LORMAN, Miss. – The Alcorn State University football program received votes in the HERO Sports Preseason Top-25 Poll, released Wednesday.
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The Braves were the only team in the SWAC on the list.
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Alcorn is coming off its second consecutive SWAC Championship and fourth in the last six years. The Braves are also the six-time defending SWAC East Division winners.
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Alcorn brings back the SWAC Offensive Player of the Year (
Felix Harper), the SWAC Championship Offensive MVP (
LeCharles Pringle), the SWAC Championship Defensive MVP (
Juwan Taylor) and two HBCU All-Americans (Harper and
Qwynnterrio Cole).
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Additionally, the back-to-back SWAC Coach of the Year winner
Fred McNair returns both his offensive and defensive coordinators (
Elliott Wratten and
Cedric Thornton).
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Alcorn is on a 10-game home winning-streak, the fifth-longest active streak in FCS.
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Click here to view the full rankings from HERO Sports.
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