FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 28 - SEPT. 3, 2018 2 0 1 8 B L A C K C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L (Standings and Weekly Honors) CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE MID EASTERN SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE SOUTHWESTERN CIAA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SIAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SWAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INDEPENDENTS DIV CONF ALL DIV ALL W L CONF ALL CONF ALL NORTH DIVISION W L W L W L EAST DIVISION W L W L Hampton 0 0 W L W L EAST DIVISION W L W L Virginia State 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alcorn State 0 0 0 0 Tennessee State 0 0 NC A&T State 0 0 1 0 Benedict 0 0 0 0 Bowie State 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson State 0 0 0 0 Langston 0 0 Chowan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Howard 0 0 0 0 Albany State 0 0 0 0 Miss. Valley State 0 0 0 0 W. Va. State 0 0 Virginia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida A&M 0 0 0 0 Clark Atlanta 0 0 0 0 Alabama A&M 0 0 0 0 Lincoln (Mo.) 0 0 Elizabeth City State 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norfolk State 0 0 0 0 Morehouse 0 0 0 0 ™ Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fort Valley State 0 0 0 0 Alabama State 0 0 0 0 Texas College 0 0 Bethune-Cookman 0 0 0 0 WEST DIVISION SOUTH DIVISION WEST DIVISION Va. Univ. of Lynchburg 0 0 Winston-Salem State 0 0 0 0 0 0 N. Carolina Central 0 0 0 0 Lane 0 0 0 0 Southern 0 0 0 0 Edward Waters 0 1 Fayetteville State 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC State 0 0 0 0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 0 0 0 Livingstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 Delaware State 0 0 0 0 Tuskegee 0 0 0 0 Grambling State 0 0 0 0 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Johnson C. Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morgan State 0 0 0 0 Miles 0 0 0 0 Saint Augustine’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kentucky State 0 0 0 0 Texas Southern 0 0 0 0 OFFENSE Shaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 Savannah State 0 0 0 0 Prairie View A&M 0 0 0 1 Tyler Jones, QB, EDWARD WATERS - Completed Central State 0 0 0 0 just 6 of 12 passes for 67 yards but had two scoring CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK tosses in fourth quarter in loss to St. Andrews SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK QB - OFFENSE OFFENSE DEFENSE OB - Lamar Raynard, Jr., QB, NC A&T - Completed just 12 o OFFENSE Jalen Morton, Jr., QB, PRAIRIE VIEW - Hit on Aaron Louis, LB, Edward Waters - Had two sacks Howard Sports Photo DL - 34 passes for 111 yards but hit on two scoring tosses of DEFENSE 16 of 28 passes for 244 yards and 3 TDs (20, 2, and 7 total tackles in loss to SAU. LB - 24 and 4 yards in win over Jacksonville State. NEWCOMER 20) in near-upset of Rice. SPECIAL TEAMS IT'S ON, ONE TO WATCH: Soph WR - ROOKIE SPECIAL TEAMS DEFENSE NA DB - Wilder, R-FR. DB, NORTH CAROLINA A&T - Had 8 QB sensation Caylin Isaac Claiborne and Anthony Stubbs, LBs, LIKE SPECIAL - total tackles one fumble recovery and one interception PRAIRIE VIEW - Both led defense with 8 Newton leads Howard in COACH - in win over JSU. stops vs. Rice. DEFENSE SPECIALIST POPCORN 2018 opener at Ohio. Darryl Johnson Jr. - Jr., DE, NORTH CAROLINA NA A&T - Three solo tackles, two for losses including strip NEWCOMER sack of JSU QB in last half-minute that preserved win NA SPECIALIST FULL STATE OF 37 GAMES GETS 2018 Malik Wilson, Sr., KR/WR, NC A&T - Returned kickoff 98 yards to paydirt and had 3 KO returns fror 126 yards FOOTBALL SEASON ON AND POPPIN' in win over JSU. SCORES AUGUST 25 FCS KICKOFF CLASSIC Plenty to watch in full week of action North Carolina A&T 20, Jacksonville St. 17 LUT WILLIAMS MEAC/SWAC Challenge in Atlanta (12 noon on Rice 31, Prairie View A&M 28 BCSP Editor ESPN2). NCCU will be breaking in a new inter- Saint Andrews 15, Edward Waters 13 A week after BCSP No. 1 North Carolina im head coach of its own in Granville Eastman A&T (a 20-17 win over FCS 6th-ranked Jack- who is replacing Jerry Mack. sonville State) and BCSP No. 5 Prairie View No. 7 Bethune-Cookman begins life with- F O O T B A L L G A M E S T H I S W E E K A&M (a 31-28 last-second loss to FBS Rice) out departed quarterback Larry Brihm, when represented the HBCU ranks well on the nation- it faces Tennessee State on the road Saturday in THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 al scene, everyone else jumps into the fray. Nashville at 6 p.m. in the John Merritt Classic. North Dakota vs. Miss Valley State in Grand Forks, ND 6p Only three games were contested last week Southern, ninth in our initial ranking, plays Wagner vs. Bowie State in Staten Island, NY 6p A total of 37 games are on tap this week begin- in first opener in four years without graduated Mississippi College vs. Clark Atlanta in Clinton, MS 7p ning with a slate of eight games on Thursday. Bowie State Sports Photo NC Central Sports Photo QB Austin Howard. The Jaguars travel to Fort UAB vs. Savannah State in Birmingham, AL 7p Of the teams in the BCSP Top Ten, No. 8 IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Prolific Bowie State passer Worth, Tx. to face TCU Saturday (11 a.m.). Bowie State, the CIAA favorite, is to first to Amir Hall (l.) and Granville Eastman (r.). debut- Surprise No. 10 Benedict, the BCSP pre- Pikeville vs. Livingstone in Pikeville, KY 7p take the field travelling to Staten Island, New ing as Jerry Mack's replacement as head coach season pick to take its first SIAC crown, opens Wingate vs. Johnson C. Smith in Wingate, NC 7p York Thursday (6 p.m.) to face Wagner. Every- at North Carolina Central are among players and at home vs. Florida Tech (6 p.m.) Univ of Charleston vs. West Virginia State in Charleston, WV 7:05p one will be tuned to see what record-setting se- coaches to watch as action shifts into full swing Also among this week's fare are three Internet Webcast - ESPN3 | ESPN+ $ nior BSU quarterback Amir Hall can do in his this week. SWAC vs. SIAC games. Alabama State and Campbell vs. Chowan in Buies Creek, NC 7p final year of eligibility. Hall is coming off a year Tuskegee renew their rivalry at the 2nd La- that saw him throw for over 3,500 yards and 41 replace departed quarterback Devante Kincade, bor Day Classic in Montgomery, Alabama (5 SatuRDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 TDs. the back-to-back SWAC Offensive Player of the p.m.), Arkansas-Pine Bluff of the SWAC hosts Elizabeth City State vs. Central State in Elizabeth City, NC 1p Come Saturday another 29 games are on the Year, holdover Geremy Hickbottom or herald- Morehouse of the SIAC (6 p.m.) and Alabama Jacksonville vs. Saint Augustine’s in Jacksonville, FL1 p schedule. ed Arkansas State transfer Aldon Clark. A&M hosts Miles in another 6 p.m. tilt. Slippery Rock vs. Kentucky State in Slippery Rock, PA 1p No. 1 N. C. A&T, fresh off giving new Howard, the surprise team of the 2017 sea- Connell Maynor is the new A&M coach, Virginia Union vs. Seton Hill in Richmond, VA 1p coach Sam Washington his first victory as the son finishing in a tie for second in the MEAC Cedric Thomas is the new man at UAPB Virginia State Allen vs. Columbus State in Irmo, SC 3p Aggies' head man, has another tough test on the with Bethune-Cookman in its first year under Defending CIAA champ road at East Carolina (6 p.m.), an FBS member head coach Mile London, opens at No 3 in the has its traditional opening Labor Day Classic Alabama A&M vs. Miles in Huntsville, AL 6p from the American Athletic Conference. BCSP Top Ten, and travels to Athens, Ohio to match with MEAC member Norfolk State (6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Morehouse in Pine Bluff, AR 6p The Aggies, who should move up from take on Ohio University (2 p.m.). p.m.). The Trojans began an undefeated regular Benedict vs. Florida Tech in Columbia, SC 6p their 14th ranking in both the FCS STATS and All eyes will be on the young Bison squad, season last year with a win over Spartans. Hampton vs. Shaw in Hampton, VA 6p Coaches polls, must do better than the 148 total particularly sophomore quarterback Caylin Another HBCU cross-conference match up Texas Southern vs. UT-Permian Basin in Houston, TX 7p yards they mustered on offense vs. Jacksonville Newton who was sensational as a freshman. has Florida A&M hosting Fort Valley State Howard showed its mettle early in 2017 opening in the Jake Gaither Classic in Tallahassee (5 Edward Waters vs. Lindsey Wilson in Jacksonville, FL 7p State in order to get by ECU. Look for A&T's big offensive weapons – with a stunning upset at UNLV.