2025 Preseason All-MEAC Football Team
 
BALTIMORE, MD— The Reigning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Champion South Carolina State Bulldogs was picked 1^st to repeat as league champions, as voted on by MEAC head football coaches and sports information directors.
 
Three (3) South Carolina State Bulldogs were a named to the 2025 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Preseason Football All-Conference team.

The announcements were made Tuesday (July 22^nd) at the M&T Bank Stadium, home of the National Football League's (NFL) Baltimore Ravens, in Baltimore, Maryland.  

South Carolina State, the 19x MEAC Champion was picked No. 1 with 5 first-place votes followed by NC Central at No. 2, Morgan State at No. 3, Norfolk State at No. 4, Howard at No. 5 and Delaware State at No. 6 respectively.
 
Earning All-MEAC First Team honors for South Carolina State were HBCU All-American defensive back Jarod Washington, followed by defensive lineman Josh Barker and offensive lineman Roger Smith named to All-MEAC Preseason Second Team.
 
The Bulldogs will begin their quest for a repeat on August 30^th at home versus Wofford inside Oliver C. Dawson Stadium on Willie Jeffries Field. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.
 
Season tickets to SC State home games are still available for more information contact the SC State Ticket Office at 803-536-8579 or 1-800-298-9157.
 

2025 MEAC Football Predicted Order of Finish
As voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information director
School (first-place votes) Points
1. South Carolina State (5) 63
2. North Carolina Central (4) 61
3. Morgan State 39
4. Norfolk State (1) 36
5. Howard (1) 33
6. Delaware State (1) 20

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South Carolina State University is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level intercollegiate athletic program. The university currently fields teams in 14 sports: women's volleyball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track & field, softball, men's and women's outdoor track and field, women's soccer and football with all teams competing in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), except for women's soccer.
 
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