{"id":42213,"date":"2017-08-22T05:49:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T05:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=42213"},"modified":"2017-08-22T05:49:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T05:49:05","slug":"grambling-leads-preseason-hbcu-football-coaches-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/ncaa-fb\/grambling-leads-preseason-hbcu-football-coaches-poll.html","title":{"rendered":"Grambling leads preseason HBCU football coaches poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Grambling leads preseason HBCU football coaches poll<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Grambling, which nearly beat Arizona in its opener last year before winning 11 consecutive games, will open the 2017 football season as the No. 1 team in the BOXTOROW HBCU Coaches Poll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The Tigers, who play in the Championship Subdivision, received 18 of a possible 22 first-place votes. They were 9-0 in the SWAC last year, defeated Alcorn State in the SWAC title game and then beat North Carolina Central in the Celebration Bowl on ABC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">In its ninth year, the BOXTOROW HBCU FCS coaches poll is administered by &#8220;From the Press Box to Press Row&#8221; and is voted on by the HBCU Football Championship Subdivision coaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Note: Records are through Dec. 17, 2016; first-place votes in parentheses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">No., Team, W-L, Pts., 2016 Final Poll<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">1. Grambling (18), 11-1, 206, 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">2. North Carolina Central (2), 9-3, 193, 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">3. North Carolina A&amp;T (1), 9-3, 164, 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">4. Southern (1), 8-3, 135, 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">5. Tennessee State, 7-4, 130, 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">6. Prairie View A&amp;M, 7-4, 100, 5<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">7. Alcorn State, 5-6, 79, 7<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">8. South Carolina State, 5-6, 69, 8<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">9. Bethune-Cookman, 4-6, 50, 10<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">10. Hampton, 5-6, 43, 9<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Others receiving votes: Alabama State (4-7) 13, Florida A&amp;M (4-7) 6, Alabama A&amp;M (4-7) 6, Jackson State (3-8) 6, Morgan (3-8) 3, Texas Southern (4-7) 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaf\/2017\/08\/21\/grambling-leads-preseason-hbcu-football-coaches-poll\/588395001\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/ncaa-fb\/grambling-leads-preseason-hbcu-football-coaches-poll.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grambling leads preseason HBCU football coaches poll Grambling, which nearly beat Arizona in its opener last year before winning 11 consecutive games, will open the 2017 football season as the No. 1 team in the BOXTOROW HBCU Coaches Poll. 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