

The Bears defeated Erskine 62-0 last week.

D2Football.com Top 25 Poll
September 18, 2023

	Team	Record	Last
1	Ferris State	2-1	1
2	Colorado Mines	3-0	2
3	Pittsburg State	3-0	3
4	Grand Valley	2-1	4
5	Minnesota State	3-0	5
6	Delta State	3-0	8
7	Bemidji State	3-0	7
8	West Florida	2-1	6
9	Ouachita Baptist	3-0	9
10	Emporia State	3-0	11
11	Harding	3-0	12
12	Slippery Rock	3-0	14
13	Benedict	3-0	15
14	Shepherd	3-0	16
15	Lenoir-Rhyne	3-0	17
16	Virginia Union	3-0	18
17	Indianapolis	2-0	19
18	Davenport	2-0	20
19	IUP	2-1	22
20	Western Colorado	3-0	NR
21	Angelo State	1-2	10
22	Texas A&M-Kingsville	3-0	NR
23	Henderson State	3-0	NR
24	Truman State	3-0	NR
25	Central Missouri	2-1	NR

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2023 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll – September 18, 2023

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 3	Next Game
1	Ferris St. (Mich.) (23)	2-1	740	1	Lost to Montana, 17-10	Sept. 30 vs. Northern Michigan
2	Colorado School of Mines (7)	3-0	726	2	D. Adams St. (Colo.), 70-7	Sept. 23 at Colorado St.-Pueblo
3	Pittsburg St. (Kan.)	3-0	687	3	D. Central Missouri, 38-37	Sept. 23 vs. Nebraska-Kearney
4	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	3-0	622	5	D. Southern Arkansas, 52-24	Sept. 23 at Arkansas-Monticello
5	Minnesota St.	3-0	590	6	D. Minot St. (N.D.), 52-25	Sept. 23 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)
6	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	2-1	568	7	D. No. 19 Assumption (Mass.), 43-7	Sept. 30 at Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
7	West Florida	2-1	564	4	Lost to Florida A&M, 31-10	Sept. 23 vs. West Georgia
8	Delta St. (Miss.)	3-0	555	8	D. Mississippi Valley St., 35-7	Sept. 23 vs. Shorter (Ga.)
9	Bemidji St. (Minn.)	3-0	510	10	D. Winona St. (Minn.), 36-10	Sept. 23 at Mary (N.D.)
10	Harding (Ark.)	3-0	475	11	D. Arkansas-Monticello, 59-19	Sept. 23 at No. 20 Henderson St. (Ark.)
11	Emporia St. (Kan.)	3-0	450	12	D. Northeastern St. (Okla.), 38-0	Sept. 23 vs. Central Oklahoma
12	Slippery Rock (Pa.)	3-0	407	13	D. Millersville (Pa.), 42-21	Sept. 23 at Seton Hill (Pa.)
13	Shepherd (W.Va.)	3-0	366	14	D. California (Pa.), 44-34	Sept. 23 vs. Kutztown (Pa.)
14	Benedict (S.C.)	3-0	354	16	D. Lane (Tenn.), 54-7	Sept. 23 at Chowan (N.C.)
15	Virginia Union	3-0	307	17	D. Livingstone (N.C.), 28-20	Sept. 23 vs. Fayetteville St. (N.C.)
16	Indianapolis (Ind.)	2-0	280	18	D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 28-7	Sept. 23 at Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
17	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	3-0	250	20	D. Erskine (S.C.), 62-0	Sept. 23 at Carson-Newman (Tenn.)
18	Texas A&M-Kingsville	3-0	249	21	D. Western New Mexico, 30-9	Sept. 23 at Texas-Permian Basin
19	Western Colorado	3-0	194	25	D. No. 22 Colorado St.-Pueblo, 30-14	Sept. 23 at Chadron St. (Neb.)
20	Henderson St. (Ark.)	3-0	177	23	D. Arkansas Tech, 27-24	Sept. 23 vs. No. 10 Harding (Ark.)
21	Davenport (Mich.)	2-0	134	24	Idle	Sept. 23 vs. William Jewell (Mo.)
22	Angelo St. (Tex.)	1-2	110	9	Lost to Central Washington, 27-24	Sept. 23 vs. Western New Mexico
23	Minnesota-Duluth	3-0	96	NR	D. Sioux Falls (S.D.), 42-34	Sept. 23 at Southwest Minnesota St.
24	Assumption (Mass.)	2-1	64	19	Lost to No. 7 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 43-7	Sept. 30 vs. Pace (N.Y.)
25	Central Missouri	2-1	35	NR	Lost to No. 3 Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 38-37	Sept. 23 at Washburn (Kan.)

Dropped Out: Northwest Missouri St. (15), Colorado St.-Pueblo (22)

Others Receiving Votes: Valdosta St. (Ga.), 34; Tuskegee (Ala.), 33; Truman St. (Mo.), 32; Augustana (S.D.), 30; Virginia St., 28; Northwest Missouri St., 23; Indiana (Pa.), 17; West Georgia, 11; Tiffin (Ohio), 8; East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 5; Central Washington, 4; Colorado St.-Pueblo, 4; Mars Hill (N.C.), 4; Missouri Western St., 3; Ashland (Ohio), 2; Notre Dame (Ohio), 2.

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