Lenoir-Rhyne Bears Keep Moving Up, No. 14/15 in Latest Division II National Football Polls

September 26, 2023

The Lenoir-Rhyne Bears moved up to No. 14 in the most recent D2Football.com National Poll and in the most recent American Football Coaches' Association (AFCA) Division II National Poll.

The Bears defeated Carson-Newman 24-7 last week.

D2Football.com National Poll - Sept. 25

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

AFCA Division II National Poll - Sept. 25

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 4	Next Game
1	Ferris St. (Mich.) (23)	2-1	715	1	Idle	Sept. 30 vs. Northern Michigan
2	Colorado School of Mines (6)	4-0	702	2	D. Colorado St.-Pueblo, 55-14	Sept. 30 vs. Chadron St. (Neb.)
3	Pittsburg St. (Kan.)	4-0	667	3	D. Nebraska-Kearney, 33-14	Sept. 30 at Northeastern St. (Okla.)
4	Minnesota St.	4-0	614	5	D. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.), 42-10	Sept. 30 at No. 9 Bemidji St. (Minn.)
5	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	4-0	612	4	D. Arkansas-Monticello, 45-25	Sept. 30 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma St.
6	West Florida	3-1	559	7	D. West Georgia, 49-21	Sept. 30 at North Greenville (S.C.)
7	Grand Valley St. (Mich.)	2-1	557	6	Idle	Sept. 30 at Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
8	Delta St. (Miss.)	4-0	526	8	D. Shorter (Ga.), 56-20	Sept. 30 at West Alabama
9	Bemidji St. (Minn.)	4-0	494	9	D. Mary (N.D.), 41-10	Sept. 30 vs. No. 4 Minnesota St.
10	Harding (Ark.)	4-0	468	10	D. No. 20 Henderson St. (Ark.), 27-16	Sept. 30 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma St.
11	Emporia St. (Kan.)	4-0	444	11	D. Central Oklahoma, 38-27	Sept. 30 at Missouri Western St.
12	Slippery Rock (Pa.)	4-0	408	12	D. Seton Hill (Pa.), 35-14	Sept. 30 vs. Indiana (Pa.)
13	Benedict (S.C.)	4-0	367	14	D. Chowan (N.C.), 31-3	Sept. 30 vs. Morehouse (Ga.)
14	Indianapolis (Ind.)	3-0	331	16	D. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 35-10	Sept. 30 at Missouri S&T
15	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	4-0	299	17	D. Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 24-7	Sept. 30 vs. Virginia-Wise
16	Texas A&M-Kingsville	3-0	290	18	Idle	Sept. 30 at Texas-Permian Basin
17	Western Colorado	4-0	277	19	D. Chadron St. (Neb.), 35-17	Sept. 30 vs. Colorado Mesa
18	Davenport (Mich.)	3-0	201	21	D. William Jewell (Mo.), 55-27	Sept. 30 at Michigan Tech
19	Minnesota-Duluth	4-0	166	23	D. Southwest Minnesota St., 33-0	Sept. 30 vs. Winona St. (Minn.)
20	Angelo St. (Tex.)	2-2	143	22	D. Western New Mexico, 62-9	Sept. 30 at Eastern New Mexico
21	Central Missouri	3-1	113	25	D. Washburn (Kan.), 58-28	Sept. 30 vs. Northwest Missouri St.
22	Valdosta St. (Ga.)	4-0	83	NR	D. North Greenville (S.C.), 28-3	Sept. 30 at Chowan (N.C.)
23	Assumption (Mass.)	2-1	68	24	Idle	Sept. 30 vs. Pace (N.Y.)
24	Henderson St. (Ark.)	3-1	53	20	Lost to No. 10 Harding (Ark.), 27-16	Sept. 30 at Oklahoma Baptist
25	Shepherd (W.Va.)	3-1	52	13	Lost to Kutztown (Pa.), 20-3	Sept. 30 vs. Shippensburg (Pa.)

Dropped Out: Virginia Union (15)

Others Receiving Votes: Truman St. (Mo.), 46; Virginia Union, 45; Augustana (S.D.), 33; Tuskegee (Ala.), 25; Tiffin (Ohio), 23; Black Hills St. (S.D.), 11; Virginia St., 10; Indiana (Pa.), 8; Mars Hill (N.C.), 4; Central Washington, 3; East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 3; Missouri Western St., 3; Bowie St. (Md.), 2.