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| Seantavious Jones and the VSU Blazers are ranked No. 1 in Super Region 2, following Monday's latest release. The final rankings are released Sunday. (Bubba Thomas | Special to the Times) |
The Blazers' rise to the top of the region was opened after previous No. 1 Miles and No. 2 West Alabama lost this past weekend.
The new region rankings, released Monday, look like this: 1) VSU 2) Miles 3) Mars Hill 4) Carson-Newman 5) Fort Valley State 6) Lenior-Rhyne 7) West Alabama 8) UNC-Pembroke 9) Albany State 10) North Alabama.
The top six seeds in the region are awarded playoff berths when the final rankings are released Sunday. The top two teams in the region are awarded bye weeks and won't play until Nov. 24, while the remaining four teams in the region begin play Nov. 17 in the opening round.
If the playoffs were to begin this week, Valdosta State and Miles would be awarded bye weeks, while Mars Hill would host Lenoir-Rhyne and Carson-Newman would host Fort Valley State.
The region rankings will surely change prior to Sunday's final release, as No. 3 Mars Hill visits No. 4 Carson-Newman Saturday and No. 2 Miles faces No. 5 Fort Valley State in the SIAC Championship. Valdosta State is idle.
Although the Blazers are ranked No. 1 this week, they are not guaranteed the region's top ranking for the playoffs. They will learn that fate Sunday.
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