Wacky season leaves MEAC race wide open

Rattlers, conference rivals dealing with parity in league

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  --  Considering all that was said about which team would win the MEAC football championship, North Carolina Central University isn’t supposed to be leading the standings.
Bethune-Cookman University in second place? OK the Wildcats get that considering how strong they’ve been in the past two previous seasons.

But Howard University sitting in third place wasn’t even supposed to be by a long shot. After all, the Bison are only in their second season of rebuilding under first-time head coach Gary Harrell. The predicted eight-place finish seemed to be more appropriate for Howard.

MEAC Standings
• Bethune Cookman (5-2 overall, 4-0 conference)
• North Carolina Central (5-2, 4-0)
• Howard (5-2, 4-1)
• Delaware State (5-3, 4-1)
• Florida A&M (3-5, 3-2)
• Morgan State (3-5, 2-3)
• South Carolina State (3-5, 2-3)
• Hampton (1-5, 1-3)
• Savannah State (1-6, 0-4)
• Norfolk State (2-6, 0-5)

So now that the entire league is turned upside down – literally when you see the team (Norfolk State University) that was favored to win sitting in seventh place and the team picked to finish ninth leading the conference standings.

Even FAMU, which traditionally sits near the top of the league around this time of the season, is in a downward spiral in fifth place.


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