---
"title": "Ultimate HBCU Sports Division II Football Poll"
"description": "We are two weeks into the HBCU football season and have seen a slight change in the hierarchy among the lower-division programs. One thing that remains the same is the Benedict Tigers sit atop the mountain as the best team in the Division II/NAIA ranks. Here is the Ultimate HBCU Sports Division II Football Poll. […]"
"date": "2023-09-11"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Jarrett Hoffman"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2023/09/11/ultimate-hbcu-sports-division-ii-football-poll/"
"categories":
  - "Football"
"tags":
  - "Benedict College"
  - "Tuskegee"
  - "Virginia State"
  - "Virginia Union"
---

# Ultimate HBCU Sports Division II Football Poll

We are two weeks into the HBCU football season and have seen a slight change in the hierarchy among the lower-division programs. One thing that remains the same is the Benedict Tigers sit atop the mountain as the best team in the Division II/NAIA ranks. Here is the Ultimate HBCU Sports Division II Football Poll.

| Rank | Team | Previous Rank | 2023 record |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Benedict | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Virginia Union | 3 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Virginia State | 7 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Tuskegee | 4 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Miles | NR | 2-0 |
| 6 | Bowie State | 9 | 1-1 |
| 7 | West Virginia State | 8 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Fort Valley State | 5 | 1-1 |
| 9 | Kentucky State | NR | 1-1 |
| 10 | Central State | NR | 1-1 |