Class 2A Week 3 Rankings and Selections

Class 2A Rankings

Week 3, 2025

RK-PV Team (Record) Week 2 Result

1. ↔ 1. East Poinsett County (1-1; lost to Class 3A Rivercrest 48-46)
2. ↔ 2. Junction City (2-1; lost to 3A Smackover 37-28)
3. ↔ 3. Mount Ida (1-1; beat 3A Jessieville 28-21)
4. ↔ 4. Carlisle (2-0; did not play last week)
5. ↔ 5. Des Arc (2-0; beat 4A Bald Knob 46-14)
6. ↔ 6. Cross County (2-1; beat 3A Piggott 54-0)
7. ↔ 7. Poyen (1-2; lost to 3A Magnet Cove 68-50)
8. ↔ 8. Bearden (1-1; lost to D’Arbonne Woods, La., 55-24)
9. ↔ 9. Murfreesboro (1-1; did not play)
10. ↔ 10. Dierks (2-1, beat 3A Parker’s Chapel 61-24)
11. ↔ 11. Hector (2-0; beat 3A Yellville Summit 41-18)
12. ↑ 16. Marked Tree (2-1; beat Gurdon 22-0)
13. ↑ 18. McCrory (2-0; beat Clarendon 52-22)
14. ↓ 12. Bigelow (0-3; lost to 3A Perryville 36-34)
15. ↑ 19. Hampton (2-0; did not play)
16. ↑ 18. Lafayette County (0-2; lost to 5A De Queen 49-18)
17. ↑ NR. Magazine (2-0; beat 3A Two Rivers 22-0)
18. ↑ 20. Earle (2-1; lost to 3A Walnut Ridge 58-40)
19. ↓ 12. Conway Christian (1-2; lost to 3A Atkins 38-0)
20. ↓ 15 Mineral Springs (0-2; lost to 3A Fordyce 51-0)

Not ranked: 

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

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

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

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

LAST WEEK

Hootens.com correctly predicted 20 of 25 games (80 percent) involving Class 2A teams and has correctly selected 48 of 68 games (71 percent)

CLASS 2A GAME OF THE WEEK

No. 5 Des Arc (2-0) at No. 4 CARLISLE (2-0)

The Des Arc Eagles are off to a running start under first-year coach Nick Smith, son of Spring Hill coach Greg Smith. The Eagles continue to utilize a power running game behind the play of QB Hudson Goodman and RB Kaibrien Buchanan, who have both rushed for more than 200 yards in 2 games. Smith expresses high regard for Carlisle Coach Gary Wilson, but he is not backing down. “We think we’re a good football team, too,” Smith says. “It’s a great test for both teams early in the year to see where we’re at.”

The Bison are also 2-0 behind the play of new QB Baylor Hauk, who took over after the previous QB transferred out of the district and is no longer playing football. Hauk has passed for 415 yards and 6 TDs in 2 games. 

Carlisle’s Wilson says his team must eliminate pre-snap penalties. 

“When we’ve done that, we can get rolling,” Wilson says. “If we eliminate those, we’ve got a pretty good shot at being successful on offense.”

1-2A

Bearden (1-1) at MOUNT IDA (1-1): Bearden Coach Brandon Austin says his team needs to clean up things defensively after falling 55-24 to D’Arbonne, La., last week. Marky Jimerson rushed for 92 yards and a TD and returned a kickoff 72 yards for another score. He also had 11 tackles. Mount Ida rushed for 323 yards on 45 carries in its win over Jessieville. Dakota Beechy had 104 all-purpose yards. Jackson White rushed for 99 yards and passed for 60 yards and a TD. Cain McCullough had 83 yards and a TD. 

DANVILLE (1-1) at Hector (2-0): Hector RB Lucas Baker rushed for 295 yards and 6 TDs in the Wildcats’ win over Yellville-Summit. He has 394 yards in 2 games. Justin Duvall had 9 tackles; Braxton Noles had 7 tackles and 2 QB sacks. 

Class 3A HACKETT (1-1) at Mountainburg (2-0): Mountainburg QB Ryan Allen rushed for 190 yards and 3 TDs and passed for 56 yards in the Dragons’ 27-25 win over Baptist Prep. Brayden Dudley led the Dragons with 8 tackles and a sack; Nate Bassham had 5 tackles. 

OPEN: Bigelow, Conway Christian, Mountain Pine, Magazine and Johnson County Westside

2-2A

Des Arc (2-0) at CARLISLE (2-0): See Hootens.com Game of the Week. 

Class 3A Manila (0-2) at EAST POINSETT COUNTY (1-1): EPC gave Class 3A Rivecrest all it wanted in a 48-46 loss. Jacob Gaines rushed for 144 yards and a TD. QB Eli Blagg completed 10 of 15 passes for 187 yards and 4 TDs. Quincy Perry caught 5 passes for 91 yards and 3 TDs. 

Hazen (0-2) at MCCRORY (2-0): Hazen was idle last week after falling 2 weeks asgo to Des Arc 52-3. Hazen’s points came on a 24-yard FG by Luis Dubon. QB JJ Pinkney rushed for 81 yards. Noah Adkins had 9 tackles. McCrory routed Clarendon by 30 points. Caden Ayers rushed for 130 yards and 4 TDs. Keaton Massanelli passed for 2 TDs. Bryson Waymire, son of former Carlisle coach Scott Waymire, had a rushing TD. 

Class 3A PALESTINE-WHEATLEY (3-0) at Marianna (0-2): Marianna’s game with Barton ended midway through the 3rd quarter with Barton leading 42-0 after an incident occurred between the 2 teams. 

Izard County (1-1) at Class 3A MELBOURNE (2-0): Izard County is coming off a 64-28 loss to 3A Quitman. QB Kyler Brashear passed for 252 yards and 4 TDs. Benaiah Spray had 4 receptions for 70 yards and 3 TDs. 

OPEN Cross County, Marked Tree, Earle and Izard County, 

3-2A

Class 4A Genoa Central (1-1) at MURFREESBORO (1-1): Mufreesboro was idle last week after losing to 3A Fouke 44-38. QB Kooper Caldwell threw for 184 yards, with TD passes to Kale Burns, Isaac Kuykendall and Cale Humphrey. 

Mineral Springs (0-2) at Class 3A No. 20 QUITMAN (2-0): Mineral Springs has been outscored by a combined 112-0 in losses to No. 6 Bismarck and No. 2 Fordyce. QB Brandon Allen passed for 58 yards against the Redbugs last week. Quitman moved into the Class 3A Top 20 after beating 2A Izard County 57-16 behind QB Jordon Moore-Payne (18-24 passing, 352 yards, 5 TDs; 3 rushing TDs. He has accounted for 12 TDs through 2 games. 

LAFAYETTTE COUNTY (0-2) at Class 3A Horatio (0-2): Lafayette County put up some fight in a loss to 5A De Queen last week. Jordan Walters rushed for 223 yards and 2 TDs on 16 carries. Horatio lost to Class 2A Foreman last week 33-14; Lafayette County won last year’s matchup 28-0. 

Class 3A CENTERPOINT (1-1) at Spring Hill (1-1): Spring Hill routed 3A Episcopal 40-6 last week as RB Levi Askew rushed for 211 yards and a TD on 15 carries. The Bears rushed for 378 yards. QB Jaxon Smith rushed for a TD and passed for another. Henry Townsend rushed for 62 yards and a TD. Centerpoint (253 total yards) lost 41-14 to Class 4A Fountain Lake last Friday night. Chris Borgeson played well on both sides of the ball. 

OPEN Junction City, Dierks, Gurdon, and Foreman.

4-2A

No. 5 Des Arc (2-0) at No. 4 CARLISLE (2-0): See Hootens.com Game of the Week.

Bearden (1-1) at MOUNT IDA (1-1): See comment in 1-2A.

Hazen (0-2) at MCCRORY (2-0): See comment in 2-2A.

OPEN: Poyen, England, Baptist Prep and Clarendon