CHARLOTTE, NC – The final NJCAA Division 1 Football Top 15 poll of the season has been released with four Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference teams showing up in the rankings which includes a pair of top 10 teams.

Separated by just one point for between second and third, Hutchinson is the top KJCCC team behind Iowa Western and Georgia Military as the Blue Dragons earned a share of the KJCCC regular season title and finished the regular season with a 9-1 overall record. Joining HCC in the top 10 is number seven ranked Coffeyville as the Red Ravens put together one of the biggest turnarounds in college football this season by going from a 3-7 mark in 2023 to a 9-2 mark and a share of the KJCCC regular season title after defeating Butler 15-14 this past Saturday. 

Butler drops two spots from 11 down to 13 after their one-point home defeat to Coffeyville this past Saturday as the Grizzlies earn a share of the KJCCC regular season title with a 7-4 record while dropping just one game in conference play. BCC’s losses came to top-ranked Iowa Western, fifth-ranked Snow College, and Northeast Oklahoma A&M in the opening game of the season while also laying claim as the only team in the country to defeat Hutchinson this season. Sitting at number 15 for a second-straight week is Dodge City as the Conquistadors last played on November 9th and finished the year with a 6-4 record with all four losses coming to ranked foes.  

With the final rankings released, the NJCAA Division 1 Football Playoffs are set with number one Iowa Western hosting number four Northwest Mississippi Community College in the first semifinal at 7 PM on Saturday, December 7th while number three Hutchinson will travel to Milledgeville, Georgia to take on Georgia Military College in a 3:30 PM (EST) kickoff on Sunday, December 8th. The winners of the two semifinal matchups will meet on Wednesday, December 18th in Canyon, Texas for the 2024 NJCAA Division 1 Football National Championship.