KANSAS CITY, Mo.- For a ninth consecutive week, Carson-Newman is ranked inside the top 25. The Eagles check in in 24th in the AFCA Coaches Poll, the organization released Monday afternoon.  

C-N fell five spots in the poll after losing to Wingate in the SAC title game Saturday.  The Eagles dropped from 20th out of the D2Football.com poll.  

The South Atlantic Conference has three teams ranked. Lenoir-Rhyne is 15th in the coaches poll. 

Wingate is now 17th in the coaches poll and 14th in the media poll.

This is Carson-Newman's 152nd 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.  

 C-N was ranked in the month of September (outside of a preseason poll) for the first time since 2014. Carson-Newman has been ranked for nine weeks this season, matching the most since C-N was ranked in nine polls in the 2014 season. 

C-N will be in action Saturday at No. 22 Miles for the opening round of the NCAA playoffs.  Coverage will be available starting with the AEC Tailgate Show on Joy 620 (WRJZ-AM, Knoxville) and online at cneagles.com/live.