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S.C. STATE & SHAW TAKE OVER TOP SPOTS IN THE TOP-10 POLLS Print E-mail
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
(Hartly, DE) - South Carolina State and Shaw moved up to the number one position in this week's Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN) Division I-FCS and Division II Top-10 polls.  The Top-10 polls will be selected each week during the 2009 season by the HSRN staff and writers, ranking Historical Black College Football Championship Sub-Division (FCS) Division I and NCAA Division II teams.
South Carolina State knocked off #1 Grambling State 34-31 in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge Sunday and was voted unanimously the number one team after the first week of action in Division I.  Also moving up was Florida A&M, who took over the number two spot after their season opening 21-12 win over Delaware State.  Prairie View beat out Grambling State for the third position with their 17-7 win over Texas Southern.  Grambling State fell to fourth and rounding out the top-5 is Alabama A&M, who moved into the Top-10 at the number five position after their 24-7 win over #5 Tennessee State.

In Division II number one Tuskegee was upset by Miles College 23-16 and loss their hold on the top spot, as Shaw knocked off Div. I FCS Bethune Cookman 20-6 and moved up to number one.  Albany State moved up to number two with their 45-0 win over Kentucky State and Tuskegee dropped to number three.  Langston moved to number four with their 31-6 win over Lincoln (MO) and rounding out the top five is Elizabeth City State with their 51-10 win over J.C. Smith.  Miles College moved into the Top-10 for first time this season at the number six position.

HSRN Top-10 Division I-FCS

#

School (1st Place Votes)

Record

Points

1

S.C. State (15)

1-0

150

2

Florida A&M

1-0

132

3

Prairie View

1-0

109

4

Grambling St.

0-1

107

5

Alabama A&M

1-0

  91

6

Hampton

1-0

  70

7

Jackson St.

0-1

  50

8

Southern

0-1

  32

9

Morgan St.

0-0

  30

10

Norfolk St.

1-0

  23

 

Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee St.-19, N.C. A&T-5, Bethune Cookman-1

 

 

 

HSRN Top-10 Division II

#

School (1st Place Votes)

Record

Points

1

Shaw (12)

2-0

147

2

Albany St.

2-0

128

3

Tuskegee (2)

1-1

111

4

Langston

2-0

  94

5

Elizabeth City St.

1-1

  72

6

Miles (1)

2-0

  63

7

Clark-Atlanta

2-0

  48

8

Virginia St.

1-1

  44

9

Ft. Valley St.

1-1

  41

10

W. Virginia St.

1-1

  19

 

Others Receiving Votes: Morehouse-16, Fayetteville St.-15, Virginia Union-15, Bowie St.-8, Benedict-1, Stillman-1

 

 


 
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