And then there was one. Three of North Carolina’s remaining unbeaten teams lost over the weekend, leaving Wingate as the last team standing. Meanwhile, at the other end of the rankings, five of the eight winless teams broke through.
That scrambled our rankings. Only one of last week’s top five and two of the top 10 posted wins. On the other hand, three of the bottom five and five of the bottom 10 got victories.
The rankings
North Carolina’s record: 13-15 (54-61 overall)
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Wingate: 3-0, won 28-7 at UVA Wise
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Catawba: 3-1, won 21-10 at Newberry
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UNC Pembroke: 3-1, won 41-14 over Ferrum
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Duke: 2-2, won 45-33 over NC State
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App State: 2-1, off week
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Johnson C. Smith: 3-1, lost 28-10 at Virginia Union
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NC State: 3-1, lost 45-33 at Duke
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Wake Forest: 2-1, off week
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NC Wesleyan, 2-1, lost 33-0 to Sewanee
10. ECU: 2-2, lost 34-13 to BYU
11. Gardner Webb: 2-2, lost 52-35 at Ohio
12. NC Central: 3-2, won 62-20 at NC A&T
13. Greensboro: 1-2, lost at Davidson, 48-0
14. Winston-Salem State: 2-2, lost 34-33 to Virginia State
15. Chowan, 1-1, off week
16. Mars Hill, 2-1, won 21-14 over Anderson
17. UNC: 2-2, lost 34-9 at UCF
18. Lenoir-Rhyne: 2-2, lost 24-7 at Carson Newman
19. Brevard: 2-1, won 38-34 over Erskine
20. Livingstone: 2-1, won, 17-16 over Bowie State
21. Elon: 2-2, lost 26-16 at ETSU
22. Fayetteville State: 1-3, won 51-8 at Elizabeth City State
23. Western Carolina: 1-3, won 50-35 over Samford
24. Campbell: 1-3, won 51-48 in double OT at Bryant
25. Shaw: 1-2, won 31-21 at Lincoln, PA
26. Guilford: 1-2, lost at Washington & Lee, 35-7
27. Methodist: 0-2, off week
28. Charlotte: 1-3, lost 28-17 to Rice
29. Davidson: 1-3, won 48-0 over Greensboro
30. NC A&T: 1-3, lost 62-20 to NCCU
31. Barton: 0-4, lost 52-14 at West Alabama
32. Elizabeth City State: 0-4, lost 51-8 to Fayetteville State
State title standings:
We had four games between North Carolina teams this past week.
Davidson beat Greensboro, 48-0, Duke beat NC State, 45-33, NCCU beat NC A&T in the Eagle-Aggie Classic, Fayetteville State beat Elizabeth City State, 51-8 in the Down East Viking Football Classic
Next week, we have just one intrastate clash, when Western Carolina heads to Campbell.
2-0 Duke, NC Central
1-0 Winston-Salem State, App State, Gardner-Webb, Chowan, Wingate, UNC, JC Smith
2-1 Elon, NC State
1-1 ECU, UNC Pembroke, Wake Forest, Guilford, Davidson, Greensboro
1-2 Fayetteville State,
0-0 NC Wesleyan, Catawba, Lenoir Rhyne, Livingstone, Shaw, Barton
0-1 Mars Hill, Campbell, Methodist, NC A&T
0-2 Charlotte,
0-3 Western Carolina, Elizabeth City
Homecoming
Now that fall is here, it’s time for homecoming season. Duke was the earliest homecoming king in the state, beating the Wolfpack.
North Carolina teams’ homecoming record: 1-0
Homecoming games this week:
J.C. Smith (vs. bluefield), Guilford (Hampden-Sydney)
All-state performances for Week 4:
Quarterback: Taron Dickens, WCU, 35-46 for 582 yards, 6 TDs
Running backs: Bennett Galloway, Catawba, 147 yards, 3 TDs, Chris Mosley, NCCU, 171 yards, 3 TDs
Receiver: Randall King, Campbell, 8 catches, 142 yards, 4 TDs, Terrell Anderson, NC State, 6 catches, 166 yards, 2 TDs
Defensive line: Kenyon Partridge, WCU, 3 tackles, 2 solo, 1 sack, 1 TFL, 7 QB hits, Christian Smith, NCCU, 6 tackles, 2 solo, 1.5 TFL, 1 sack, 1 hurry that led to an intentional grounding safety
Linebacker: Tre Freeman, Duke, 9 tackles, 3 solo, 0.5 TFL, 1 interception returned 67 yards, Steven Reed, Mars Hill, 10 tackles, 4 solo, 0.5 TFL, 3 QB hits
Defensive back: Gemoi Brown, Wingate, 7 tackles, 2 solo, 2 pass breakups, Marquis Raspberry, UNC Pembroke, 6 tackles, 3 solos, 2.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 1 pass breakup, 1 QB hit
Special teams: Jatavien Taylor, Fayetteville State, blocked punt, blocked PAT
