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[/insert_php]The defending BOXTOROW national champion North Carolina A&T Aggies received all 20 first-place votes in the BOXTOROW Coaches poll after the first week of play.
The Aggies received the majority of the votes in the media poll.
N.C. A&T opened the season with a 62-0 beating of Saint Augustine’s. The Aggies outpaced No. 2 Bethune-Cookman by 34 points.
Speaking of Bethune-Cookman, its matchup with Alcorn State in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge on Sunday was supposed to help define week one and poll rankings for both teams, but the game was canceled due to severe weather and will not count for either.
Alcorn States sits at No. 3 in the coaches poll and No. 2 in the media poll.
Grambling and Prairie View A&M both won their opening games and round out the top five in the coaches poll.
Tennessee State with its 44-0 victory over Arkansas Pine Bluff is No. 5 in the media poll and No. 9 in the coaches poll after ending the 2015 season unranked.
The BOXTOROW HBCU FCS coaches and media polls are administered by FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW. The coaches poll is voted on by the HBCU Football Championship Subdivision coaches and the media poll is voted on by media members around the country who cover HBCU football.
2016 BOXTOROW HBCU Football Coaches Top 10 Poll
| No. | Team | W-L | Pts. | Preseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina A&T (20) | 1-0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | Bethune-Cookman | 0-0 | 166 | 2 |
| 3 | Alcorn State | 0-0 | 160 | 2 |
| 4 | Grambling State | 1-0 | 130 | 5 |
| 5 | Prairie View A&M | 1-0 | 114 | 6 |
| 6 | North Carolina Central | 0-1 | 95 | 4 |
| 7 | Alabama State | 0-1 | 64 | 8 |
| 8 | South Carolina State | 0-1 | 60 | 7 |
| 9 | Tennessee State | 1-0 | 41 | NR |
| 10 | Southern | 0-1 | 38 | 9 |
Other receiving votes: Hampton (0-1) 15, Norfolk State (1-0) 9, Texas Southern (0-1) 3, Morgan State (0-1) 2, Jackson State (0-1) 1.
(1st place votes in parentheses)
2016 BOXTOROW HBCU Media Top 10 Poll
| No. | Team | W-L | Pts. | 2015 Final Poll |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina A&T (10) | 1-0 | 125 | 1 |
| 2 | Alcorn State | 0-0 | 90 | 2 |
| 3 | Bethune-Cookman | 0-0 | 87 | 3 |
| 4 | Grambling | 1-0 | 72 | 4 |
| 5 | Tennessee State (2) | 1-0 | 63 | NR |
| 6 | Prairie View A&M | 1-0 | 62 | 6 |
| 7 | Tuskegee | 1-0 | 45 | 7 |
| 8 | North Carolina Central | 0-1 | 32 | 5 |
| 9 | South Carolina State | 0-1 | 31 | 8 |
| 10 | Virginia State | 1-0 | 28 | NR |