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The HBCU Polls: Jackson State, NCCU remain undefeated, No. 1 and No. 2 in HBCU football

boxtorow.com The Jackson State Tigers solidified continue to roll and remain No. 1 in HBCU football as The Coaches and Media Polls were released on Monday. The Tigers received all but one first place vote. In the coaches poll, No. 2 North Carolina Central also remains undefeated, moving up one spot from last week. The

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The HBCU Polls: Jackson State almost unanimous No. 1, Hampton on the rise

boxtorow.com The Jackson State Tigers solidified their hold as the No. 1 team in HBCU football with a resounding victory over Grambling Saturday as both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls were released on Monday with JSU squarely as the top. In the coaches poll, JSU received all but one first place vote. No. 2

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The HBCU Polls: Jackson State on top of HBCU football; slight shifts in media poll

boxtorow.com The Jackson State Tigers remain the No. 1 team in HBCU football as both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls which were released on Monday. In the coaches poll, JSU received all but one first place vote, outdistancing No. 2 South Carolina State by 23 points. No. 3 North Carolina Central, No. 4 Prairie

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BOXTOROW Polls: Jackson State No. 1 in HBCU football after Week 1

boxtorow.com Jackson State handled Florida A&M 59-3 in the Orange Blossom Classic and again were voted No. 1 in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls which were released on Monday. In the coaches poll, JSU outpaced No. 2 South Carolina State by 53 points and received 17 of 18 first place votes. North Carolina

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The 2022 HBCU college football Preseason All-America Team: Land, Sanders lead 29 players

boxtorow.com The 2022 HBCU college football Preseason All-America Team is ripe with talent. Jackson State leads the way with five players named to the team, including quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the HBCU Rookie of the Year in 2021. Sanders was seventh in FCS in completion percentage (.659) completing 272-of-413 passes for 3,231 yards with 30 touchdowns.

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BOXTOROW Preseason Poll: Defending Celebration Bowl champs receive more first place votes, JSU tops poll

boxtorow.com Jackson State received one less first place vote than defending Celebration Bowl champion South Carolina State but outpaced the Bulldogs by two points and top the BOXTOROW Preseason HBCU Media Poll. Defending champion Bowie State received three first place votes and begin the 2022 season in the No. 4 spot. Florida A&M begins the

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BOXTOROW Preseason Poll: Jackson State begins season at the top of HBCU football

boxtorow.com The BOXTOROW HBCU FCS coaches poll reveals its first top-10 ranking of the 2022 season and the public gets its first glimpse into who could win the HBCU national championship when games kick off in a little more than a month. It’s been seven months since South Carolina State defeated Jackson State in the

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HBCUFDP returns July 24

HBCU Football Daily Podcast for 2022 begins July 25

boxtorow.com Click here to listen to the podcasts The HBCU Football Daily Podcast will debut on Monday, July 25, beginning its sixth season in 2022. Hosted by nationally syndicated host Donal Ware, now in its sixth season, the podcast will air Monday through Friday through the HBCU football regular season. On each episode, Ware will

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Cheaper labor? Why the NFL prefers to sign HBCU players as free agents

by Donal Ware Now that the NFL Draft is behind us, there seems to be a tenor of “satisfaction” with just four HBCU players being taken. While that is four more than the embarrassingly low of zero taken in last year’s draft, should we now throw a party? There had been years where the number

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