KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The second STADIONIC NAIA Football National Selection Committee (NSC) Top 15 Poll was released earlier today and Benedictine Football held firm for the second week.

All of the top three spots remained unchanged as Benedictine stands at No. 3 headed into the final game of the regular season on Saturday at Missouri Baptist University. St. Thomas (Fla.) remained at No. 1 while College of Idaho remained at No. 2.

The Ravens are one of two programs from the Heart of America Athletic Conference featured in this week's poll. Grand View remained at No. 8 after beating William Penn University this past Saturday on a last-second field goal.

The Ravens enter the final week of their regular season winners of 9 straight after the season-opening loss to current No. 4 Morningside (Iowa). Benedictine is coming off a 48-13 win at Missouri Valley University this past Saturday. Including Saturday, the Ravens have now scored 48 points in four straight and current rank fifth in the NAIA in total scoring with 430 points. The Ravens also rank fourteen the in NAIA in rushing touchdowns with 34.

Defensively, the Ravens lead the NAIA in interceptions with 18. Isaiah Hasten leads the Ravens with 5 and heads into the game with Missouri Baptist tied for the Ravens all-time lead with 17 career interceptions. 

The complete NAIA NSC Football Top 15 is available at https://www.naia.org/news/football/naia-football-nsc-moves-two-in-two-out-while-8-teams-remain-unchanged-in-stadionic-top-15/.

The Ravens take on the Spartans at 1 p.m. Saturday in St. Louis looking to close out the Heart South 6-0 and earn the outright Heart South title. 

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