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Lenoir-Rhyne picked 12th in preseason D2Football.com rankings

Bears are the only North Carolina team to make the initial Top 25

Lenoir-Rhyne is the only North Carolina team listed in the D2Football.com Top 25 for the preseason.

D2Football.com released its preseason Top 25 on Sunday night, and Lenoir-Rhyne finds itself firmly in the rankings.

The Bears, coming off a 13-2 season in 2023, have been picked 12th by the media outlet. They finished seventh in the final D2Football.com poll a year ago.

Lenoir-Rhyne was voted ninth in the other major Division II rankings, the AFCA Coaches Poll, which was released last week. The Bears are the only North Carolina squad in either D2 Top 25.

Lenoir-Rhyne has a new coach this season, Doug Socha, who comes to Hickory from Florida, where he led Keiser University to a NAIA title last fall. The Bears kick off the 2024 campaign on Sept. 7 when Bowie State visits.

D2Football.com Preseason Top 25

RankTeam2023 Record2023 Rank
1.Harding15-01
2.Central Missouri11-24
3.Ferris State8-36
4.Pittsburg State11-25
5.Grand Valley State11-23
6.Valdosta State12-29
7.Colorado Mines14-12
8.Central Washington9-410
9.Kutztown12-38
10.Slippery Rock12-213
11.Minnesota State9-320
12.Lenoir-Rhyne13-27
13.West Florida8-422
14.Delta State10-213
15.Indianapolis9-221
16.UT Permian Basin10-217
17.Ouachita Baptist9-2NR
18.Virginia Union10-224
19.Western Colorado10-216
20.Bemidji State9-312
21.Augustana11-215
22.Northwest Missouri State7-4NR
23.Henderson State9-323
24.Charleston10-218
25.Minnesota Duluth9-225

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