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Week Seven’s Division I HBCU football action was light, so our top 10 doesn’t move very much. The competition picks up again this weekend with the first full week of MEAC play and more SWAC games to decide who has a chance and who is playing for next year. Here’s our weekly Division I rankings. […]
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Dubbed the ‘Game of the Year,’ Jackson State’s highly anticipated homecoming clash with SWAC East rival Alabama State ranks at the top of the most attended games from Week seven of the HBCU football season. Jackson State vs. Alabama State: 44,000 Fayetteville State vs Livingstone: 30,487 South Carolina State vs. North Carolina A&T: 21,500 Alabama
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Week Five went mostly by the letter in HBCU Division I Football, but one convincing win calls for a change at the top of the Ultimate HBCU Sports Division I poll. After that, not much more movement, but Week Six could bring a changing of the guard. Before we get there, here’s our rankings after
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Prairie View A&M needed nearly every second to pull out a dramatic 22-21 victory over Texas Southern in the annual Labor Day Classic Saturday night at Shell Energy Stadium. But on a night filled with drama on the field during a football game determined by a late second touchdown, another question still lingers: which band
Prairie View head coach Tremaine Jackson got an up close and personal feel for the Labor Classic rivalry in his first game as Panthers head coach. And thanks to the play of quarterback Cameron Peters, Jackson achieved his first win as PVAMU head coach. Peters fired a 17-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Ojo as time
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Texas Southern will have a new athletic director for the time being. As Kevin Granger has been on leave since early June in light of a sexual harassment lawsuit, the university announced Friday that Dr. Paula Jackson will serve as interim athletic director, according to Terrance Harris of The Defender. The Defender’s report cited a
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The long wait for the start of the 2025 HBCU football season is finally over, as we have now reached the first full weekend of games. Among the most exciting games taking place during the opening weekend are a highly anticipated coaching debut, the renewal of a fierce SWAC rivalry, and a clash between defending
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Texas Southern head football coach Cris Dishman wasted no time making clear what he expects from his program this season. Speaking during Monday’s SWAC Football Coaches Conference, Dishman used the build-up to Saturday’s Labor Day Classic against Prairie View A&M to send a direct message about his team’s goals. “Our guys know that this game
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Tyler Martinez, a 24-year-old former defensive tackle for Texas Southern University, was shot and killed during a dispute at an apartment complex parking garage late Friday, according to reports. According to Houston police, the incident occurred at the Mac 4460 Apartments on South MacGregor Way near Calhoun, where both Martinez and the alleged shooter, Isaac
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As an alum of an HBCU and a baseball fan, it’s no surprise that comedian and Have I Got News For You host Roy Wood Jr. would be all in for the HBCU Swingman Classic. Wood, a graduate of Florida A&M’s famed journalism school, is conducting a series of interviews leading up to the game
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