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North Carolina A&T’s 20-17 victory over FCS No. 6 ranked Jacksonville State put FCS on notice that the Aggies are for real. The Aggies, ranked No. 14 in FCS is a unanimous No. 1 in the opening weekend of the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls.
The coaches poll order remained essentially the same as the preseason poll which was released earlier in the month, except that the Prairie View A&M Panthers moved up one spot to No. 8, despite its 31-28 loss to FBS opponent Rice.
The Aggies and the Panthers were the only two HBCU teams that played this Saturday.
This was the first media poll release of the year. PV came in at No. 9 in the poll.
The BOXTOROW HBCU FCS coaches poll and the media poll is 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.
2018 BOXTOROW HBCU FCS Football Coaches Top 10 Poll
Opening Weekend
(Records through August 25, 2018)
| No. | Team | W-L | Pts | Preseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina A&T (21) | 1-0 | 210 | 1 |
| 2 | Grambling | 0-0 | 188 | 2 |
| 3 | Alcorn State | 0-0 | 142 | 3 |
| 4 | Howard | 0-0 | 138 | 4 |
| 5 | Bethune-Cookman | 0-0 | 112 | 5 |
| 6 | Southern | 0-0 | 101 | 6 |
| 7 | North Carolina Central | 0-0 | 86 | 7 |
| 8 | Prairie View A&M | 0-0 | 65 | 9 |
| 9 | Tennessee State | 0-0 | 61 | 8 |
| 10 | Hampton | 0-0 | 16 | 10 |
Other receiving votes: Florida A&M (0-0) 8, Norfolk State (0-0) 7, Alabama A&M (0-0) 4, Alabama State (0-0) 4.
(1st place votes in parentheses)
2018 BOXTOROW HBCU Media Top 10 Poll
Opening Weekend
(Records through August 25, 2018)
| No. | Team | W-L | Pts. | 2017 Final Poll |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina A&T (14) | 1-0 | 140 | 1 |
| 2 | Grambling | 0-0 | 124 | 2 |
| 3 | Virginia State | 0-0 | 84 | 3 |
| 4 | Bowie State | 0-0 | 76 | 4 |
| 5 | Southern | 0-0 | 60 | 5 |
| 6 | Howard | 0-0 | 52 | 9 |
| 7 | Tuskegee | 0-0 | 51 | 8 |
| 8 | Alcorn State | 0-0 | 50 | 6 |
| 9 | Prairie View A&M | 0-1 | 43 | NR |
| 10 | North Carolina Central | 0-0 | 40 | 7 |
Other receiving votes: Bethune-Cookman (0-0) 23, Tennessee State (0-0) 11, Benedict (0-0) 7, Langston (0-0) 5, Albany State (0-0) 4, South Carolina State (0-0) 2, Alabama State (0-0) 1.
(1st place votes in parentheses)