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BOXTOROW Polls: Alabama A&M No. 1 with coaches, Jackson State with media

boxtorow.com A 31-7 win by Alabama A&M over South Carolina State was enough to convince the FCS HBCU coaches that the Bulldogs deserved to be No. 1. Jackson State’s close but big win over Grambling State convinced the media that the Tigers should also be at the top. Both were voted tops in HBCU football

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BOXTOROW Preseason Poll: North Carolina A&T starts at No. 1 in Coaches Poll

boxtorow.com With these unique times and the start of football season less than two weeks away –  in February –  the first HBCU poll of the 2021 college football spring season was released Tuesday and the three-time defending HBCU national champion North Carolina A&T Aggies take the No.1 spot in the BOXTOROW HBCU FCS preseason

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BOXTOROW Final Polls: North Carolina A&T finishes the decade as national champions three times over

boxtorow.com North Carolina A&T topped Alcorn State in the Celebration Bowl to win the HBCU national championship for the third straight year and finish at the top of the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. The championship means a lot to second-year head coach Sam Washington. A&T also won the championship in 2015. “What we did

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FAMU HBCU national champions

BOXTOROW Polls: Alcorn remains No. 1 with coaches, N.C. A&T with media

boxtorow.com The impending Celebration Bowl in Atlanta on December 21 now matches what the coaches and media in the BOXTOROW Polls have been saying for the last several weeks. That Alcorn State is No. 1 and North Carolina A&T is No. 2 with the coaches. Also that North Carolina A&T is No. 1 and Alcorn

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FAMU HBCU national champions

BOXTOROW Polls: Southern v Grambling cause slight shifts, Alcorn, N.C. A&T remain No. 1

boxtorow.com With just two weekends left in the HBCU football season, the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls are starting to take shape. The top three teams in the coaches poll remained the same. Alcorn State remains No. 1 heading into the SWAC championship game and received all but three first place votes. Those votes went

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FAMU HBCU national champions

BOXTOROW Polls: FAMU upset by B-CU, Alcorn, A&T new No. 1 teams in split polls

boxtorow.com   A huge upset this weekend has changed everything in HBCU football for the moment. Bethune-Cookman’s win over Florida A&M, who had been No. 1 in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls the previous five weeks, caused massive shakeups in both polls. The Alcorn State Braves, who over the course of the year

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FAMU HBCU national champions

BOXTOROW Polls: FAMU No. 1 again, A&T moves up with coaches

boxtorow.com There were very few changes in the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls as the teams that were expected to win did. In the coaches poll, North Carolina A&T’s convincing win over No. 7 Bethune-Cookman put the Aggies in a position that should they win against North Carolina Central Saturday, would gain at least a

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