COLUMBIA, S.C. – The NCAA has released its second NPI rankings for Division II football, and the Benedict College Tigers remain third in Super Region 2.
 
The top three teams remain unchanged, with Kentucky State still ranked No. 1 in the region with 61.422 NPI points. Edward Waters is second with 60.860 NPI points. Benedict is third with 60.251 points as the SIAC conference continues to have a lock on the top three spots.
 
Carson-Newman, out of the South Atlantic Conference, remains fourth. Central State climbed from eighth last week to fifth, giving the SIAC four of the top five spots in the region.
 
North Greenville, from Conference Carolinas, dropped one spot to sixth. Mars Hill, from the South Atlantic Conference, stayed at seventh. Newberry from the SAC moved up one spot to eighth. West Alabama, from the Gulf South Conference, dropped from sixth to ninth. Tuskegee moved into the 10^th spot.
 
The NCAA will select 32 total teams, with eight teams from Super Region 2, to advance to the NCAA Division 2 national championship tournament, on Sunday, Nov. 15. The conference champions from the SIAC, SAC, Conference Carolinas, and Gulf South Conference will earn automatic bids, with six more at-large invitations.
 
First-round games will be played Saturday, Nov. 21 at on-campus sites.
 
The NCAA Division II championship game will be Dec. 19 in McKinney, Texas.