List of Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

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This is a list of yearly Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings.

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CIAA standings

Early years

1923 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Virginia Union $ 5 –0 –06 –0 –1
Howard 3 –0 –17 –0 –1
Hampton 4 –2 –05 –2 –0
Virginia Normal 3 –3 –04 –3 –0
Lincoln (PA) 1 –1 –25 –1 –2
Saint Paul (VA) 2 –3 –16 –3 –1
Virginia Seminary 1 –4 –03 –6 –0
Shaw 0 –5 –00 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1934 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Morgan $ 4 –0 –35 –0 –3
Bluefield State 7 –0 –18 –0 –1
North Carolina A&T 7 –1 –07 –1 –0
Virginia Union 4 –2 –24 –2 –2
Virginia State 4 –3 –14 –4 –1
Hampton 3 –5 –03 –5 –0
North Carolina College 4 –4 –04 –4 –0
Saint Paul's (VA) 3 –5 –03 –5 –0
St. Augustine's 1 –2 –13 –2 –1
Howard 3 –1 –24 –2 –2
Shaw 1 –6 –01 –6 –1
Johnson C. Smith 1 –2 –11 –2 –1
Lincoln (PA) 0 –5 –01 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1936 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Virginia State $ 7 –0 –29 –0 –2
Morgan 5 –0 –26 –0 –2
Bluefield State 3 –0 –33 –2 –4
Hampton 5 –2 –05 –2 –1
North Carolina College 3 –3 –14 –3 –1
North Carolina A&T 4 –4 –05 –4 –0
Shaw 3 –3 –03 –3 –0
Johnson C. Smith 1 –2 –12 –3 –3
Saint Paul's (VA) 2 –5 –12 –5 –1
Virginia Union 2 –5 –12 –5 –1
Lincoln (PA) 1 –4 –01 –4 –0
St. Augustine's 0 –4 –00 –4 –0
Howard 0 –4 –00 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Shaw $ 6 –0 –010 –0 –0
No. 7 Virginia State 7 –1 –09 –1 –0
No. 4 Hampton 5 –1 –17 –2 –1
No. 11 Howard 6 –2 –16 –2 –1
No. 9 Morgan State 5 –2 –15 –2 –1
No. 14 West Virginia State 4 –1 –16 –3 –1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 3 –3 –15 –4 –1
Delaware State 4 –3 –04 –4 –0
Virginia Union 3 –5 –04 –5 –0
Winston-Salem State 3 –3 –06 –3 –0
North Carolina A&T 1 –5 –11 –5 –1
North Carolina College 2 –6 –02 –7 –0
Bluefield State 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 –5 –10 –5 –1
Johnson C. Smith 0 –2 –11 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System. [1]
1955 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Maryland State $ 7 –0 –09 –0 –0
No. 7 North Carolina A&T 4 –1 –24 –1 –3
No. 14 Virginia State 4 –1 –34 –2 –3
No. 9 North Carolina College 3 –1 –24 –1 –2
No. 13 Morgan State 5 –1 –06 –2 –0
Winston-Salem State 5 –1 –06 –2 –0
Shaw 4 –2 –24 –3 –2
No. 12 Delaware State 5 –1 –07 –1 –0
Bluefield State 5 –2 –17 –2 –1
St. Augustine's 3 –5 –04 –5 –0
Hampton 4 –6 –04 –6 –0
Howard 2 –4 –03 –6 –0
Johnson C. Smith 2 –4 –03 –4 –0
Virginia Union 3 –5 –04 –5 –0
Saint Paul's (VA) 1 –5 –02 –6 –0
Lincoln (PA) 1 –6 –01 –7 –0
West Virginia State 0 –6 –01 –7 –0
Fayetteville State 0 –8 –00 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier . [2]

NCAA Division II (2004–present)

2004 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern
Shaw # xy$  5 –2   10 –2  
Bowie State  4 –3   5 –5  
Virginia State  3 –4   6 –4  
Virginia Union  2 –5   2 –8  
Elizabeth City State  2 –5   3 –7  
Western
Fayetteville State xy^  6 –1   8 –4  
North Carolina Central x  6 –1   8 –2  
Winston-Salem State  4 –3   4 –6  
Livingstone  2 –5   2 –8  
St. Augustine's @  0 –4   0 –6  
Johnson C. Smith  0 –7   0 –10  
Championship: Shaw 10, Fayetteville State 7
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • # – [Pioneer Bowl]] participant @ – St. Augustine's vacated 4 wins including 3 in conference play.
2005 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern
Bowie State # xy  5 –2   8 –4  
Virginia State x  5 –2   6 –4  
Shaw  4 –3   5 –5  
Saint Paul's  3 –4   4 –6  
Virginia State  2 –5   3 –7  
Elizabeth City State  1 –6   2 –8  
Western
No. 19 North Carolina Central xy$^  6 –1   10 –2  
Winston-Salem State x  6 –1   6 –4  
Fayetteville State  4 –3   6 –4  
Livingstone  1 –6   1 –9  
Johnson C. Smith  0 –7   0 –10  
St. Augustine's @  0 –2   0 –2  
Championship: North Carolina Central 26, Bowie State 23
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • # – Pioneer Bowl participant @ – St. Augustine's vacated 8 wins including 5 in conference play
Rankings from AFCA poll
2006 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern
No. 21 Elizabeth City St. xy^  7 –0   9 –3  
Virginia Union  5 –2   7 –3  
Bowie State  3 –4   5 –5  
Shaw  2 –5   3 –7  
Virginia State  2 –5   2 –8  
Saint Paul's  1 –6   2 –8  
Western
No. 9 NC Central xy$^  7 –0   11 –1  
Johnson C. Smith #  4 –3   7 –4  
St. Augustine's †  4 –3   4 –6  
Fayetteville State  2 –5   3 –7  
Livingstone  1 –6   1 –9  
Championship: NC Central 17, Elizabeth City St. 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • # – Pioneer Bowl participant † – St. Augustine's vacated all four wins
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2007 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern
Virginia Union # xy  6 –1   9 –3  
Elizabeth City State  5 –2   5 –5  
Saint Paul's  4 –3   5 –5  
Virginia State  3 –4   4 –6  
Bowie State  3 –4   3 –7  
Western
Shaw xy$^  6 –1   8 –4  
Fayetteville State  4 –3   4 –6  
Johnson C. Smith  2 –5   3 –7  
St. Augustine's †  2 –5   2 –8  
Livingstone  0 –7   0 –10  
Championship: Shaw 31, Virginia Union 24 (2OT)
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • # – Pioneer Bowl participant † – St. Augustine's vacated both wins
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2008 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern
Elizabeth City State xy  7 –0   7 –4  
Bowie State  4 –3   5 –4  
Virginia State  4 –3   5 –5  
Saint Paul's  3 –4   5 –5  
Virginia Union  3 –4   5 –5  
Western
Shaw xy$  6 –1   8 –3  
Fayetteville State x  6 –1   8 –2  
St. Augustine's  3 –4   4 –6  
Johnson C. Smith  2 –5   3 –7  
Livingstone  2 –5   2 –8  
Chowan  1 –6   2 –8  
Championship: Shaw 36, Elizabeth City State 7
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Lincoln (PA) played a full CIAA schedule as a provisional Division II member.
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2009 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern
Bowie State xy  5 –2   6 –5  
Elizabeth City State # x  5 –2   7 –4  
Virginia Union x  5 –2   6 –4  
Virginia State  4 –3   6 –4  
Saint Paul's  3 –4   4 –5  
Western
Fayetteville State xy$^  6 –1   8 –4  
Shaw  5 –2   8 –2  
St. Augustine's  4 –3   4 –6  
Johnson C. Smith  2 –5   3 –7  
Chowan  2 –5   2 –8  
Livingstone  0 –7   0 –10  
Championship: Fayetteville State 21, Bowie State 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • # – Pioneer Bowl participant
    Lincoln (PA) played a full CIAA schedule as a provisional Division II member.
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2010 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern
Virginia State xy  6 –1   8 –3  
Bowie State x  6 –1   6 –4  
Elizabeth City St.  5 –2   6 –4  
Chowan  3 –4   3 –7  
Virginia Union  3 –4   3 –7  
Saint Paul's  2 –5   2 –8  
Lincoln (PA)  0 –7   1 –9  
Southern
Shaw xy$^  7 –0   9 –3  
St. Augustine's #  6 –1   9 –2  
Winston-Salem State  5 –2   8 –2  
Fayetteville State  4 –3   5 –5  
Johnson C. Smith  1 –6   2 –8  
Livingstone  0 –7   0 –11  
Championship: Shaw 14, Virginia State 7
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • # – Pioneer Bowl participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2011 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern
Elizabeth City St. xy^  6 –1   8 –4  
Virginia State  4 –3   5 –5  
Virginia Union  3 –4   5 –5  
Bowie State  3 –4   4 –6  
Chowan  2 –5   3 –7  
Lincoln (PA)  2 –5   2 –8  
Southern
No. 3 Winston-Salem St. xy$^  7 –0   13 –1  
Johnson C. Smith #  4 –3   6 –5  
Fayetteville State  4 –3   4 –6  
St. Augustine's  3 –4   4 –6  
Shaw  3 –4   3 –7  
Livingstone  0 –7   1 –9  
Championship: Winston–Salem State 38, Elizabeth City State 18
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • # – Pioneer Bowl participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2012 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern
Elizabeth City State # xy  6 –1   8 –4  
Chowan  5 –2   6 –4  
Virginia Union  3 –4   5 –5  
Virginia State  3 –4   4 –6  
Bowie State  2 –5   5 –5  
Lincoln (PA)  1 –6   1 –9  
Southern
No. 2 Winston-Salem St. xy$^  7 –0   14 –1  
Johnson C. Smith  5 –2   6 –4  
St. Augustine's  4 –3   6 –4  
Shaw  3 –4   4 –6  
Livingstone  2 –5   2 –8  
Fayetteville State  1 –6   2 –8  
Championship: Winston-Salem State 34, Elizabeth City State 19
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • # – Pioneer Bowl participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2013 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern
Virginia State x  7 –0   9 –1  
Elizabeth City State  4 –3   4 –6  
Bowie State  3 –4   5 –5  
Chowan  3 –4   4 –6  
Virginia Union  3 –4   3 –7  
Lincoln (PA)  0 –7   1 –9  
Southern
No. 14 Winston-Salem St. x$^  7 –0   10 –2  
Fayetteville State  5 –2   6 –4  
Shaw  4 –3   6 –4  
St. Augustine's  4 –3   6 –4  
Johnson C. Smith  3 –4   4 –6  
Livingstone  1 –6   3 –7  
Championship: Winston-Salem State 1, Virginia State 0 (forfeit)
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • As a result of an attack by Virginia State players on a Winston-Salem State player during a CIAA luncheon before the conference championship game, the conference ruled Virginia State ineligible for postseason and awarded Winston-Salem State the conference championship.
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2014 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern
No. 22 Virginia State xy$^  7 –0   10 –3  
Virginia Union  5 –2   7 –3  
Bowie State  5 –2   5 –5  
Elizabeth City State  3 –4   4 –6  
Chowan  1 –6   2 –8  
Lincoln (PA)  0 –7   1 –9  
Southern
No. 24 Winston-Salem St. xy  7 –0   9 –2  
Fayetteville State  5 –2   5 –5  
St. Augustine's  3 –4   3 –7  
Livingstone  2 –5   5 –5  
Johnson C. Smith  2 –5   3 –7  
Shaw  2 –5   3 –7  
Championship: Virginia State 21, Winston–Salem State 17
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2015 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern
Bowie State xy^  7 –0   9 –3  
Virginia Union ^  6 –1   8 –2  
Chowan  4 –3   6 –4  
Virginia State  4 –3   6 –4  
Elizabeth City State  2 –5   4 –5  
Lincoln (PA)  1 –6   3 –7  
Southern
Winston-Salem St. xy$  5 –2   6 –5  
Livingstone  4 –3   5 –3  
Johnson C. Smith  3 –4   4 –6  
Fayetteville State  4 –3   4 –6  
Shaw  1 –6   1 –9  
St. Augustine's  1 –6   1 –9  
Championship: Winston–Salem St. 17, Bowie St. 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2016 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern
Bowie State xy  6 –1   7 –4  
Virginia State  5 –2   8 –2  
Elizabeth City State  4 –3   5 –5  
Virginia Union  4 –3   5 –5  
Chowan  4 –3   6 –4  
Lincoln (PA)  0 –7   1 –9  
Southern
Winston-Salem State xy$^  7 –0   9 –3  
Fayetteville State  4 –3   4 –6  
Johnson C. Smith  3 –4   3 –7  
Shaw  2 –5   2 –8  
St. Augustine's  2 –5   2 –8  
Livingstone  1 –6   2 –8  
Championship: Winston–Salem St. 43, Bowie St. 33
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2017 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern
No. 18 Virginia State xy$^  7 –0   10 –1  
No. 23 Bowie State ^  6 –1   9 –2  
Virginia Union  5 –2   6 –4  
Chowan  4 –3   4 –6  
Elizabeth City State  2 –5   4 –6  
Lincoln (PA)  0 –7   0 –10  
Southern
Fayetteville State xy  5 –2   6 –5  
St. Augustine's x  5 –2   5 –5  
Winston-Salem State  4 –3   6 –4  
Shaw  2 –5   3 –7  
Johnson C. Smith  2 –5   2 –8  
Livingstone  0 –7   0 –10  
Championship: Virginia St. 42, Fayetteville St. 19
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2018 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern
No. 19 Bowie State xy$^  5 –1   10 –3  
Virginia Union x  5 –1   8 –2  
Chowan  4 –2   6 –4  
Virginia State  3 –3   4 –5  
Lincoln (PA)  1 –5   1 –9  
Elizabeth City State  0 –6   1 –7  
Southern
Fayetteville State xy  5 –1   6 –3  
Shaw  4 –2   5 –5  
Winston-Salem State  4 –2   5 –4  
Johnson C. Smith  2 –4   3 –8  
St. Augustine's  2 –4   2 –7  
Livingstone  1 –5   3 –6  
Championship: Bowie State 30, Fayetteville State 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2019 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northern
No. 18 Bowie State xy$^  7 –0   11 –1  
Virginia State  6 –1   8 –2  
Virginia Union  5 –2   7 –3  
Chowan  2 –5   3 –7  
Elizabeth City State  2 –5   2 –9  
Lincoln (PA)  0 –7   0 –10  
Southern
Fayetteville State xy  6 –1   8 –3  
Shaw  5 –2   6 –4  
Johnson C. Smith  3 –4   4 –6  
Winston–Salem State  3 –4   4 –6  
St. Augustine's  2 –5   2 –8  
Livingstone  1 –6   4 –6  
Championship: Bowie State 23, Fayetteville State 7
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

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The 1947 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia State University as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their third season under head coach Mark Cardwell, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out five of ten opponents, and ranked No. 14 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System. The team played its home games at Lakin Field in Institute, West Virginia.

The 1947 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Prairie View A&M University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their third season under head coach Billy Nicks, the team compiled a 6–6 record, lost to Wilberforce State in the Fruit Bowl and to Texas Southern in the Prairie View Bowl, and was outscored by a total of 137 to 89. Prairie View ranked No. 17 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.

The 1947 Alcorn A&M Braves football team was an American football team that represented Alcorn A&M College as a member of the South Central Athletic Conference (SCAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach W. Felix Harris, Alcorn compiled a 10–1 record, shut out eight of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 327 to 79. The team won the SCAC championship, and was also ranked No. 1 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System. The team played its home games in Alcorn, Mississippi.

The 1949 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1949 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 9–1 record, won the MAA championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 299 to 87. The team was ranked No. 4 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.

References

  1. ↑ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Final National Football Rating". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 10, 1955. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
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