Davenport: I voted SSU No. 1 in the MEAC

Savannah, GA - Watch out, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Steve Davenport has come out swinging.

Savannah State University has not produced a winning football season since 1998, but that did not stop the Tigers’ first-year head coach from picking SSU to win the MEAC during its inaugural season as a conference member.



Davenport revealed Sunday during SSU’s Media Day at Tiger Arena that he voted SSU No. 1 in the MEAC’s preseason poll, which was announced July 29 during the conference’s preseason luncheon in Norfolk, Va.

In a secret ballot, the MEAC’s football coaches and sports information directors picked SSU to finish last among the conference’s 11 schools that play football. The MEAC has 13 schools, but Coppin State and Maryland Eastern Shore do not have football programs.

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