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Tuskegee Remains No. 1 in BTRC/BASN Poll
Golden Tigers stretch college football's longest winning streak to 21
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POSTED: Oct 8, 2008
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NEW HAVEN, Ct. -- While there have several changes within the BoxToRow.com/BASN Top 10 HBCU Football poll over the entire season, one thing has remained the same -- the team to beat is still the Golden Tigers of Tuskegee.
Willie Slater's undefeated squad (5-0) maintained college football's longest current winning streak at 21 with their 34-24 win over Alabama A&M this past Saturday in the Circle City Classic in Indianapolis.
The Golden Tigers still sit atop the BTRC/BASN poll with 115 overall points. They received nine of 12 first-place votes. Second ranked Hampton (4-1) received two and MEAC foe South Carolina State (4-2) got the other.
SCSU, ranked fifth last week, moved up from one spot following their 28-21 victory over Florida A&M at Tallahassee. DeShawn Baker and Will Ford combined for 285 rushing yards and three touchdowns as they defeated the Rattlers for the fourth straight time.
Tennessee State (5-1) moved from fourth to third, followed by the Bulldogs at number four, followed by Grambling State (4-2) who jumped from eighth to fifth following their 40-16 win over Prairie View A&M in Saturday's State Fair Classic at the Cotton Bowl.
The Panthers (4-1), who suffered their first loss of the year, dropped from second to sixth in this week's poll. The rest of the top 10 includes West Virginia State (5-0) who stayed in seventh and Florida A&M (3-2) dropped from sixth to eighth.
The Rattlers will look to bounce back on Thursday night as they host Winston-Salem State at Bragg Memorial Stadium at 7:30 p.m. The game will be seen nationally on ESPNU.
The Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman (4-1) make their debut in this week's poll at number ninth and Albany State (4-1), who bounced back after their first loss, rounds out the poll at No. 10.
Other key games this weekend include Tuskegee battling SIAC for Morehouse in the 73rd Morehouse-Tuskegee Classic at Columbus, Georgia; South Carolina State hosting Norfolk State; Grambling State at Alabama A&M; Delaware State at Bethune-Cookman; and Albany State at Clark-Atlanta.
The Morehouse-Tuskegee Classic, scheduled for 2 p.m. ET, will be shown on a tape-delayed basis Saturday night on ESPNU at 10:30 p.m. ET.
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BOXTOROW.COM/BASN
(Records through October 4) |
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| School | W-L | Pts | LW |
| 1. Tuskegee (9) | 5-0 | 115 | 1 |
| 2. Hampton (2) | 4-1 | 103 | 3 |
| 3. Tennessee State | 5-1 | 87 | 4 |
| 4. S.C. State (1) | 4-2 | 83 | 5 |
| 5. Grambling State | 4-2 | 59 | 8 |
| 6. Prairie View A&M | 4-1 | 54 | 2 |
| 7. W. Virginia State | 5-0 | 39 | 7 |
| 8. Florida A&M | 3-2 | 28 | 6 |
| 9. Bethune-Cookman | 4-1 | 23 | -- |
| 10. Albany State | 4-1 | 22 | 10 |
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(First place votes in parentheses) Others receiving votes: Southern (3-2) 18; Fayetteville State (5-1) 10, Delaware State (1-3) 8, Elizabeth City State (3-3) 1. |
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Anthony McClean is the Editor In Chief for the Black Athlete Sports Network. You can hear his sports commentaries every Saturday morning at 12 noon on "Sports Talk" on WCLM-AM 1450 in Richmond, Virginia ( www.WCLMradio.com) .
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