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"title": "HBCU Sports Week 1 picks: All eyes will be on the Orange Blossom Classic"
"description": "HBCU Sports publisher Kenn Rashad, senior editor Kendrick Marshall, and Division II/HBCU recruiting reporter Jarrett Hoffman try to pick winners for the first full Saturday of games to open 2022. Bowie State New Haven Lincoln (PA), Delaware State Shaw, Wingate  Virginia State, Lenoir-Rhyne Fayetteville State, UNC Pembroke  Elizabeth City State, Benedict  Morgan State, Georgia Southern  […]"
"date": "2022-09-03"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "HBCU Sports"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2022/09/03/hbcu-sports-week-1-picks-all-eyes-will-be-on-the-orange-blossom-classic/"
"categories":
  - "Features"
  - "Football"
"tags":
  - "Alabama A&M"
  - "Alabama State"
  - "Alcorn State"
  - "Arkansas-Pine Bluff"
  - "Bethune-Cookman"
  - "Bowie State"
  - "Central State"
  - "Florida A&M"
  - "Grambling"
  - "Jackson State"
  - "Norfolk State"
  - "North Carolina A&T"
  - "Prairie View"
---

# HBCU Sports Week 1 picks: All eyes will be on the Orange Blossom Classic

HBCU Sports publisher Kenn Rashad, senior editor Kendrick Marshall, and Division II/HBCU recruiting reporter Jarrett Hoffman try to pick winners for the first full Saturday of games to open 2022. **Bowie State** New Haven Lincoln (PA), **Delaware State** **Shaw**, Wingate  **Virginia State**, Lenoir-Rhyne **Fayetteville State**, UNC Pembroke  Elizabeth City State, **Benedict**  Morgan State, **Georgia Southern**  **Howard**, Hampton North Carolina Central, **North Carolina A&T** Norfolk State, **Marshall**  Miles, **Alabama State** Lane, **UAPB**  Kentucky State, **Delta State** Clark Atlanta, **Edward Waters** **Savannah State**, Southeastern University Allen, **Newberry** **Albany State**, Mississippi College **Texas Southern**, Prairie View A&M Bethune-Cookman, **Miami** Grambling State, **Arkansas State** **Alcorn State**, Stephen F. Austin **Southern**, Florida Memorial Tennessee State, **Eastern Washington** **West Virginia State**, Shippensburg **Langston**, Oklahoma Panhandle State **Sunday** Winston-Salem State, **Central State** **Tuskegee**, Fort Valley State **Jackson State**, Florida A&M **JARRETT HOFFMAN** **Saturday** **Bowie State** New Haven Lincoln (PA), **Delaware State** Shaw, **Wingate**  Virginia State, **Lenoir-Rhyne** **Fayetteville State**, UNC Pembroke  Elizabeth City State, **Benedict**  Morgan State, **Georgia Southern**  Howard, **Hampton** North Carolina Central, **North Carolina A&T** Norfolk State, **Marshall**  Miles, **Alabama State** Lane, **UAPB**  Kentucky State, **Delta State** Clark Atlanta, **Edward Waters** **Savannah State**, Southeastern University Allen, **Newberry** **Albany State**, Mississippi College Texas Southern, **Prairie View A&M** Bethune-Cookman, **Miami** Grambling State, **Arkansas State** Alcorn State, **Stephen F. Austin** **Southern**, Florida Memorial Tennessee State, **Eastern Washington** West Virginia State, **Shippensburg** **Langston**, Oklahoma Panhandle State **Sunday** **Winston-Salem State**, Central State Tuskegee, **Fort Valley State** **Jackson State**, Florida A&M **KENN RASHAD** **Bowie State** New Haven Lincoln (PA), **Delaware State** **Shaw**, Wingate  **Virginia State**, Lenoir-Rhyne **Fayetteville State**, UNC Pembroke  Elizabeth City State, **Benedict**  Morgan State, **Georgia Southern**  **Howard**, Hampton **North Carolina Central**, North Carolina A&T Norfolk State, **Marshall**  Miles, **Alabama State** Lane, **UAPB**  Kentucky State, **Delta State** Clark Atlanta, **Edward Waters** **Savannah State**, Southeastern University Allen, **Newberry** **Albany State**, Mississippi College **Texas Southern**, Prairie View A&M Bethune-Cookman, **Miami** Grambling State, **Arkansas State** **Alcorn State**, Stephen F. Austin **Southern**, Florida Memorial Tennessee State, **Eastern Washington** **West Virginia State**, Shippensburg **Langston**, Oklahoma Panhandle State **Sunday** Winston-Salem State, **Central State** **Tuskegee**, Fort Valley State Jackson State, **Florida A&M**