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
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
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
Bowie State Defensive Lineman Joshua Pryor 6-4, 280, Redshirt Sophomore, Baltimore, Md. Put on a dominating performance in the CIAA championship game. Recorded a game high 10 tackles (six solo), 4.5 tackles for loss, and three sacks in the Bulldogs 23-7 victory over Fayetteville State. Pryor was a BOXTOROW All-American as a freshman in 2018
boxtorow.com While FAMU had a bye week, losses coupled with upsets caused shifts in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. The Rattlers are the unanimous No. 1 in both polls for the first time in the history of the polls. Alcorn State, North Carolina A&T and Bethune-Cookman all lost which caused some movement in
boxtorow.com The North Carolina A&T Aggies win over South Carolina State in the marquee game of the weekend caused slight shifts in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. Florida A&M defeated Delaware State and remained No. 1. In the coaches poll, idle Alcorn State and A&T remained No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. No.
boxtorow.com As Florida A&M handled Morgan State to win its second straight game and stay atop both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls, it was South Carolina State’s victory over Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach that caused movements in the polls. In the coaches poll, the No. 4 Bulldogs moved up two spots, and forced the
Bowie State Quarterback Ja’rome Johnson 6-1, 170, Junior, Washington, D.C. Completed 23-of-28 passes for 395 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions in the Bulldogs 52-17 victory over Virginia Union. He also had seven carries for 56 yards for a total of 451 yards of total offense. Johnson came in as the backup quarterback to start the
Elizabeth City State Quarterback Kedrick Patterson 6-0, 200, Sophomore, Winston-Salem, N.C. Completed 18-of-27 passes for 335 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions as the Vikings defeated Lincoln (Pa.) 34-18 on homecoming in Elizabeth City, N.C. Patterson is now second in the CIAA in with 16 touchdown passes.
boxtorow.com Rick Flair’s famous line is, “To be the man, you gotta beat the man.” And that’s exactly what the FAMU Rattlers did to the North Carolina A&T Aggies Sunday in Tallahassee. And with the victory, the Rattlers now sit atop both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. It is the first time ever FAMU