I must say, for as much as I have decried the bias in the Sheridan Black College Football polls, this week’s results are not that far off in accuracy. Records and performances seem to have played a part in the voters’ placement of teams, and while its not perfect, its probably as close to perfect as we can get.
The most glaring error in the poll is Tennessee State below the Southern Jaguars. The Jags not only lost to TSU several weeks back, but the Tigers have a better record. I also think that Virginia Union has a case for being in the top ten, but its always hard when you post Division I-AA and Division II teams in the same poll.
| 1. Tuskegee Golden Tigers (24) | 6-0 | 265 | 1 |
| 2. South Carolina State Bulldogs (4) | 5-2 | 209 | 2 |
| 3. Hampton Pirates (2) | 4-1 | 185 | 3 |
| 4. Grambling State Tigers | 5-2 | 155 | 4 |
| 5. Southern Jaguars | 4-2 | 134 | 5 |
| 6. Tennessee State Tigers | 5-1 | 122 | 6 |
| 7. Florida A&M Rattlers | 4-2 | 87 | 8 |
| 8. Prairie View Panthers | 5-1 | 54 | 9 |
| 9. Albany State Golden Rams | 5-1 | 46 | 10 |
| 10. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats | 4-2 | 39 | 7 |
What do you think about this week’s poll? I’ve started a discussion on it in the forums, and look forward to hearing your feedback on it.
shawn furlough 1:24 pm on October 26, 2008 Permalink
as a general football fan i watch and gauge the performances of the game overall. rather than the final score,to determine my ranking, to me it’s how you perform during the game that matters,does a team win or lose because of poor performance,execution,how competitive they are during each game. i don’t know by what means you all use to determine and would like to know how you make your decisions thank you (a swac fan) p.s. i also fill that prairie view should get a little bit more consideration, based on perfomances against grambing state and southern ………….later!
JC 4:36 pm on October 26, 2008 Permalink
It’s hard to do that in polls considering that many of the black college football games don’t come on TV, and aren’t reported adequately.
You are absolutely right in asking that question about the SBN polls.