JACKSON, Miss. - The defending SWAC Champion Jackson State Tigers are the ninth ranked team in the Sheridan Sports Network Black College football polls after the first week of the 2008 season.

The Tigers fell 17-13 in their season opener to the Hampton Pirates in the fourth annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge last Sunday in Orlando, FL. Southern and Grambling State are the other two SWAC teams in the poll. The Jags are ranked seventh and the G-Men are eighth.

JSU will return to action Saturday to host Stillman (1-0) in the first annual W.C. Gorden Classic at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m.

2008 Sheridan Black College Football Poll
Team (Record)
1. Tuskegee Golden Tigers 0-0
2. Delaware State Hornets 0-0
3. Norfolk State Spartans 1-0
4. South Carolina State Bulldogs 0-1
5. Hampton Pirates 1-0
6. Albany State Golden Rams 1-0
7. Southern Jaguars 0-1
8. Grambling State Tigers 0-1
9. Jackson State Tigers 0-1
10. Tennessee State Tigers 1-0

Others receiving votes: Prairie View A&M Panthers (1) 33, Virginia Union Panthers 27, Winston Salem State Rams 23, Florida A&M Rattlers 18, Alabama A&M Bulldogs 14.

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