You can check out last week’s poll here, and as usual, you can check my rankings out against those of the Sheridan Broadcast Network and the Heritage Sports Radio Network.
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HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll - Week 10
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HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll - Week 9
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While I missed delivery on yesterday’s 11 p.m. promise of the poll results, I have made good on last week’s promise of updating the value system for the HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll. We still have the same categories (Margin of Victory, Road Wins, In-Conference Wins, Out-of-Conference Wins, Out-of-Division Wins, Overall Record), but we no longer have points being deducted for the losses.
In addition, each category is weighted differently, and added up to yield a final point total that encompasses the entire season of work. And to solve the pesky head-to-head problem, a team earns a full percentage point for every team in the current top ten they’ve defeated over the course of the season.
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HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll - Week 6
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In case you forgot the rules of the polls, click here for the refresher. Remember that these polls are based off of performance-driven data, not any regional bias or favoritism.
Feel free to compare how the HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll stacks up against the likes of the Sheridan Broadcast Network and HSRN.com polls.
Division I1. Florida A&M- 55 Points – The idle Rattlers hold on to the top spot.
2. Alabama A&M – 55 Points - The Bulldogs’ impressive win in the Circle City Classic puts them close to the top spot.
3. Alabama State – 45 Points - The idle Hornets hold for the third spot.
4. South Carolina State – 40 Points – The Bulldogs lost big to the South Carolina Gamecocks, fall back in their chase of the number one spot.
5. Southern – 40 Points – Dropped its home/away game to the Tigers and drop to fifth.
6. Morgan State – 20 Points – Three in a row for the Bears, with the latest at the expense of helpless Bethune-Cookman.
7. UAPB – 20 Points - A weather cancellation holds the Golden Lions in the top ten.
8. Mississippi Valley State - 20 Points - Two straight wins and a 61-point outburst for the Devils.
9. North Carolina A&T – 15 Points - A win in the Aggie-Eagle classic puts the Aggies back in the top ten.
10. Norfolk State – 15 Points – The idle Spartans remain in the top ten.
Division II
1. Shaw – 90 Points – The Bears remain at the top, but are showing signs of slowing down.
2. Albany State – 85 Points - Albany State is making a strong move for the top spot.
3. Fort Valley State – 55 Points - Three straight for the Wildcats, and they could be a team to reckon with in the SIAC.
4. Bowie State – 50 Points - Anybody else super impressed with the BSU defense?
5. Morehouse – 40 Points - Morehouse keeps rolling along with just one loss on the year.
6. Virginia Union University - 40 Points – The stunning loss to Saint Paul’s drops the Panthers out of the bottom five.
7. Virginia State – 25 Points – Back-to-back upset wins for the Spartans to jump three spots in this week’s poll.
8. Fayetteville State - 25 Points - The Broncos bounce back from last week’s loss with a big road win at Chowan.
9. Johnson C. Smith – 15 Points – The Golden Bulls bust in to the top ten with three wins in their last four games.
10. Benedict – 5 Points - The free-falling Tigers were mauled at Albany State’s homecoming.
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HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll - Week 5
JC
In case you forgot the rules of the polls, click here for the refresher. Remember that these polls are based off of performance-driven data, not any regional bias or favoritism.
Feel free to compare how the HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll stacks up against the likes of the Sheridan Broadcast Network and HSRN.com polls.
Division I
1. Florida A&M- 55 Points – A big out-of-conference win has the Rattlers at the top spot for the first time this season.
2. South Carolina State – 50 Points - A convincing home win over Winston-Salem State elevates the Bulldogs back into the top three.
3. Southern – 50 Points - A shootout home win over Alcorn State holds the Jaguars at three.
4. Alabama State – 45 Points – The loss to Mississippi Valley drops the Hornets significantly.
5. Alabama A&M – 35 Points – A homecoming throttling of UAPB puts the Bulldogs of A&M back in the top five.
6. University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff - 20 Points - Road loss to Alabama A&M drops them one spot.
7. Grambling State – 15 Points - GSU drops one with a tough road loss at Oklahoma State.
8. Norfolk State – 15 Points – Put a hurting on hapless Bethune-Cookman.
9. Texas Southern – 10 Points – Scored 70 two weeks ago, gave up 50 last weekend. Oy.
10. Prairie View – 5 Points - Idle Prairie View benefits from losses by Hampton and North Carolina A&T to hold in the top ten.
Division II
1. Shaw – 80 Points – Despite the Bears’ stunning loss to Bowie State in the PG Classic, Shaw has enough quality wins to remain at the top spot. Unfair? Absolutely. But it’s the numbers, folks.
2. Albany State – 65 Points - Albany State must be thinking, what do we have to do to get that top spot? Upsetting a Division I program would be the most appropriate answer.
3. Virginia Union – 50 Points - Nice home win against Chowan keeps the Panthers in the top three.
4. Elizabeth City State – 45 Points - Vikings edge St. Augustine’s on the road to remain in the top five.
5. Fort Valley State – 35 Points – The Wildcats move up with an out-of-division road win against Edward Waters.
6. Morehouse – 30 Points - The Maroon Tigers were idle, but remain in the top ten.
7. Bowie State – 25 Points – The Bulldogs might have pulled the biggest upset in all of black college football this season against Shaw.
8. Tuskegee – 15 Points - The Golden Tigers are steadily moving up. Three straight wins for TU.
9. Benedict - 15 Points – BU got creamed by Albany State, but hold tight in the top ten.
10. Virginia State - 15 Points - The Trojans break into the top ten with a big win over Fayetteville State.
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HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll - Week 4
JC
In case you forgot the rules of the polls, click here for the refresher. Remember that these polls are based off of performance-driven data, not any regional bias or favoritism.
Feel free to compare how the HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll stacks up against the likes of the Sheridan Broadcast Network and HSRN.com polls.
Division I
1. Alabama State – 55 Points A heavy out-of-conference schedule has vaulted the Hornets into the number one spot this week. On the season, the Hornets have wins against Concordia, Savannah State and Edward Waters; not the best black college football has to offer, but good warm-up acts for SWAC conference play.
2. Florida A&M – 45 Points - The Rattlers offense is ringing up wins and points in the poll.
3. Southern – 45 Points - The Jaguars loss is the only thing lowering them in the top three.
4. South Carolina State – 35 Points – The idle Bulldogs drop in the polls this week without activity to amass points.
5. University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff – 30 Points - A big conference win on the road for the Golden Lions vaults them into the top five.
6. Grambling State – 25 Points - A road win over rival Jackson State bumps the Tigers up two spots this week.
7. Alabama A&M – 20 Points - Home loss to Jacksonville State drops the Bulldogs.
8. Texas Southern – 20 Points – Huge 70 point outburst at home puts TSU in the top ten.
9. Hampton – 10 Points - The Pirates road win at North Carolina A&T puts them in the top ten for the first time this season.
10. North Carolina A&T- 5 Points - The Aggies home loss drops them a spot in this week’s top ten.
Division II
1. Shaw – 90 Points – The Bears are on the verge of looking unstoppable.
2. Albany State – 45 Points - The idle Rams maintain their second-place spot for the second consecutive week.
3. Virginia Union – 40 Points - Two wins in the last three road games for the Panthers.
4. Elizabeth City State – 35 Points - A close home victory over Chowan has the Vikings holding down the fourth spot for the second-straight week.
5. Morehouse- 30 Points – An out-of-conference road win jumps the Maroon Tigers four spots this week.
6. Benedict – 25 Points - Make it three straight for the Tigers.
7. Clark-Atlanta – 20 Points – Panthers fall in the poll after a tough road loss at Tuskegee.
8. Fort Valley State – 20 Points - A crushing defeat of Lane has the Wildcats holding on in the top ten.
9. Bowie State - 20 Points – A 51 point shutout of Livingstone vaults the Bulldogs into the top ten for the first time.
10. Fayetteville State - 15 Points - Two straight road wins for the Broncos.
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HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll - Week 3
JC
In case you forgot the rules of the polls, click here for the refresher. You’ll notice that this week, the polls are divided into Division I and Division II. Remember that these polls are based off of performance-driven data, not any regional bias or favoritism.
And as usual, feel free to compare how the HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll stacks up against the likes of the Sheridan Broadcast Network and HSRN.com polls.
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HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll - Week 2
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With a full slate of black college football games in the books, black college football polls are now in full swing. Historically, I’ve been against them. I’m against Division I and II schools being lumped together, I’m against ignorant SIDs, coaches and reporters feeding into regional bias when they vote.
And then I thought, I can either keep using this space to hate on the polls, or do something productive to offset the bias.
So for the sake of fans who love black college football, but have always had a problem with questionable rankings in the polls, I present to you the first HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll. To be released on or about Monday night every week throughout the black college football season, I’ve attempted to create some order and reason beyond the teams we think are better than others.
This week’s rankings are based off of the original poll rankings in the HBCU Sports Blog Power Rankings, which are also based off of quantifiable data that equates to the health of a black college football program. Every week, teams will accumulate points based off of several performance-based factors:
Margin of Victory – Teams will receive five points for every ten points in their margin of victory. (20 point victory = 10 M.O.V points)
Road Wins – If a team wins on the road, that team will receive five points. If you are at home, you are supposed to win, so no credit there.
In-Conference Win – If a team wins a conference game, it’s one more step to making a conference championship. Five points for the victory, no matter if its on the road or at home.
Out-of-Conference Win - If your team beats an opponent outside of their conference, which requires a lot more preparation and discipline, ten points for an out-of-conference victory.
Out-of-Division Win – If your team wins against a lower Division school, five points for the cupcake. If they beat a higher division school, ten points for the huge win.
Season Losses – Ten points are deducted for every loss on the season. Teams that lost this week have a cumulative score of zero.
Scores accumulate from week to week, so that you, the fan, have a clear indication of how your team is progressing through the season, and how they earned their spot on the poll. No bias, no arguments; just the stats.
As I have said about the power rankings, this isn’t a perfect system by any means. If you have a perfect system, or one that is better than this, please feel free to email me at jarrett-at-hbcusportsblog-dot-com.
And now, the Week 2 HBCU Sports Blog Black College Football Poll standings.
School M.O.V. Road In Out Div. Loss Total Shaw 10 5 10 10 35 Va. Union 20 5 10 5 -10 30 Alb. State 20 5 25 Elizabeth City 20 5 5 -10 20 Bama A&M 5 5 10 20 Norfolk St. 5 10 5 20 S.C. State 5 10 15 Prairie View 5 5 5 15 F.V. State 10 5 5 -10 10 Clark-Atlanta 5 5 10
