The 2016

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States. It participates in the National C ...

football season was the XXIst season for MEAC Football, as part of the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

Previous season

21st ranked

North Carolina A&T North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, historically black land-grant research university in Greensboro, North Caro ...

, along with #25 Bethune-Cookman and non-ranked North Carolina Central were named MEAC Co-Champions. Due to the MEAC's tiebreaker system, North Carolina A&T earned the conference's invitation to the inaugural

Celebration Bowl The Celebration Bowl is a postseason college football bowl game, first played in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season, 2015 season, contested between the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athleti ...

. The Aggies defeated

Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in t ...

Champion,

Alcorn State Alcorn State University (Alcorn State, ASU or Alcorn) is a public historically black land-grant university adjacent to Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 and was the first black land grant college established in the United States. ...

41-34 and earning their fourth HBCU national championship.

Head coaches

Terry Sims Terry Sims (born c. 1971) is an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bethune–Cookman University Bethune–Cookman University (BCU or Bethune–Cookman) is a private historically black university in Daytona Bea ...

, Bethune-Cookman – 2nd year * Kenneth Carter, Delaware State– 2nd year * Alex Wood, Florida A&M – 2nd year *

Connell Maynor Connell Maynor (born January 21, 1969) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Alabama A&M University . Maynor previously served in the same capacity at Hampton University from 2013 to 2017 and Winston ...

, Hampton – 3rd year *

Gary Harrell Gary Lamar Harrell, affectionately known as "The Flea," (born January 23, 1972) is an American college football coach and former professional gridiron football player. He is currently the assistant head coach and running backs coach at the Univ ...

, Howard – 5th year * Frederick Farrier, Morgan State – 2nd year *

Latrell Scott Latrell Scott (born July 17, 1975) is an American football coach who is currently the running backs coach at Maryland Terrapins football, Maryland. He was previously the head football coach of Norfolk State University, a position he held from 201 ...

, Norfolk State – 2nd year *

Rod Broadway Roderick Craig Broadway (born April 9, 1955) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at North Carolina Central University from 2003 to 2006, Grambling State University from 2007 to 2010, and North Carolina Agric ...

, North Carolina A&T – 6th year *

Jerry Mack Jerry Mack is an American football coach and former player. He is the running backs coach at the University of Tennessee Volunteers. He previously was the offensive coordinator and associate head coach of Rice Owls football team from D ...

, North Carolina Central – 3rd year *

Erik Raeburn Erik Raeburn (born June 19, 1971) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, a position he has held since November 2019. Raeburn served as head football coach Coe College in Cedar Rap ...

, Savannah State – 1st year *

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, South Carolina State – 15th year

Rankings

All times Eastern time. Rankings reflect that of the STATS FCS poll for that week.

Week one

Players of the week:

Week two

Players of the week:

Postseason

Since 1996, the MEAC earned an automatic bid into the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. As of the 2015 season, the conference champion will abstain from participating in the playoffs and compete against the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in the newly created

. Any other team from the MEAC is able to participate in the playoff if they earn an at-large bid.

Previous season

Head coaches

Rankings

Week one

Week two

Postseason

Bowl games

FCS Playoffs

Records against other conferences

MEAC vs. FCS conferences

MEAC vs. FBS conferences

Attendance

Notes

References