2023 junior college football rankings
| Season | 2023 |
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| Postseason | Single-elimination |
The 2023 junior college football rankings are conducted on a week-to-week basis and based on the NJCAA Division I, NJCAA Division III, and the 3C2A. The 3C2A poll is released by the Junior College Athletic Bureau's Fred Baer.
Legend
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| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week or no change | ||
| Selected for playoffs | ||
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
NJCAA Division I poll
[edit]| Preseason August 21[1] | Week 1 August 28[2] | Week 2 September 5[3] | Week 3 September 11[4] | Week 4 September 18[5] | Week 5 September 25[6] | Week 6 October 2[7] | Week 7 October 9[8] | Week 8 October 16[9] | Week 9 October 23[10] | Week 10 October 30[11] | Week 11 November 6[12] | Week 12 November 13[13] | Week 13 November 20[14] | Week 14 (Final) December 18[15] | ||
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| 1. | Iowa Western | Hutchinson (1–0) | Hutchinson (2–0) | Hutchinson (3–0) | Hutchinson (3–0) | Hutchinson (4–0) | Hutchinson (5–0) | Hutchinson (6–0) | Hutchinson (6–0) | Hutchinson (7–0) | Hutchinson (8–0) | Hutchinson (9–0) | Hutchinson (10–0) | Hutchinson (10–0) | Iowa Western (12–1) | 1. |
| 2. | Hutchinson | Iowa Western (1–0) | Iowa Western (2–0) | Iowa Western (3–0) | Iowa Western (4–0) | Iowa Western (5–0) | Iowa Western (6–0) | Iowa Western (7–0) | Iowa Western (7–0) | Iowa Western (8–0) | Iowa Western (9–0) | Iowa Western (10–0) | Iowa Western (10–1) | Iowa Western (10–1) | East Mississippi (10–3) | 2. |
| 3. | Northwest Mississippi | Northwest Mississippi (0–0) | Northwest Mississippi (0–0) | Kilgore (2–0) | Kilgore (3–0) | Iowa Central (4–1) | Iowa Central (4–1) | Iowa Central (5–1) | Kilgore (4–1) | Kilgore (5–1) | Kilgore (6–1) | Kilgore (7–1) | Kilgore (8–1) | Kilgore (9–1) | Hutchinson (10–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Snow | Kilgore (1–0) | Kilgore (1–0) | Jones (MS) (1–0) | Iowa Central (3–1) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (3–0) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (4–0) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (5–0) | Trinity Valley (5–1) | Jones (MS) (6–1) | Snow (7–2) | Copiah–Lincoln (8–1) | Copiah–Lincoln (9–1) | East Mississippi (9–2) | Copiah–Lincoln (10–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Kilgore | Garden City (1–0) | Iowa Central (2–0) | Trinity Valley (2–0) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (2–0) | Snow (3–1) | Snow (4–1) | Kilgore (4–1) | Jones (MS) (5–1) | Snow (6–2) | Copiah–Lincoln (7–1) | Snow (8–2) | Snow (9–2) | Snow (9–2) | Kilgore (9–2) | 5. |
| 6. | Jones (MS) | Jones (MS) (0–0) | Jones (MS) (0–0) | Iowa Central (2–1) | Snow (2–1) | East Mississippi (2–1) | Tyler (3–1) | Trinity Valley (4–1) | Snow (5–2) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (6–1) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (7–2) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (8–1) | East Mississippi (8–2) | Copiah–Lincoln (9–2) | Dodge City (8–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Coffeyville | Trinity Valley (1–0) | Trinity Valley (1–0) | Snow (2–1) | East Mississippi (1–1) | Tyler (2–1) | Kilgore (4–1) | Jones (MS) (4–1) | Butler (KS) (4–2) | Copiah–Lincoln (6–1) | Trinity Valley (6–2) | Trinity Valley (7–2) | Dodge City (7–3) | Dodge City (7–3) | Iowa Central (7–4) | 7. |
| 8. | East Mississippi | East Mississippi (0–0) | East Mississippi (0–0) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (1–0) | Tyler (2–1) | Kilgore (3–1) | Trinity Valley (3–1) | Snow (4–2) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (5–1) | Trinity Valley (5–2) | East Mississippi (6–2) | East Mississippi (7–2) | Navarro (6–3) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (8–2) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (8–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Garden City | Iowa Central (1–0) | Snow (1–1) | Lackawanna (2–0) | Trinity Valley (2–1) | Trinity Valley (3–1) | Jones (MS) (3–1) | Northeast Mississippi (5–0) | Iowa Central (5–2) | East Mississippi (5–2) | Dodge City (5–3) | Dodge City (6–3) | Mississippi Gulf Coast (8–2) | Trinity Valley (7–3) | Snow (9–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Iowa Central | Snow (0–1) | Garden City (1–1) | New Mexico Military (2–1) | Lincoln–Copiah (2–0) | Butler (KS) (3–1) | Northwest Mississippi (3–1) | East Mississippi (3–2) | Copiah–Lincoln (5–1) | Dodge City (5–3) | Jones (MS) (6–2) | Northwest Mississippi (7–2) | Trinity Valley (7–3) | Navarro (6–4) | Trinity Valley (7–3) | 10. |
| 11. | Navarro | Georgia Military (0–0) | Lackawanna (1–0) | Northwest Mississippi (0–1) | Butler (KS) (2–1) | Jones (MS) (2–1) | Dodge City (3–2) | Lackawanna (5–1) | East Mississippi (4–2) | Tyler (5–2) | Georgia Military (6–3) | Lackawanna (7–2) | Iowa Central (6–4) | Iowa Central (6–4) | Georgia Military (7–4) | 11. |
| 12. | Butler (KS) | Lackawanna (0–0) | Butler (KS) (1–1) | Butler (KS) (1–1) | Jones (MS) (1–1) | Northwest Mississippi (2–1) | Northeast Mississippi (4–0) | Butler (KS) (3–2) | Tyler (4–2) | Lackawanna (6–1) | Tyler (5–3) | Navarro (5–3) | Georgia Military (7–4) | Georgia Military (7–4) | Navarro (6–5) | 12. |
| 13. | Georgia Military | Butler (KS) (0–1) | Georgia Military (1–1) | East Mississippi (0–1) | Northwest Mississippi (1–1) | Georgia Military (3–2) | East Mississippi (2–2) | Tyler (3–2) | Lackawanna (6–1) | Butler (KS) (4–3) | Northeast Mississippi (6–2) | Iowa Central (6–4) | Northwest Mississippi (7–3) | Northwest Mississippi (7–3) | Northwest Mississippi (7–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Lackawanna | New Mexico Military (1–0) | New Mexico Military (1–1) | Garden City (1–2) | Garden City (2–2) | Northeast Mississippi (3–0) | Butler (KS) (3–2) | New Mexico Military (4–2) | Dodge City (4–3) | Iowa Central (5–3) | Lackawanna (6–2) | New Mexico Miliatry (5–4) | Lackawanna (7–3) | Lackawanna (7–3) | Lackawanna (7–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Trinity Valley | Navarro (0–1) | Navarro (0–1) | Tyler (1–1) | Georgia Military (2–2) | Dodge City (2–2) | Lackawanna (4–1) | Northwest Mississippi (3–2) | Northeast Mississippi (5–1) | Georgia Military (5–3) | Northwest Mississippi (6–2) | Jones (MS) (6–3) | New Mexico Military (6–4) | New Mexico Military (6–5) | Highland (KS) (6–5) | 15. |
| Preseason August 21[1] | Week 1 August 28[2] | Week 2 September 5[3] | Week 3 September 11[4] | Week 4 September 18[5] | Week 5 September 25[6] | Week 6 October 2[7] | Week 7 October 9[8] | Week 8 October 16[9] | Week 9 October 23[10] | Week 10 October 30[11] | Week 11 November 6[12] | Week 12 November 13[13] | Week 13 November 20[14] | Week 14 (Final) December 18[15] | ||
| Dropped: Coffeyville (0–1) | None | Dropped: Georgia Military (1–2) Navarro (0–2) | Dropped: New Mexico Military (2–2) Lackawanna (2–1) | Dropped: Garden City (2–3) Lincoln–Copiah (2–1) | Dropped: Georgia Military (3–3) | Dropped: Dodge City (3–3) | Dropped: New Mexico Military (4–3) Northwest Mississippi (4–2) | Dropped: Northeast Mississippi (5–2) | Dropped: Iowa Central (5–4) Butler (KS) (4–4) | Dropped: Northeast Mississippi (6–3) Tyler (5–4) Georgia Military (6–4) | Dropped: Jones (MS) (6–4) | None | Dropped: New Mexico Military (6–6) |
NJCAA Division III poll
[edit]| Preseason August 21[16] | Week 1 August 28[17] | Week 2 September 5[18] | Week 3 September 11[19] | Week 4 September 18[20] | Week 5 September 25[21] | Week 6 October 2[22] | Week 7 October 9[23] | Week 8 October 16[24] | Week 9 October 23[25] | Week 10 (Final) October 30[26] | ||
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| 1. | DuPage | DuPage (1–0) | DuPage (2–0) | DuPage (3–0) | DuPage (4–0) | DuPage (4–1) | DuPage (5–1) | DuPage (6–1) | DuPage (7–1) | DuPage (8–1) | DuPage (9–1) | 1. |
| 2. | NDSCS | NDSCS (0–0) | NDSCS (2–0) | NDSCS (3–0) | NDSCS (3–1) | NDSCS (4–1) | NDSCS (5–1) | Rochester C&T (5–2) | Rochester C&T (6–2) | Rochester C&T (6–2) | Rochester C&T (7–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Minnesota State C&T | Minnesota State C&T (0–0) | Minnesota State C&T (1–0) | Rochester C&T (2–1) | Rochester C&T (3–1) | Rochester C&T (4–1) | Minnesota State C&T (3–2) | NDSCS (5–2) | NDSCS (6–2) | NDSCS (7–2) | NDSCS (8–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Nassau т Hocking т | Rochester C&T (1–0) | Rochester C&T (1–1) | Minnesota State C&T (1–1) | Minnesota State C&T (2–1) | Mesabi Range (3–1) | Rochester C&T (4–2) | Mesabi Range (4–2) | Mesabi Range (4–3) | Mesabi Range (5–3) | Mesabi Range (5–4) | 4. |
| 5. | Rochester C&T | Nassau (0–0) | Nassau (0–1) | Hudson Valley т (2–0) Mesabi Range т (2–0) | Mesabi Range (2–1) | Louisburg (2–1) | Louisburg (3–1) | Minnesota State C&T (3–3) | Minnesota State C&T (4–3) | Louisburg (4–3) | Louisburg (5–3) | 5. |
| Preseason August 21[16] | Week 1 August 28[17] | Week 2 September 5[18] | Week 3 September 11[19] | Week 4 September 18[20] | Week 5 September 25[21] | Week 6 October 2[22] | Week 7 October 9[23] | Week 8 October 16[24] | Week 9 October 23[25] | Week 10 (Final) October 30[26] | ||
| Dropped: Minnesota State C&T (0–0) | None | Dropped: Nassau (0–2) | Dropped: Hudson Valley (2–1) | Dropped: Minnesota State C&T (2–2) | None | Dropped: Louisburg (3–2) | None | Dropped: Minnesota State C&T (4–4) | None |
3C2A poll
[edit]| Preseason September 1[27] | Week 1 September 6[28] | Week 2 September 12[29] | Week 3 September 19[30] | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 (Final) | ||
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| 1. | San Mateo (8) | San Mateo (1–0) (6) | San Mateo (2–0) (8) | San Mateo (3–0) (10) | 1. | ||||||||
| 2. | Riverside City | Riverside City (1–0) | Riverside City (2–0) (1) | Riverside City (3–0) (1) | 2. | ||||||||
| 3. | Mt. San Antonio | CC of San Francisco (1–0) (4) | CC of San Francisco (2–0) (2) | Mt. San Antonio (3–0) | 3. | ||||||||
| 4. | Fullerton | Mt. San Antonio (1–0) | Mt. San Antonio (2–0) | CC of San Francisco (3–0) | 4. | ||||||||
| 5. | American River | Fullerton (1–0) | Fullerton (2–0) | American River (3–0) | 5. | ||||||||
| 6. | Golden West | Golden West (1–0) | Butte (2–0) | Fullerton (3–0) | 6. | ||||||||
| 7. | CC of San Francisco (1) | Butte (1–0) | American River (2–0) | Citrus (3–0) | 7. | ||||||||
| 8. | Ventura | American River (1–0) | San Diego Mesa (2–0) | Golden West (2–1) | 8. | ||||||||
| 9. | Butte | Ventura (1–0) | El Camino (2–0) | Butte (2–1) | 9. | ||||||||
| 10. | Laney | Cerritos (1–0) | Modesto (2–0) | Cerritos (2–1) | 10. | ||||||||
| 11. | Cerritos | Fresno City (1–0) | Citrus (2–0) | Modesto (2–1) | 11. | ||||||||
| 12. | Fresno City | Modesto (1–0) | East Los Angeles (2–0) | Sierra (2–1) | 12. | ||||||||
| 13. | Modesto | El Camino (1–0) | Golden West (1–1) | Contra Costa (3–0) | 13. | ||||||||
| 14. | Sierra | San Diego Mesa (1–0) | Sierra (1–1) | San Diego Mesa (2–1) | 14. | ||||||||
| 15. | College of the Canyons | Citrus (1–0) | Cerritos (1–1) | El Camino (2–1) | 15. | ||||||||
| 16. | El Camino | Allan Hancock (1–0) | Reedley (2–0) | Reedley (2–1) | 16. | ||||||||
| 17. | Allan Hancock т | East Los Angeles (1–0) | Ventura (1–1) | Bakersfield (2–1) | 17. | ||||||||
| 18. | San Diego Mesa т | Sierra (0–1) | Allan Hancock (1–1) | East Los Angeles (2–1) | 18. | ||||||||
| 19. | Diablo Valley | Palomar (1–0) | Contra Costa (2–0) | Santa Barbara City (2–1) | 19. | ||||||||
| 20. | Long Beach City | Laney (0–1) | Fresno City (1–1) | Ventura (1–2) | 20. | ||||||||
| 21. | College of the Sequoias | Long Beach City (0–1) | Palomar (1–1) | Moorpark (2–1) | 21. | ||||||||
| 22. | Feather River | College of the Sequoias (0–1) | Bakersfield (1–1) | Long Beach City (1–2) | 22. | ||||||||
| 23. | Citrus | Feather River (1–0) | Long Beach City (0–2) | Fresno City (1–2) | 23. | ||||||||
| 24. | East Los Angeles | Reedley (1–0) | Santa Barbara City (1–1) | Allan Hancock (1–2) | 24. | ||||||||
| 25. | Santa Rosa | College of the Canyons (0–1) | College of the Sequoias (0–2) | College of the Sequoias (1–2) | 25. | ||||||||
| Preseason September 1[27] | Week 1 September 6[28] | Week 2 September 12[29] | Week 3 September 19[30] | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 (Final) | ||
| Dropped: Diablo Valley (0–1) Santa Rosa (0–1) | Dropped: College of the Canyons (0–2) Feather River (1–1) Laney (0–2) | Dropped: Palomar (1–2) | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
References
[edit]- ^ "2023 NJCAA DI Football Poll | Preseason - 8-21-23". National Junior College Athletic Association. August 21, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ "2023 NJCAA DI Football Poll | Week One - 8-28-23". National Junior College Athletic Association. August 28, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
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