The 2025 STATS PERFORM FCS Ballot is out and HBCU nationwide champion Jackson State is the one one within the high 25.
Jackson State, the reigning SWAC champion and Celebration Bowl winner, was ranked seventeenth within the 56-person ballot. North Dakota State was the top-ranked faculty general.
Three different HBCU soccer applications have been listed within the receiving votes class.
Defending MEAC champion South Carolina State, which went 9-3 final season together with a loss to JSU within the Celebration Bowl, obtained 35 votes. It’ll play this season with out reigning MEAC Offensive Participant of the Yr Eric Phoenix, who led the workforce as its beginning quarterback. Tennessee State obtained 21 votes after a 9-4 season that included a three-way tie for the Ohio Valley/Massive South Convention championship and an FCS playoff sport. It’ll begin this season below new head coach Reggie Barlow following the departure of Eddie George. The ultimate HBCU within the receiving votes class was North Carolina Central. NC Central went 8-3 final season, with its loss to South Carolina State the one blemish in 5 convention video games.
Jackson State went 12-2 final season en path to its third SWAC title in 4 seasons and its fourth Celebration Bowl. It misplaced main rusher Irv Mulligan however returns a strong solid of gamers together with beginning quarterback Jacobian Morgan and defensive deal with Jeremiah Williams, one of many remaining holdovers from the Deion Sanders Period. JSU is predicted to win the SWAC East 4 the fourth time in 5 seasons.Â
