HBCU
TU Is The New Top Team In BTRC/BASN Poll
By BASN Wire Services
Nov 29, 2007

NEW YORK -- They're the only undefeated team left in black college football. They're also coming off a three-overtime victory on Thanksgiving that gave them the 600th win school history.

The Golden Tigers (11-0) of Tuskegee University are the new number one team in this week's BoxToRow.com/BASN HBCU Top 10 Poll. Last week, behind Jacary Atkinson's 279 passing yards and four touchdowns to lead Tuskegee to a 64-58 win over Alabama State in the Turkey Day Classic.

Atkinson also added 159 rushing yards as TU won their fourth straight and improved 600-332-51 overall in 114 seasons of college football. The SIAC champions will now meet Virginia Union (9-2) this Saturday in Pioneer Bowl X in Columbia S.C.

The Golden Tigers got six first-place votes. Number two Delaware State (10-2) got the other two first-place votes. The rest of the top five include a trio of 8-3 clubs: Grambling State at number three, Southern at number four, and Norfolk State at number five.

Both DSU and GSU dropped one notch in this week's poll following losses last weekend. The Hornets fell 44-7 to in-state rival Delaware in a first-round Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) playoff game.

The Tigers, who will meet Jackson State in the SWAC Championship Game on December 15th, lost 22-13 to Southern in the Bayou Classic. It was the first classic since the death in April of former Grambling coach Eddie Robinson, one of the central figures in the Classic's creation.

The remainder of the poll includes Jackson State (7-4) at number six, Prairie View (7-3) is seventh, Albany State (8-3) at eight, Alabama A&M (8-3) is number nine, and Virginia Union sits at number ten.

NOTE: This is the last regular season BoxToRow.com/BASN HBCU Top 10 poll. Our final BTRC/BASN poll will be released during the week following the SWAC Championship Game.

BOXtoROW.COM/BASN  HBCU TOP 10 FOOTBALL POLL (Records through November 24)
School	W-L	Pts	LW
1. Tuskegee (6)	11-0	78	3
2. Delaware State (2)	10-2	63	1
3. Grambling St.	8-3	61	2
4. Southern	8-3	48	T7
5. Norfolk State	8-3	47	4
6. Jackson State	7-4	37	5
7. Prairie View A&M	7-3	24	6
8. Albany State	8-3	22	9
9. Alabama A&M	8-3	15	T7
10. Virginia Union	9-2	14	NR
(First place votes in parentheses) Others receiving votes: Winston-Salem State (7-3) 4; South Carolina State (6-4) 3; West Virginia State (7-3) 2, Shaw (8-3) 1, N.C. Central (6-4) 1.