2023 HBCU-Pro Sports Media Association Week Nine Football Polls

North Carolina Central moves back into top spot in Major Division while Benedict College Tigers remains atop the Mid-Major Division in week nine of HBCU-PSMA’s Black College football polls.

Pittsburgh, PA:  The  Eagles  and Tigers  continue their winning ways at the top of the Major Division of  the HBCU-Pro Sports Media Association Black College Football Poll.

The Eagles, off their  62-28 win over South Carolina State, garnered 192 points and 12 first place votes holding down the top spot and were followed by Florida A&M, who snatched up the remaining eight first place votes, Tennessee  State, Jackson State and Alcorn State rounding out the top five. Southern University, Alabama  State, Howard University, Grambling State and Hampton University filled out the top  spots.  Alabama A&M and Prairie View dropped out of the top ten this week.

                                                            Major Division

#	School	W/L	Points	First Place Votes
1	North Carolina Central	7-1	192	12
2	Florida A&M	7-1	183	8
3	Tennessee State	6-2	159
4	Jackson State	6-3	136
5	Alcorn State	5-3	115
6	Southern University	5-3	101
7	Alabama State	4-3	75
8	Howard University	4-4	53
9	Grambling State	4-4	29
10	Hampton University	4-4	25

Meanwhile, Coach Chennis Berry and his Tigers of Benedict College are number one in the Mid-Major division. The Purple and Gold  garnered 200 points and all 20 first place votes. They are followed by Virginia Union, Virginia State, Fayetteville State, Fort Valley State, Tuskegee, Allen University, Miles College, Johnson C Smith and Florida Memorial complete the top ten of the Mid-Major division.

                                                     Mid-Major Division

#	School	W/L	Points	First Place Votes
1	Benedict College	9-0	200	20
2	Virginia Union	8-1	167
3	Virginia State	8-1	153
4	Fayetteville State	7-2	148
5	Fort Valley State	7-2	117
6	Tuskegee	7-2	111
7	Allen University	6-2	67
8	Miles College	6-3	57
9	Johnson C Smith	6-3	39
10	Florida Memorial	5-3	20

Pollsters comprise a cross-section of HBCU media members, including eight different media organizations. These voters cover all four HBCU football-playing conferences, and reside in 11 different states.

2023 Weekly Polls
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Week 6 – through October 8th
Week 5 – through October 1st
Week 4 – through September 24th

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Established in 2021, the HBCU-Pro Sports Media Association is an organization of professionals providing multimedia coverage of Historically Black College and University sports, as well as professional sports.

The purpose of the association is to transform and empower the culture of media by providing informative broadcast stories, rich contextual reporting and inspirational photography of the marginalized by educating, inspiring, and informing a global community.