There are summer high school band camps, hosted by college band programs, created with the intent to attract future student musicians. Just like football.
Of course, there are those preseason band camps where – just like football – musicians endure the summer heat for hours on end learning new music, perfecting formations and dance routines all in anticipation of the first halftime show that will ultimately launch a new season.
And as is the case with all sports, especially in football, there are preseason polls. The kind of polls we’ve already determined are meaningless in the greater scheme of things, but, yet, seem to always tug at the heartstrings that get the best of us all emotionally charged.
So, because we’ve determined that marching band is a sport, HBCU Sports presents the inaugural preseason top 15 HBCU band poll for 2015.
1. Southern
2. North Carolina A&T
3. Bethune-Cookman
4. Jackson State
5. Tennessee State
6. Texas Southern
7. South Carolina State
8. Alabama A&M
9. Florida A&M
10. Alabama State
11. Grambling
12. Alcorn State
13. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
14. Miles College
15. Talladega College
