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09-14-2011, 05:12 PM
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Dudley Hilton was a household name in the Commonwealth when he came to the University of Pikeville last spring to be the new football coach.
He's starting to garner some national acclaim as well.
UPike, which ran its record to 2-0 with a 24-17 win over Kentucky Wesleyan College on Saturday night, picked up six votes in the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll that was released on Monday night.
The poll came nearly five years to the day since the last time the Bears – then Pikeville College – was mentioned in the poll. That came on Sept. 11, 2006 when they got two votes in the first coaches ratings of the regular season.
In that year's preseason poll, Pikeville was ranked 26th the year after it made the 2005 playoffs for the first and what is still the only time in school history.
The last time the Bears were in the Top 25 was in the final ratings of the 2005 season, dated Jan. 17, 2006, when they were 15th in the country.
Pikeville is 2-0 on the season with a convincing 63-18 win over Southern Virginia in the season opener, a week prior to last week's win over KWC. The latter of the wins came on a 21-yard touchdown pass with 53.3 seconds left from Trevor Hoskins to Axxel Rivas.
It was the second time in the game the pair had hooked up for a score, and gave Hoskins the school's all-time record for touchdown passes in a career with 32. He established the mark in only his 12th game as a Bear.
The road to 3-0 won't be easy, however, as the Bears play their first road game of the season on Saturday afternoon when they face Shorter College at 1:30. The Hawks broke into the Top 25 and stand tied for 21st in the country this week.
Three Mid-South Conference teams are ahead of Shorter in the poll. Georgetown (1-0) is No. 8, while Cumberlands (2-0) is 10th and Campbellsville (2-0) is 17th.
Cumberland University, which fell to 1-1 after a 30-27 loss to Campbellsville, picked up 13 votes in the poll, followed by the Bears.
Union College became the seventh Mid-South school in the poll by picking up one vote.
http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spe...11aac.html
http://www.upikebears.com/news/2011/9/12...h=football
He's starting to garner some national acclaim as well.
UPike, which ran its record to 2-0 with a 24-17 win over Kentucky Wesleyan College on Saturday night, picked up six votes in the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll that was released on Monday night.
The poll came nearly five years to the day since the last time the Bears – then Pikeville College – was mentioned in the poll. That came on Sept. 11, 2006 when they got two votes in the first coaches ratings of the regular season.
In that year's preseason poll, Pikeville was ranked 26th the year after it made the 2005 playoffs for the first and what is still the only time in school history.
The last time the Bears were in the Top 25 was in the final ratings of the 2005 season, dated Jan. 17, 2006, when they were 15th in the country.
Pikeville is 2-0 on the season with a convincing 63-18 win over Southern Virginia in the season opener, a week prior to last week's win over KWC. The latter of the wins came on a 21-yard touchdown pass with 53.3 seconds left from Trevor Hoskins to Axxel Rivas.
It was the second time in the game the pair had hooked up for a score, and gave Hoskins the school's all-time record for touchdown passes in a career with 32. He established the mark in only his 12th game as a Bear.
The road to 3-0 won't be easy, however, as the Bears play their first road game of the season on Saturday afternoon when they face Shorter College at 1:30. The Hawks broke into the Top 25 and stand tied for 21st in the country this week.
Three Mid-South Conference teams are ahead of Shorter in the poll. Georgetown (1-0) is No. 8, while Cumberlands (2-0) is 10th and Campbellsville (2-0) is 17th.
Cumberland University, which fell to 1-1 after a 30-27 loss to Campbellsville, picked up 13 votes in the poll, followed by the Bears.
Union College became the seventh Mid-South school in the poll by picking up one vote.
http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spe...11aac.html
http://www.upikebears.com/news/2011/9/12...h=football
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09-14-2011, 06:48 PM
I dont think people realize how good NAIA ball is and more so, the MidSouth Conference.
09-18-2011, 02:37 AM
Close loss to a ranked team today for pikeville, but played close and had a chance to win it at the end. I like this team. On a side not, how do the NAIA eligibility rules work? I was looking at the pikeville roster and Brent Slusher is listed as a jr on their roster. He went from bell co to auburn in 06, from auburn to ut...and was listed as a SR on UT's roster last year. How did this happen?
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