S.C. State stays atop 3 BCF polls
Friday, September 18, 2009With two victories in seven days, South Carolina State has earned the number-one ranking in all three Black College Football polls.
The Bulldogs were the near-unaminous top choice by the Sheridan Broadcasting Network, Heritage Sports Radio Network and Bowtorow.com. It’s the second straight week at number-one in both the SBN and HSRN polls for S.C. State, while it was the inaugural 2009 poll for Bowtorow.com.
Despite a 2-0 record, S.C. State remained in 15th place in this week’s Sports Network poll and actually dropped a notch to 16th in the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll.
SHERIDAN BLACK COLLEGE
FOOTBALL WEEK 2 POLLS
1. South Carolina State
2. Florida A&M
3. Grambling
4. Prairie View
5. Shaw
6. Alabama A&M
7. Southern
8. Albany State
9. Hampton
10. Tuskegee
HSRN DIVISION I-FCS
WEEK THREE POLL
1. South Carolina State
2. Florida A&M
3. Grambling
4. Prairie View
5. Alabama A&M
6. North Carolina A&T
7. Southern
8. Hampton
9. Tennessee State
10. Alabama State
BOXTOROW.COM/BASN
HBCU MEDIA TOP 10 POLL
1. South Carolina State
2. Florida A&M
3. Alabama A&M
4. Grambling State
5. Prairie View A&M
6. Shaw
7. North Carolina A&T
8. Southern
9. Albany State
10. Alabama State
SPORTS NETWORK TOP 25
1. Richmond
2. Villanova
3. Northern Iowa
4. Montana
5. William & Mary
6. New Hampshire
7. James Madison
8. McNeese State
9. Southern Illinois
10. Appalachian State
11. Elon
12. Cal Poly
13. Weber State
14. Wofford
15. South Carolina State
16. Central Arkansas
17. Massachusetts
18. South Dakota State
19. Texas State
20. Maine
21. Eastern Washington
22. Eastern Kentucky
23. Holy Cross
24. Jacksonville State
25. Harvard
FCS TOP 25
COACHES POLL
1. Richmond
2. Villanova
3. Montana
4. Northern Iowa
5. William and Mary
6. James Madison
7. New Hampshire
8. Southern Illinois
9. Appalachian State
10. McNeese State
11. Elon
12. Weber State
13. Central Arkansas
14. Cal Poly
15. Wofford
16. South Carolina State
17. Massachusetts
18. Texas State
19. Maine
20. Eastern Washington
21. South Dakota State
22. Jacksonville State
23. Eastern Kentucky
24. Liberty
25. Harvard
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