HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Hampden-Sydney College (7-1, 5-1 ODAC) has been ranked No. 25 nationally with 64 points in this week's American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) D3 Coaches Poll, presented by Hudl. The Tigers return to the poll after being ranked No. 21 back on September 29, before a 42-34 home setback to Washington and Lee University on October 4 dropped them from the poll the following week.

H-SC, under the direction of second-year head coach Vince Luvara, is 7-1 for the first time since 2011 and the seven wins equal the most season wins since 2014 (7-4). Defending NCAA Division III National Champion North Central (IL) (8-0) remains ranked first with 1300 points and all 52 first place votes. The Cardinals are followed among the Top 10 by Mount Union (OH) (8-0), Johns Hopkins (MD) (8-0), Salisbury (MD) (8-0), Hardin-Simmons (TX) (8-0), Bethel (MN) (8-0), Wartburg (IA) (9-0), UW-River Falls (7-1), St. John's (MN) (7-1) and UW-Lacrosse (6-1).

Christopher Newport (8-0) and Randolph-Macon (8-1, 7-0) are ranked No. 12 and No. 18, respectively, and are the only other Virginia and/or Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) schools ranked this week in the AFCA national poll.
 
H-SC welcome ODAC opponent Bridgewater College (2-6, 2-4) on Saturday, November 8, at 1 p.m. on Fulton Field at Lewis C. Everett Stadium. It will be Senior Day for 20 Tigers who will be recognized during a special pregame ceremony.