SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – The Shepherd University football team finished eighth in the final 2022 D2Football.com Poll. 
Shepherd finished the season with a 13-2 overall mark with a 7-0 conference record as the PSAC East Champions. The Rams went 3-1 in postseason play with wins over New Haven, Slippery Rock, and Indiana (Pa.) before falling to Colorado School of Mines in the Division II semifinals.
The complete poll is listed below. 
D2Football.com Top 25 Poll
December 21, 2022 - Final Poll 
	
		
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			 Team  
			 | 
			
			 Record  
			 | 
			
			 Last  
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			 1  
			 | 
			
			 Ferris State  
			 | 
			
			 14-1  
			 | 
			
			 5  
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			 2  
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			 Grand Valley  
			 | 
			
			 12-1  
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			 1  
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			| 
			 3  
			 | 
			
			 Colorado Mines  
			 | 
			
			 13-3  
			 | 
			
			 7  
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			| 
			 4  
			 | 
			
			 West Florida  
			 | 
			
			 12-2  
			 | 
			
			 6  
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			| 
			 5  
			 | 
			
			 Pittsburg State  
			 | 
			
			 12-1  
			 | 
			
			 4  
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			| 
			 6  
			 | 
			
			 Angelo State  
			 | 
			
			 12-1  
			 | 
			
			 2  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 7  
			 | 
			
			 Northwest Missouri  
			 | 
			
			 10-3  
			 | 
			
			 10  
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			| 
			 8  
			 | 
			
			 Shepherd  
			 | 
			
			 13-2  
			 | 
			
			 9  
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			| 
			 9  
			 | 
			
			 Delta State  
			 | 
			
			 11-2  
			 | 
			
			 8  
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			| 
			 10  
			 | 
			
			 IUP  
			 | 
			
			 10-2  
			 | 
			
			 15  
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			 11  
			 | 
			
			 Minnesota State  
			 | 
			
			 10-3  
			 | 
			
			 13  
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			 12  
			 | 
			
			 Wingate  
			 | 
			
			 11-3  
			 | 
			
			 NR  
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			| 
			 13  
			 | 
			
			 Ouachita Baptist  
			 | 
			
			 11-1  
			 | 
			
			 3  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 14  
			 | 
			
			 Ashland  
			 | 
			
			 10-2  
			 | 
			
			 12  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 15  
			 | 
			
			 Slippery Rock  
			 | 
			
			 10-3  
			 | 
			
			 20  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 16  
			 | 
			
			 Bemidji State  
			 | 
			
			 10-3  
			 | 
			
			 19  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 17  
			 | 
			
			 Benedict  
			 | 
			
			 11-1  
			 | 
			
			 11  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 18  
			 | 
			
			 Harding  
			 | 
			
			 9-2  
			 | 
			
			 16  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 19  
			 | 
			
			 Virginia Union  
			 | 
			
			 9-2  
			 | 
			
			 14  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 20  
			 | 
			
			 Indianapolis  
			 | 
			
			 9-2  
			 | 
			
			 17  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 21  
			 | 
			
			 West Georgia  
			 | 
			
			 8-2  
			 | 
			
			 18  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 22  
			 | 
			
			 Emporia State  
			 | 
			
			 9-3  
			 | 
			
			 NR  
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			| 
			 23  
			 | 
			
			 Assumption  
			 | 
			
			 8-3  
			 | 
			
			 21  
			 | 
		
		
			| 
			 24  
			 | 
			
			 CSU-Pueblo  
			 | 
			
			 8-4  
			 | 
			
			 24  
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			| 
			 25  
			 | 
			
			 Davenport  
			 | 
			
			 8-3  
			 | 
			
			 25  
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