COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Benedict College football team continued to climb in both national football polls, following Saturday's victory over Morehouse College.
 
Benedict moved up to 15^th in American Football Coaches Association poll, after being in a tie for 18^th last week.
In the D2football.com media poll, the Tigers moved up two spots to No. 15.
  
In the HBCU Media Poll by BoxToRow.com, Benedict is ranked third among all HBCU schools, including Division I programs.
 

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 8	Next Game
1	Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (28)	8-0	748	1	D. Northern Michigan, 56-3	Oct. 29 at Michigan Tech
2	Angelo St. (Tex.) (2)	8-0	718	2	D. No. 15 Texas A&M-Kingsville, 34-7	Oct. 29 at Simon Fraser (B.C.)
3	Shepherd (W.Va.)	8-0	677	3	D. West Chester (Pa.), 47-14	Oct. 29 vs. Bloomsburg (Pa.)
4	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	8-0	654	4	D. Southern Arkansas, 63-31	Oct. 27 vs. East Central (Okla.)
5	Pittsburg St. (Kan.)	8-0	627	5	D. Missouri Western St., 28-16	Oct. 29 at Central Oklahoma
6	Ashland (Ohio)	7-0	593	6	D. Tiffin (Ohio), 28-20	Oct. 29 at Hillsdale (Mich.)
7	Ferris St. (Mich.)	6-1	565	7	D. Michigan Tech, 28-20	Oct. 29 at Northern Michigan
8	Delta St. (Miss.)	8-0	555	8	D. Shorter (Ga.), 45-10	Oct. 29 at Mississippi College
9	West Florida	6-1	497	9	D. Mississippi College, 45-17	Oct. 29 vs. West Alabama
10	Virginia Union	8-0	488	10	D. Lincoln (Pa.), 45-20	Oct. 29 vs. Chowan (N.C.)
11	Indiana (Pa.)	7-0	447	13	D. Seton Hill (Pa.), 44-7	Oct. 29 at Gannon (Pa.)
12	Newberry (S.C.)	7-1	381	16	D. No. 12 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 38-24	Oct. 29 vs. Limestone (S.C.)
13t.	Northwest Missouri St.	6-2	350	14	D. Northeastern St. (Okla.), 36-3	Oct. 29 at Nebraska-Kearney
13t.	Slippery Rock (Pa.)	7-1	350	17	D. California (Pa.), 42-24	Oct. 29 at Clarion (Pa.)
15	Benedict (S.C.)	8-0	328	18t	D. Morehouse (Ga.), 35-0	Oct. 29 vs. Clark Atlanta (Ga.)
16	Colorado School of Mines	6-2	272	18t	D. Black Hills St. (S.D.), 38-0	Oct. 29 at Western Colorado
17	Indianapolis (Ind.)	6-1	241	20	D. Quincy (Ill.), 52-38	Oct. 29 vs. Missouri S&T
18	Davenport (Mich.)	7-0	235	22	D. Lincoln (Calif.), 58-14	Oct. 29 at No. 23 Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
19	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	7-1	191	11	Lost to Winona St. (Minn.), 20-17	Oct. 29 vs. Minnesota St.
20	Texas A&M-Kingsville	7-1	163	15	Lost to No. 2 Angelo St. (Tex.), 34-7	Oct. 29 at Central Washington
21	Harding (Ark.)	6-2	143	23	D. Arkansas-Monticello, 56-43	Oct. 29 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma St.
22	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	6-2	138	12	Lost to No. 16 Newberry (S.C.), 38-24	Oct. 29 vs. Wingate (N.C.)
23	Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)	6-2	128	24	D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 21-14	Oct. 29 vs. No. 18 Davenport (Mich.)
24	West Georgia	5-2	103	25	D. Valdosta St. (Ga.), 54-17	Oct. 29 vs. Shorter (Ga.)
25	New Haven (Conn.)	6-1	45	NR	Idle	Oct. 29 at Assumption (Mass.)

 
Dropped Out: Augustana (S.D.) (21)
 
Others Receiving Votes: Truman St. (Mo.), 22; Wingate (N.C.), 22; Emporia St. (Kan.), 20; Henderson St. (Ark.), 13; Albany St. (Ga.), 10; Nebraska-Kearney, 9; Winona St. (Minn.), 5; Augustana (S.D.), 4; Minnesota St., 3; Kutztown (Pa.), 2; Wayne St. (Neb.), 2; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 1.
 
 

	Team	Record	Last
1	Grand Valley	8-0	1
2	Angelo State	8-0	2
3	Ouachita Baptist	8-0	3
4	Pittsburg State	8-0	5
5	Ferris State	6-1	4
6	Shepherd	8-0	6
7	Delta State	8-0	7
8	West Florida	6-1	8
9	Ashland	7-0	10
10	Colorado Mines	6-2	9
11	Virginia Union	8-0	12
12	IUP	7-0	13
13	Slippery Rock	7-1	15
14	Northwest Missouri	6-2	16
15	Benedict	8-0	17
16	Newberry	6-1	21
17	Harding	6-2	20
18	Sioux Falls	7-1	11
19	Nebraska-Kearney	6-2	22
20	Saginaw Valley	6-2	23
21	Indianapolis	6-1	25
22	Texas A&M-Kingsville	7-1	18
23	Albany State	6-2	24
24	Davenport	7-0	NR
25	New Haven	6-1	NR

 
 
2022 The HBCU Football Media Poll
Week 8
(Records through October 22, 2022)

No.	Team	W-L	Pts	Last Week
1	Jackson State (17)	7-0	170	1
2	Virginia Union	8-0	145	2
3	Benedict	8-0	114	5
4	Florida A&M	5-2	113	3
5	Southern	5-2	105	6
6	Albany State	6-2	63	7
7	North Carolina Central	5-2	62	4
8	Fort Valley State	7-1	61	9
9	South Carolina State	3-4	24	NR
10	Tuskegee	6-2	19	NR

 
Others receiving votes: North Carolina A&T (4-3) 13, Langston (6-1) 12, Prairie View A&M (4-3) 10, Fayetteville State (6-2) 8, Alcorn State (3-4) 6, Tennessee State (3-4) 3, Delaware State (4-3) 2, Virginia State (5-3) 2, Alabama State (4-3) 1, Chowan (5-3) 1, Texas Southern (3-4) 1.
(1st place votes in parentheses)