Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Tennessee State Reclaims Top Spot in ADD'S HBCU SPORTS REPORT FCS Top Ten Poll; CIAA Top Three Teams Keep League On Top of Division II Poll

By ADD SEYMOUR JR.
Virginia Union less than a second left to defeat Johnson C. Smith on this play

The top feeders in this week's ADD'S HBCU SPORTS REPORT Division II/FCS Football Top Ten polls didn't change much from last week. But a number of close, last minute games last weekend gave a jolt to both Top Ten lists this past week.

Third-ranked Virginia Union needed a last second touchdown to hold off Johnson C. Smith in Division II while fourth-ranked Fort Valley State needed a field goal on the game's final play to defeat Benedict.

In FCS HBCU football, Tennessee State reclaimed the top spot in the FCS poll after beating Florida A&M 27-7 in a game where the nation's fourth-ranked defense scored two touchdowns. But Bethune-Cookman, last week's co-number one team, is a VERY close second after averting a last second loss in defeating Division II Florida Tech 34-33.

The numbers three and four teams flipped-flopped after Alabama State handled Texas Southern 38-3 Saturday.  Eighth-ranked Jackson State needed overtime to defeat Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Here are the entire FCS and Division II ADD'S HBCU SPORTS REPORT Top Ten football polls for this week:


FCS

1) Tennessee State
2) Bethune-Cookman
3) Alabama State
4) Texas Southern
5) Alcorn State
6) North Carolina A&T
7) South Carolina State
8) Jackson State
9) Southern
10) Morgan State


DIVISION II

1) Winston-Salem State
2) Livingstone
3)Virginia Union
4) Fort Valley State
5) Morehouse
6) Tuskegee

7) Albany State
8) Benedict
9) Shaw
10) Virginia State

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