HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Hampden-Sydney College is ranked No. 8 nationally in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25. The Tigers earned 401 points in the week two poll and moved up from last week's No. 10 ranking. The Garnet & Grey were idle last week for the Thanksgiving Holiday and remain 4-1 through their first five games, the only setback to current No. 3 UW-La Crosse in the season-opener by a score of 77-75 in overtime.

The Top 10 includes defending NCAA Division III National Champion Trinity (CT) College (5-0) at No. 1 with 624 points and 24 first-place votes, followed by fellow Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) member Randolph-Macon College (4-0) at No. 2, UW-La Crosse (6-0) at No. 3, Washington (MO) University (6-0) at No. 4, University of Redlands (CA) (5-0) at No. 5,  the University of Mary Washington (6-0) at No. 6, the University of Chicago (5-1) at No. 7, H-SC at No. 8, Emory (GA) University (3-1) at No. 9 and Illinois Wesleyan University (5-1) at No. 10. ODAC members Virginia Wesleyan University (5-1) and Roanoke College (4-1) are at No. 13 and No. 14, respectively.

H-SC returns to action this week on the road for its ODAC opener at archrival and No. 2 Randolph-Macon on Wednesday night, December 3, at 7 p.m. in Ashland.