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"title": "Poll: Which team’s season opening performance was more impressive, NC A&T or Prairie View?"
"description": "Among the few Week Zero college football games scheduled to begin the 2018 season, two of the games featured HBCU teams. Prairie View A&M made the short trip to Houston to face Rice (an FBS school), while No. 14 North Carolina A&T met No. 6 Jacksonville State in the Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff. The […]"
"date": "2018-08-27"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Kenn Rashad"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2018/08/27/poll-which-teams-season-opening-performance-was-more-impressive-nc-at-or-prairie-view/"
"categories":
  - "Football"
"tags":
  - "North Carolina A&T"
  - "Prairie View"
---

# Poll: Which team’s season opening performance was more impressive, NC A&T or Prairie View?

Among the few Week Zero college football games scheduled to begin the 2018 season, two of the games featured HBCU teams. Prairie View A&M made the short trip to Houston to face Rice (an FBS school), while No. 14 North Carolina A&T met No. 6 Jacksonville State in the Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff. [The Panthers fell to Rice 31-28](http://hbcusports.com/2018/08/25/prairie-view-loses-heartbreaker-to-rice-31-28/) on the final play of the game after the Owls successfully scored on a 23-yard field goal with two seconds remaining. North Carolina A&T, in the midst of a 13-game winning streak, [topped Jacksonville State 20-17](http://hbcusports.com/2018/08/26/n-carolina-at-makes-statement-in-win-over-no-6-jacksonville-state/). First-year head coaches currently lead both HBCU programs. Which team’s season-opening performance was more impressive, North Carolina A&T or Prairie View A&M? Take a moment to vote in the poll below. It will close Friday, Aug. 29, at 11:59 p.m. http://polldaddy.com/poll/10090247/