LORMAN, Miss. – The Alcorn State University football program received votes in the HERO Sports Preseason Top-25 Poll, released Wednesday.
 
Alcorn State 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.
 
Alcorn State returns 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).
 
Additionally, the back-to-back SWAC Coach of the Year winner Fred McNair returns both his offensive and defensive coordinators (Elliot Wratten and Cedric Thornton).
 
Alcorn State currently holds a 10-game home winning-streak, the fifth-longest active streak in FCS.
 
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