EAST GREENSBORO , North Carolina – North Carolina A&T football secured its highest ranking in a media poll in 25 years when they reached No. 5 in the nation in the latest FCS STATS media poll.
The American Football Coaches Association Coaches poll’s latest rankings have the Aggies at No. 6. The Aggies have been a part of the coaches poll for 35 straight weeks. The BoxToRow black college football poll has N.C. A&T ranked No. 1 ranked once again. The Aggies have been ranked 58 straight weeks in the black college poll. In 37 of those weeks, the Aggies have been BoxToRow’s top-ranked team.
But the media poll is where the Aggies made the biggest wave. They earned two first-place votes to tie their highest national ranking in school history. N.C. A&T reached No. 5 in the FCS media poll in 1993 after a 6-0 start that included wins over Appalachian State, Western Carolina and Liberty.
N.C. A&T is there again after a 2-0 start that includes wins over then No. 6 Jacksonville State and FBS in-state foe East Carolina. N.C. A&T garnered first-place votes in a national poll for the first time in school history. The Aggies top-5 ranking will be on the line on Saturday when the Aggies face Gardner-Webb at 6 p.m., at BB&T Stadium. It will serve as the Aggies home opener.
“We’re so excited to get back here you just don’t know,” said N.C. A&T coach Sam Washington. “They asked me last night what I wanted. I said I want to go home. It was a very long weekend, it’s been a very long camp and a long trip to Montgomery. We are so excited to come back and play at home.”
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