C-N jumps back into rankings in coaches, media polls

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Carson-Newman is back in AFCA Coaches Poll after a two-week absence and in the D2Football.com Media poll for the first time this season.   C-N is 22nd in both polls, the organizations announced Monday.  

This is Carson-Newman's 154th 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.  

Carson-Newman broke into the AFCA Poll on Sept. 8 before losing in overtime at Mars Hill.  C-N received votes from the AFCA in the interceding two weeks as it notched top-20 wins over both Lenoir-Rhyne and Wingate.  Those two wins propelled C-N into the top 25 in both polls for the first time since the week of Nov. 16, 2024. 

Carson-Newman is the only team in the top 25 from the South Atlantic Conference, although Wingate, Lenoir-Rhyne and Catawba are all in the receiving votes section. 

C-N will be in action Saturday at 1 p.m. against at Emory & Henry from Fred Selfe 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.