Football Ranked No. 25 in AFCA Preseason Poll

HICKORY, N.C. — For the fourth straight season, the Lenoir-Rhyne football team has been nationally ranked in the AFCA Top 25 Preseason Poll. The Bears check in at No. 25 in the poll, and were a preseason No. 19 a season ago. The Bears finished the 2022 campaign with an 8-3 mark and return all eight of their all-conference selections from a season ago.