Another highly-ranked team fell in the Ultimate HBCU Sports Football Poll this week as we close in on crowning a Black college football national champion.
| Rank |
Team |
Prev Rank |
Record |
| 1 |
Jackson State |
1 |
10-1 |
| 2 |
Bowie State |
3 |
12-1 |
| 3 |
Alabama A&M |
4 |
7-3 |
| 4 |
Florida A&M |
2 |
9-3 |
| 5 |
South Carolina State |
6 |
6-5 |
| 6 |
Savannah State |
7 |
8-2 |
| 7 |
Fayetteville State |
8 |
8-1 |
| 8 |
Albany State |
9 |
10-2 |
| 9 |
Miles |
10 |
6-5 |
| 10 |
Kentucky State |
11 |
7-4 |
| 11 |
North Carolina Central |
12 |
6-5 |
| 12 |
Alcorn State |
13 |
6-4 |
| 13 |
Prairie View |
5 |
7-4 |
| 14 |
Delaware State |
19 |
5-6 |
| 15 |
Norfolk State |
9 |
6-5 |
| 16 |
Virginia Union |
13 |
5-4 |
| 17 |
Chowan |
15 |
6-3 |
| 18 |
Lane |
21 |
6-4 |
| 19 |
Shaw |
23 |
6-4 |
| 20 |
Tennessee State |
18 |
5-6 |
| 21 |
North Carolina A&T |
17 |
5-6 |
| 22 |
Langston |
24 |
7-3 |
| 23 |
Southern |
20 |
4-6 |
| 24 |
Bluefield State |
25 |
4-3 |
| 25 |
Hampton |
22 |
5-6 |
