Mountaineers Football Enters NAIA Top-25 Poll
By Paul Hall on Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
LA GRANDE – The second edition of the NAIA Football FirstDown Playbook Top-25 Poll was released Monday afternoon and Mountaineers Football finds themselves in the rankings this time around.
The Mountaineers checked in at No. 21 in the rankings after starting off the spring 2021 season 1-0 with a 28-0 shutout win last Saturday against the Carroll College Saints inside Community Stadium. The win for the Mounties propelled them from the realm of being unranked into the top-25.
Eastern also picked up a pair of Frontier Conference Player of the Week honors on Monday morning as Kai Quinn and Jaiden Machuca were named the Offensive and Special teams Players of the Week, respectively. The duo’s performances helped get EOU out to a 1-0 start and it was the sixth consecutive win against the Saints, dating back to 2015.
Out of the Frontier Conference, the only other team is ranked in College of Idaho. The Yotes are in the top-five at the No. 5 spot overall with a 2-0 record.
The Mountaineers are on the road this weekend as they will head to Billings, Mont. to take on the Rocky Mountain College Battlin’ Bear on Saturday, March 27. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. PT/1 p.m. MT.
