COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Benedict College Tigers, headed to the NCAA Championship this week, remain nationally ranked.
In the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)
Top 25 poll, Benedict is ranked 23
rd for the second week in a row, receiving 80 points. Wingate, the team Benedict will face this week in the postseason, was not in the top 25 rankings, but was the first team out of the rankings with 59 total points. In the D2football.com media poll, Wingate is ranked 16
th nationally, while Benedict is not ranked in the top 25.
In the HBCU D2 Coaches Poll, the Tigers dropped from fourth to fifth, swapping places with Kentucky State.
Benedict, the fifth seed in NCAA Super Region Two, will travel to face the Wingate Bulldogs at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ (subscription required). Tickets are available
here.
2025 HBCU D2 Football Coaches Poll powered by BOXTOROW
Week 12
(Records through November 15, 2025)
| No. |
Team |
W-L |
Pts |
Last Week |
| 1 |
Albany State (11) |
10-1 |
164 |
2 |
| 2 |
Johnson C. Smith (5) |
10-1 |
157 |
3 |
| 3 |
Virginia Union (1) |
9-2 |
132 |
1 |
| 4 |
Kentucky State |
9-2 |
114 |
5 |
| 5 |
Benedict |
9-2 |
113 |
4 |
| 6 |
Fayetteville State |
6-4 |
79 |
6 |
| 7 |
Virginia State |
6-4 |
59 |
7 |
| 8 |
Allen |
6-5 |
54 |
9 |
| 9 |
West Virginia State |
5-6 |
22 |
8 |
| 10 |
Edward Waters |
5-5 |
19 |
10 |
Others receiving votes: Livingstone (5-5) 14, Fort Valley State (4-6) 1, Winston-Salem State (4-6) 1, Miles (3-8) 1.
