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ENMU honored by HERO Sports

PORTALES — An online site has, for the second-straight year, selected Eastern New Mexico University as the top college football team in the state.

The annual rankings from HERO Sports span 671 college football teams among NCAA Divisions I, I-AA, II and III. They are intended as a measure of how competitive teams are against their own peers.

Teams are measured by a formula that weighs winning percentage, player and coaching awards, bowl gam/playoff appearances and conference/national championships over the last five seasons.

Over the last five seasons, ENMU is 27-25 — not including three 2012 wins the school vacated as punishment for a self-reported NCAA infraction on athlete ineligibility.

During that span, Eastern has claimed a share of the 2013 LSC title and reached the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl in each of the last two seasons.

ENMU begins its season at home 7 p.m. Aug. 31 against Southwest Baptist.

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