Class 2A Week 4 Rankings and Selections

Class 2A Rankings

Week 4, 2025

RK-PV Team (Record; Week 3 Result)

1. ↔ 1. East Poinsett County (2-1; beat 3A Manila 54-12)
2. ↔ 2. Junction City (2-1; did not play last week)
3. ↔ 3. Mount Ida (2-1; beat Bearden 46-14)
4. ↔ 4. Carlisle (3-0; beat Des Arc 45-22)
5. ↔ 5. Des Arc (2-1; lost to Carlisle 45-22)
6. ↔ 6. Cross County (2-1; did not play last week)
7. ↔ 7. Poyen (1-2; did not play last week)
8. ↔ 8. Bearden (1-2; lost to Mount Ida, 46-14)
9. ↔ 9. Murfreesboro (2-1; beat Genoa Central, 40-12)
10. ↔ 10. Dierks (2-1; did not play last week)
11. ↔ 11. Hector (3-0; beat 3A Danville, 31-7)
12. ↔ 12. Marked Tree (2-1; did not play last week)
13. ↑ 15. Hampton (3-0; beat 3A Two Rivers 44-14)
14. ↑  17. Magazine (3-0; did not play last week)
15. ↑ 18. Earle (2-1; did not play last week)
16. ↔ 16. Lafayette County (1-2; beat 3A Cossatot River, 42-7)
17. ↓ 14. Bigelow (0-3; did not play last week)
18. ↓ 13. McCrory (2-1; lost to Hazen 38-36)
19. ↑  NR. Foreman (2-1; did not play last week)
20. ↓ 19. Conway Christian (1-2; did not play last week)

Not ranked: 

1-2A: Mountainburg (2-1), Mountain Pine (0-3), Mineral Springs (0-3), Johnson County Westside (0-2)

2-2A: Izard County (1-2), Marianna (0-2)

3-2A: Spring Hill (1-2), Gurdon (1-2) 

4-2A: Baptist Prep (1-2), Hazen (1-2), England (1-2), Clarendon (0-3)

LAST WEEK

Hootens.com correctly predicted 10 of 12 (83 percent) of games involving Class 2A teams and has correctly predicted 58 of 80 games (73 percent) for the season.

 WEEK 4 PREDICTIONS (Favored team in all caps and highlighted)

HOOTENS.COM GAME OF THE WEEK

No. 15 Earle (2-1) at No. 5 DES ARC (2-1)

Earle was off last week after losing to Class 3A Walnut Ridge 58-40 in Week 2. QB Ta’Ron Hurts (5-10 passing, 150 yards, 2 TDs), Derek Lately Jr. (2 TD receptions), Darion Maple (19-134 rushing, TD) and Kenota Harris (60-yard kickoff return TD) led Earle’s offense..

Earle Coach AC Coleman says his team must take care of the football and win the turnover battle.  “We have to be disciplined and play assignment football, cut down on penalties, and focus on doing our job each play,” he says. “We know what we’re up against, but our mindset is about us — playing our brand of football and executing with effort and toughness the Bulldog way.”

Des Arc’s running game features one of the largest offensive lines in the state, regardless of classification. 

The Eagles feature a power running attack, which Carlisle was able to slow down in its 45-22 win last Friday. The Eagles had 164 yards rushing against Carlisle, led by QB Hudson Goodman, who had 73 yards on 11 carries. 

Des Arc Coach Nick Smith says there are no weak teams in the 2-2A. 

“Each week, you have to take care of business,” he says. “You can’t afford to have those kinds of issues [like against Carlisle] within our conference. We’re still 6, 7, 8 deep in our conference that can beat anybody in the state in any week. We’ve got to go through this week and make adjustments. We’ve got the Earle Bulldogs coming into town. They are a very dangerous team. They have a good scheme offensively. We’ve got to make sure we’re ready to go Friday night.”

1-2A

No. 3 MOUNT IDA (2-1) at JC Westside (0-2): Mount Ida routed Bearden last week with 335 yards rushing. Dakota Beechy (193 all-purpose yards, 2 TDs) and Jackson White (2 rushing TDs,1 passing) led the offense. Chris Dorrell led the defense with 9 tackles. Westside lost to 3A Cedarville 51-20 on Sept. 12. Nathan Powell (140 rushing, 2 TDs) Zane Smith (70-yard kickoff return for TD) led the way. 

MAGAZINE (3-0) at No.17 Bigelow (0-3): Magazine is 3-0 for the first time since 2011 after beating Two Rivers 2 weeks ago. Daniel Green (130 rushing, TD; 3-3 passing, 29 yards) directed the offense. Hunter Inklebarger had 8 tackles. Bigelow is 0-3 for the first time since going 0-10 in 2019. QB Cal Adams passed for 4 TDs and ran for another in the Panthers’ 36-34 loss to Perryville on Sept. 12. 

Mountainburg (2-1) at No. 20 CONWAY CHRISTIAN (1-2): Mountainburg QB rushed for 141 yards and a TD and passed for another in the Dragons’ 28-16 loss to 3A Hackett. Conway Christian was idle last week after falling to Atkins 38-0. The defending 2A champs are averaging 14 points a game. 

Mountain Pine (0-3) at No. 11 HECTOR (3-0): Mountain Pine is back in action after 3 weeks off. The Red Devils forfeited to Cutter-Morning Star on Sept. 12 because of injuries sustained in a loss to Dierks. They were idle last week. Hector’s Lucas Baker rushed for 195 yards and a TD against 3A Danville. QB Drew Newport passed for 141 yards and a TD and ran for another. Hayden Millsaps (9 tackles) led the defense. 

2-2A 

No. 15 Earle (2-1) at No. 5 DES ARC (2-1): See Hootens.com Game of the Week.

Izard County (1-2) at No. 1 EAST POINSETT COUNTY (2-1): Izard County lost 46-0 to 3A Melbourne, with Landon Lee (11 tackles), Billy Davis (10), and Aaron Dockings (10 tackles, two blocked PATs) sustaining the defense. EPC bounced back from its loss to 3A Rivercrest to beat 3A Manila 54-12. Dee Buchanan (111 rushing, 2 TDs) and QB Eli Blagg (96 passing yards, TD pass; rushing TD) led the offense. Hunter Thrasher scored a defensive TD on a fumble recovery. 

No. 18 McCrory (2-1) at No. 6 CROSS COUNTY (2-1): McCrory could not hold a 22-0 lead in a 38-36 loss to Hazen last week. Caden Ayers rushed for 160 yards and 3 TDs, and Jackson Leonard scored. Cross County beat 3A Piggott 54-0 2 weeks ago. Rico Coffey (4-135 rushing, 3 TDs; KO return for TD) led the offense; Jayden Huckabee had 8 tackles. 

No. 12 MARKED TREE (2-1) at Marianna: Marked Tree will receive a forfeit win over Marianna after several Trojans players were ejected from their last game against Barton on Sept. 12. This will mark 2 consecutive weeks without a game for the Indians, who beat Gurdon 22-0 on Sept. 12. Chance Duke threw 2 TD passes in that game. 

3-2A

No. 2 JUNCTION CITY (2-1) at No. 19 Foreman (2-1): Junction City was idle last week after falling to 3A Smackover 37-28 on Sept. 12. When QB Dakorey Larry passed for 2 TDs and ran for 2. Foreman, off to its best start since 2019 when it went 11-1, was iidle last week after beating 3A Horatio 34-14. QB Hayden Easter passed for a TD and ran for another. Vicktron Moore rushed 7 times for 69 yards and 2 TDs.

Gurdon (1-2) at No. 9 MURFREESBORO (2-1): Gurdon lost to Marked Tree 22-0 two weeks ago despite Uriah Gatlin rushing 22 times for 125 yards. Murfreesboro’s Bubba Stinson (161 rushing, 2 TDs; 5-63 receiving, TD) led the Rattlers’ 40-12 win over 3A Genoa Central. 

No. 17 Lafayette County (1-2) at No. 10 DIERKS (2-1): Lafayette County routed 3A Cossatot River 42-7 last week. Jordan Walters (16-213 rushing, 5 TDs) led the offense; Zakarian Lawson (11 tackles, 6 TFL, forced fumble) was big on defense. Dierks beat 3A Parker’s Chapel 61-24 2 weeks ago behind QB Peyton Boeckman’s 217 passing yards and 5 TDs.

Mineral Springs (0-3) at SPRING HILL (1-2): Mineral Springs has scored 12 points in 3 games, with all of them coming 12 in a 42-12 loss to Quitman last week. Keithen Dixon threw 2 TD passes to AK Olden. Spring Hill QB Jaxon Smith passed for 131 yards in the Bears’ 22-18 loss to Centerpoint. 

4-2A

No. 4 CARLISLE (3-0) at Baptist Prep (1-2): Carlisle QB Baylor Hauk, accounting for 5 TDs, passed for more than 300 yards and rushed for more than 120 yards in the Bison’s 45-22 win over Des Arc. Baptist Prep got its first win, 55-14 over Episcopal. QB Aaron Fielder passed for 2 TDs, ran for 1 and caught 1. DE Levi Yager had 2 sacks.

England (1-2) at No. 7 POYEN (1-2): England resumes its season after forfeiting to Mayflower 2 weeks ago because of injuries and suspensions from a fracas in a loss to Drew Central. Poyen last played 2 weeks ago, losing to Magnet Cove 68-50. QB Colt Barrett (31-45 passing, 552 yards, 7 TDs) and WR Kaden Townley (13-332 receiving, 4 TDs) led the way.

Hazen (1-2) at No. 8 BEARDEN (1-2): Hazen overcame a 22-0 deficit to beat McCrory 38-36 last week. QB JJ Pinkey (179 rushing, 2 TDs) led the offense, and Noah Adkins had 17 tackles. Bearden lost to Mount Ida 46-14 despite Marky Jimerson scoring 2 TDs. “We still have a lot of work to do on both sides of the ball,” Bearden Coach Brandon Austin says. “We played a very tough nonconference schedule. I believe we’ll be better from it and be very competitive in conference play.”

No. 13 HAMPTON (3-0) at Clarendon (0-3): Hampton is 3-0 for the first time since 2016, when it advanced to the state-title game. The Bulldogs beat 3A Two Rivers 44-14 last week. QB DJ Clark (103 passing, 119 rushing; 3 total TDs, 3 2-point conversions) led the way. Braiden Giraud and Artavious Ballard each had 7 tackles. Clarendon was idle last week after falling to McCrory 55-22 on Sept. 12.