Arlington, Texas — Winston-Salem State becomes the fifth team to assume the top spot in the Urban Sports News Black College Poll with their 34-7 win over UNC-Pembroke and Jackson State’s 26-23 loss to Grambling.
The Rams finish the regular season with a 10-0 record and meet Elizabeth City State for the CIAA title on Saturday. Winston-Salem State finishes the season undefeated for the first time since 1978. The win also virtually assured the Rams of one of the six regional bids in their area to the NCAA DII playoffs.
“It's one of our goals — going undefeated in the regular season — but we still haven't done anything,” Coach Connell Maynor told the Winston-Salem Journal. “We haven't won the CIAA and we're not in the playoffs yet so we've got to continue to fight and get prepared. We have to continue to practice hard to get better.”
Winston-Salem State (10-0), Alabama State (7-2), Alabama A&M (7-2), Norfolk State (8-2), and Bethune-Cookman (6-3) hold the Top 5 USN spots for week ten. Jackson State (7-2), Albany State (8-2), Morehouse (8-2), FAMU (6-3), and Elizabeth City State (8-2) round out the next five spots in the USN Poll.
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