NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Christopher Newport University is preparing for the NCAA Division III Football Championship after learning on Sunday they will have a bye this weekend, and will not open play in the 40-team tournament until Saturday, November 29th. The Captains, 10-0 and Champions of the New Jersey Athletic Conference, will host the winner of the Susquehanna/Washington & Jefferson game at 12 noon on the 29th at TowneBank Stadium.

The Christopher Newport ticket office announced Monday that tickets will be available to the general public starting this Wednesday, November 19th, at 9 a.m. with General Admission and Reserved Bleacher seats. The prices are as follows:

• Chairback $25.00 (available online starting Monday, November 24th)
• Reserved Bleacher  $15.00
• General Admission  $10.00

Tailgate passes are also available online, and the price will be $30.00. The tailgate lot will open at 10 a.m. on game day. To purchase a tailgate pass online, you will first select the tickets you are purchasing, and the tailgate pass will come up as an add on sale item

The link to purchase CNU playoff tickets is:  https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2new//team.asp?sponsorid=19456

Christopher Newport is ranked sixth in the country in the final regular-season poll released Sunday by D3football.com. It's the highest ranking in the 25-year history of the program. Paul Crowley's team is ranked seventh in the nation in the new weekly poll from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) released on Monday. 

The new complete polls are listed below:

D3football.com Top 25, 2025 Week 11

Rank	School (No. 1 votes)	W-L	Points	Prev.
1	North Central (Ill.) (25)	10-0	625	1
2	Mount Union	10-0	595	2
3	UW-River Falls	9-1	572	4
4	Bethel	10-0	539	5
5	Wartburg	10-0	533	6
6	Christopher Newport	10-0	471	7
7	St. John's	9-1	440	8
8	Johns Hopkins	9-1	430	3
9	John Carroll	9-1	414	9
10	UW-Platteville	8-2	389	10
11	UW-Whitewater	8-2	342	12
12	Salisbury	9-1	326	11
13	UW-La Crosse	7-2	322	14
14	Hardin-Simmons	9-1	319	13
15	DePauw	9-1	262	15
16	Franklin and Marshall	9-1	254	25
17	Berry	9-1	227	17
18	Hope	9-1	225	16
19	Wheaton (Ill.)	8-2	211	18
20	Randolph-Macon	9-1	160	21
21	Trinity (Texas)	9-1	110	22
22	Susquehanna	8-2	87	23
23	Alma	8-2	52	--
24	Coe	8-2	38	--
25	Monmouth	9-1	25	--

Dropped out: No. 19 Central; No. 20 Cortland; No. 24 Wabash.

Others receiving votes: Mary Hardin-Baylor 23; Central (Iowa) 21; Muhlenberg 19; Endicott 19; Cortland 17; Washington & Jefferson 15; Chapman 13; Wabash 7; Eastern 5; Whitworth 4; Baldwin Wallace 4; Grove City 3; Rowan 3; Hanover 2; Ithaca 2.

2025 AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll 

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 11	Next Game
1	North Central (52)	10-0	1300	1	D. Illinois Wesleyan, 24-7	Nov. 29 TBD
2	Mount Union	10-0	1220	2	D. Muskingum, 51-7	Nov. 29 TBD
3	Bethel (Minn.)	10-0	1174	4	D. St. Scholastica, 62-0	Nov. 29 TBD
4	UW-River Falls	9-1	1144	5	D. UW-Stout, 29-19	Nov. 29 TBD
5	Wartburg	10-0	1106	6	D. Buena Vista, 63-20	Nov. 29 TBD
6	St. John's (Minn.)	9-1	1017	7	D. St. Olaf, 63-21	Nov. 29 vs. No. 23 Monmouth (Ill.)
7	Christopher Newport	10-0	970	8	D. College of New Jersey, 27-7	Nov. 29 TBD
8	John Carroll	9-1	897	9	D. Denison, 48-21	Nov. 29 vs. No. 17 Randolph-Macon
9	Salisbury	9-1	814	10	D. Castleton, 63-13	Nov. 29 vs. No. 24 Endicott
10	DePauw	9-1	749	11	D. No. 23 Wabash, 41-20	Nov. 29 at No. 14 UW-Whitewater
11	Johns Hopkins	9-1	748	3	Lost to No. 25 Franklin & Marshall, 29-28 OT	Nov. 29 TBD
12	Hardin-Simmons	9-1	725	12	D. East Texas Baptist, 63-14	Nov. 29 at No. 21 Trinity (Tex.)
13	UW-Platteville	8-2	684	13	D. UW-Eau Claire, 55-28	Nov. 29 vs. No. 25 Alma
14	UW-Whitewater	8-2	577	16	D. UW-Oshkosh, 24-7	Nov. 29 vs. No. 10 DePauw
15	Hope	9-1	569	15	D. Olivet, 63-6	Nov. 29 vs. No. 16 UW-La Crosse
16	UW-La Crosse	7-2	514	17	D. UW-Stevens Point, 52-0	Nov. 29 at No. 15 Hope
17	Randolph-Macon	9-1	463	18	D. Hampden-Sydney, 42-14	Nov. 29 at No. 8 John Carroll
18	Franklin & Marshall	9-1	458	25	D. No. 3 Johns Hopkins, 29-28 OT	Nov. 29 vs. Eastern
19	Berry	9-1	422	20	D. Southwestern (Tex.), 49-7	Nov. 29 TBD
20	Wheaton	8-2	320	21	D. North Park, 52-6	Nov. 22 vs. Crown
21	Trinity (Tex.)	9-1	301	22	D. Maryville, 31-14	Nov. 29 vs. No. 12 Hardin-Simmons
22	Cortland	8-2	100	14	Lost to Ithaca, 26-21	Nov. 22 at Springfield
23	Monmouth (Ill.)	9-1	96	NR	D. Knox, 69-0	Nov. 29 at No. 6 St. John's (Minn.)
24	Endicott	9-1	80	NR	D. Curry, 45-17	Nov. 29 at No. 9 Salisbury
25	Alma	8-2	75	NR	D. No. 24 Adrian, 35-34	Nov. 29 at No. 13 UW-Platteville

 Dropped Out: Central (Iowa) (19), Wabash (23), Adrian (24)

 Others Receiving Votes: Coe, 68; Central (Iowa), 45; Susquehanna, 41; Muhlenberg, 40; Mary Hardin-Baylor, 28; Whitworth, 21; Hanover, 19; Springfield, 17; Washington & Jefferson, 13; Washington (Mo.), 11; Concordia (Wis.), 10; Eastern, 10; Adrian, 8; Ithaca, 8; Baldwin Wallace, 6; Chapman, 6; LaGrange, 6; Trinity (Conn.), 6; Linfield, 5; Wabash, 5; Wesleyan, 2; Grove City, 1; Ohio Northern, 1.