NCCU Football Declared National Black College Champions
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North Carolina Central Football Declared Black College National Champions
(Pittsburgh, PA – December 21, 2006) North Carolina Central University has been declared the 2006 Sheridan Broadcasting Network Black College Football National Champions, the school’s first such title in the 33 years SBN Sports Network has conducted the poll.
NCCU, led by fourth-year head coach Rod Broadway, captured its second consecutive Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Football Championship with a perfect 11-0 record. Along the way, the Eagles defeated two other teams ranked in the SBN Top 10 (Elizabeth City State University, Albany State University) and collected the school’s first-ever gridiron victory over a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opponent with a convincing road victory over Division I-AA power Southern University. NCCU earned a No. 1 ranking in the final NCAA Division II Southeast Region poll and ended its historic season in the second round of the NCAA playoffs.
Among SBN’s national panel of 30 pollsters, NCCU claimed 21 first place votes for a total of 287 points, beating out last year’s co-champion Hampton University with 279 points and nine first place votes.
NCCU will officially be crowned national champions at the 33rd Annual SBN Sports Black College All-American Awards Banquet on Feb. 17, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia. American Urban Radio Networks will also be honoring a 24-member All-American Team.
The SBN Sports Network is a division of American Urban Radio Networks, the largest Black-owned radio network company in the country.
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About American Urban Radio Networks
AURN is the only African-American owned network radio company in the United States. It is the largest network reaching urban America, with more than 25 million listeners each week. Through four programming networks and one marketing division, American Urban Radio Networks reaches more African-Americans than any other medium in America and produces more urban programming than all other broadcasting companies combined.
American Urban Radio Networks broadcasts 300 weekly news, entertainment, sports and information programs to more than 475 radio stations nationwide. It is the only Black broadcaster with a bureau in the White House. Aura's SPM Urban Network specializes in the creation, and execution of national promotions and fully integrated marketing programs. AURN has offices in New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
For more information about the SBN Sports Network, contact Ty Miller at 412-456-4036.
Final 2006 Sheridan Broadcasting Network Black College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. North Carolina Central Eagles (21) 11-1 287 1
2. Hampton Pirates (9) 10-2 279 2
3. Alabama A&M Bulldogs 9-3 167 6
4. Tuskegee Golden Tigers 9-3 132 4
5. Delaware State Hornets 8-3 93 5
6. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions 8-4 81 3
7. South Carolina State Bulldogs 7-4 65 7
8. Elizabeth City State Vikings 9-3 51 8
9. Albany State Golden Rams 7-4 34 9
10. Lane College Dragons 8-3 32 10
Others receiving votes (in order of points): Virginia Union 31, Johnson C. Smith 29, Jackson State 19, Florida A&M 17, Mississippi Valley State 8.
North Carolina Central Football Declared Black College National Champions
(Pittsburgh, PA – December 21, 2006) North Carolina Central University has been declared the 2006 Sheridan Broadcasting Network Black College Football National Champions, the school’s first such title in the 33 years SBN Sports Network has conducted the poll.
NCCU, led by fourth-year head coach Rod Broadway, captured its second consecutive Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Football Championship with a perfect 11-0 record. Along the way, the Eagles defeated two other teams ranked in the SBN Top 10 (Elizabeth City State University, Albany State University) and collected the school’s first-ever gridiron victory over a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opponent with a convincing road victory over Division I-AA power Southern University. NCCU earned a No. 1 ranking in the final NCAA Division II Southeast Region poll and ended its historic season in the second round of the NCAA playoffs.
Among SBN’s national panel of 30 pollsters, NCCU claimed 21 first place votes for a total of 287 points, beating out last year’s co-champion Hampton University with 279 points and nine first place votes.
NCCU will officially be crowned national champions at the 33rd Annual SBN Sports Black College All-American Awards Banquet on Feb. 17, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia. American Urban Radio Networks will also be honoring a 24-member All-American Team.
The SBN Sports Network is a division of American Urban Radio Networks, the largest Black-owned radio network company in the country.
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About American Urban Radio Networks
AURN is the only African-American owned network radio company in the United States. It is the largest network reaching urban America, with more than 25 million listeners each week. Through four programming networks and one marketing division, American Urban Radio Networks reaches more African-Americans than any other medium in America and produces more urban programming than all other broadcasting companies combined.
American Urban Radio Networks broadcasts 300 weekly news, entertainment, sports and information programs to more than 475 radio stations nationwide. It is the only Black broadcaster with a bureau in the White House. Aura's SPM Urban Network specializes in the creation, and execution of national promotions and fully integrated marketing programs. AURN has offices in New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
For more information about the SBN Sports Network, contact Ty Miller at 412-456-4036.
Final 2006 Sheridan Broadcasting Network Black College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. North Carolina Central Eagles (21) 11-1 287 1
2. Hampton Pirates (9) 10-2 279 2
3. Alabama A&M Bulldogs 9-3 167 6
4. Tuskegee Golden Tigers 9-3 132 4
5. Delaware State Hornets 8-3 93 5
6. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions 8-4 81 3
7. South Carolina State Bulldogs 7-4 65 7
8. Elizabeth City State Vikings 9-3 51 8
9. Albany State Golden Rams 7-4 34 9
10. Lane College Dragons 8-3 32 10
Others receiving votes (in order of points): Virginia Union 31, Johnson C. Smith 29, Jackson State 19, Florida A&M 17, Mississippi Valley State 8.
This is my version of the season!
FINAL TRF POWER RATING 2006
TEAM
RECORD
RATING
RANK
LAST WEEK
North Carolina Central
11-1
2.500
1
1
Alabama A&M
9-3
2.000
2
4
Hampton
10-2
1.667
3
2
Lane
8-3
1.500
4
3
Tuskegee
9-3
1.364
5
9
Elizabeth City
9-3
1.333
6
5
Delaware State
8-3
1.182
7
6T
Albany State
7-4
1.000
8T
10
Stillman
6-4
1.000
8T
11
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
8-4
0.917
10
6T
Langston
5-4
1.111
11
8
Florida A&M
7-4
0.818
12
12
South Carolina State
7-4
0.727
13
14
Alcorn State
6-5
0.545
14
17
Johnson C. Smith
7-4
0.455
15T
13
Virginia Union
7-3
0.500
15T
15
Kentucky State
6-4
0.333
17T
16
Jackson State
6-5
0.300
17T
25T
Southern
5-6
0.273
19
25T
Tennessee State
6-5
0.182
20T
18T
Mississippi Valley
6-5
0.182
20T
20
Alabama State
4-7
(0.091)
22T
18T
Clark-Atlanta
5-5
(0.100)
22T
21
Miles
5-5
(0.200)
24
22
Morgan State
5-6
(0.273)
25T
23
Bowie State
5-5
(0.300)
25T
24
Howard
5-6
(0.364)
27T
25T
Saint Augustine's
4-6
(0.400)
27T
28
Fort Valley
4-7
(0.400)
29
29
Winston-Salem State
4-7
(0.500)
30
32T
Fayetteville State
3-7
(0.800)
31
31
Paul Quinn
2-5
(1.286)
32
32T
Benedict
4-6
(1.100)
33
36
Bethune-Cookman
5-6
(1.091)
34T
34T
Central State
2-4
(2.000)
34T
34T
West Virginia State
5-6
(1.200)
36
38
Grambling
3-8
(1.273)
37
30
Virginia State
2-8
(1.600)
38
42
Shaw
3-7
(1.667)
39
37
Concordia
2-8
(1.700)
40T
39T
Texas Southern
3-8
(1.545)
40T
41
Norfolk State
4-7
(1.636)
42
43
Texas College
4-7
(1.900)
43
39T
Cheyney State
1-9
(2.200)
44
44T
Morehouse
2-8
(2.500)
45
47T
Edward Waters
1-8
(2.556)
46
46
Lincoln
1-9
(2.500)
47T
47T
Saint Paul's
2-8
(2.500)
47T
49
Livingstone
1-9
(2.600)
49
50
Savannah State
2-9
(2.727)
50
51
Prairie View
3-8
(3.000)
51
44T
North Carolina A&T
0-11
(3.636)
52
52