North Carolina Central defeated North Carolina A&T on Saturday but the biggest storyline from the college football game had nothing to do with the football game. As is often the case for HBCU matchups, it was all about the marching band. To be even more specific, it was all about
Howard University walked away from No. 5 Indiana with a 55-0 loss on Saturday, but the final score still produced one surprising result. The Bison covered the point spread. Indiana entered the game as a 55.5-to-57.5-point favorite across much of the betting
Marshall Faulk did not attempt to dress up what happened to Southern University against Houston. The first-year head coach watched his HBCU program fall 77-6 to No. 22 Houston on Saturday night, a mismatch so decisive that the teams agreed to play an eight-minute fourth quarter. Houston
Long before the opening kickoff, the party was already underway. Thousands of fans filled Tiger Lane on Saturday as the Southern Heritage Classic returned to Memphis, transforming the newly renovated Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and its surrounding grounds into a celebration of
Week 1 of the 2026 HBCU football season delivered statement wins on the field, especially by Prairie View A&M. The next measure of the Labor Day weekend comes from the television viewership numbers for the Orange Blossom Classic. First Take announced its 2026 HBCU Tour, and how
South Carolina HBCU football owns the top spot in both major NCAA classifications, with South Carolina State ranked No. 1 in Division I and Benedict College leading Division II. The two programs maintained their positions in the Week 1 edition of the
Robert Covington’s relationship with Tennessee State University has already taken him from an overlooked high school prospect to a decorated NBA career—and from alumnus to one of the largest donors in the history of the HBCU basketball program. Now the former NBA
Howard University is preparing to play the defending national champion, but Ted White sees a bigger HBCU football conversation inside Saturday’s trip to Indiana. When White was asked about the personnel difference between HBCU football and Power Four programs during this week’s
Edward Waters got paid approximately $985 for every point scored against them during the college football game against Jackson State over Labor Day Weekend. It was not enough money to do it again. President A. Zachary Faison Jr. vows to never to play a “buy game” again unless the
by Jaime C. Harris College football is just in its third week. There’s still roughly three months of football to be played on the various teams’ regular season schedules. So much can happen between now and the end of November to alter
