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The 2024 HBCU football season has come to an end, and what a season it was from start to finish. There isn’t much left to say or do except reveal the final HBCU Sports’ Ultimate Division I poll, so here is how the Top 10 shakes out. 1. Jackson State (12-2) It was indeed the […]
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Heading into the 2024 season, there was uncertainty about how South Carolina State football would look without longtime coach Buddy Pough after a two-decade stint in Orangeburg. While there was much hope and great anticipation that Chennis Berry, who was hired to replace the retired Pough, could eventually replicate the success he cultivated at Division
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As of press time, nine HBCU athletic directors and administrations are Christmas shopping for a brand-new football coach to put under the tree for 2025. As with all expensive shopping adventures, the pros and cons must be weighed heavily, not just by the universities themselves but also by the coaches. So, at HBCU Sports, we’ve
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Johnson C. Smith moved one step closer to clinching its first-ever undefeated season, beating Winston-Salem State on the road for the first time since 1975. While the Golden Bulls have a chance to clinch a spot in the CIAA championship game this weekend with a win, Virginia Union and Virginia State are heading toward a
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Here is the slate for every game during Week 9 of HBCU football games on Saturday. Division I Howard vs. Norfolk State, 2:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+ Jackson State vs. Bethune-Cookman, 2:00 p.m. ET on HBCU Go Hampton vs. Elon, 4:00 p.m. ET on FloSports Prairie View A&M vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, 3:00 p.m. ET on
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Florida A&M this week announced the hire of new athletic director Angela Suggs. Suggs, a FAMU alum, was previously the president and CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation and replaces Tiffani-Dawn Sykes, who was dismissed in August in a university staff purge by interim President Timothy Beard. First-year head coach James Colzie was asked on
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In Week 4 of the HBCU football season, former MEAC teams dip their feet back in conference waters to reignite historic rivalries. Elsewhere, a pair of CIAA contests that could impact the championship race take place, and two historic SWAC programs meet for the first time in two years. Here are the five games to
This week’s poll is all about Johnson C. Smith, who has notified the world that they are a top contender in Division II football. They are the last remaining Division II HBCU football team with an unblemished with Shaw, Fayetteville State, and West Virginia State all suffering losses and Clark Atlanta’s game ending in a
The CIAA dominates this week’s edition of HBCU Sports’ Division II football poll after improving to 5-0 this season against the SIAC following two head-to-head meetings this past weekend. Chief among them is Shaw, who overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the reigning SIAC championship runner-up Albany State. Meanwhile, West Virginia State finds its
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Former Howard University running back Ian Wheeler was having a solid training camp with the Chicago Bears until an ACL tear ended his season and landed him on injured reserve. As the Bears are on HBO’s annual behind-the-scenes show Hard Knocks, the cameras caught Wheeler and his mother Beaura’s embrace after learning of the severity
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