Reigning Black College Football National Champion North Carolina A&T returns 15 starters from a team that won the MEAC and the first-ever Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl in 2015. Heading into the 2016 season, the Aggies — just as they did to end last season — are atop the preseason HBCU Sports Ultimate Football Poll.
1. North Carolina A&T
2. North Carolina Central
3. Prairie View
4. Bethune-Cookman
5. Alcorn State
6. Grambling State
7. South Carolina State
8. Southern
9. Tuskegee
10. Bowie State
11. Miles
12. Hampton
13. Norfolk State
14. Alabama State
15. Winston Salem State
16. Virginia Union
17. Morgan State
18. Jackson State
19. Texas Southern
20. Tennessee State
21. Alabama A&M
22. Albany State
23. Fort Valley State
24. Livingstone
25. Virginia State
