HBCU Athletic Conference reveals 2025 Preseason All-HBCUAC Teams, Rankings
NEW ORLEANS - October 15, 2025 - The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) presents its 2025 Women's Basketball Preseason All-HBCUAC First and Second Teams and rankings as determined by the conference's head women's basketball coaches on Tuesday.
The head coaches nominated their own returning players and transfers that previously competed in the conference and voted for other institutions' players. Points were derived from the order they ranked the players. Oakwood University's Saniya Keys earned Preseason Player of the Year after dominating the conference as a freshman last season. She led the conference with 19.1 points and 10.9 rebounds per game. Keys won 18 HBCUAC weekly awards. The rest of the First Team and the Second Team is below.
First Team
Jaida Minter, Stillman
Jordan Harris, Southern University at New Orleans
Second Team
The coaches also voted on the preseason rankings. Stillman College, who won the regular season title and advanced to the semifinals of the HBCUAC 2025 Hope Credit Union Basketball Championship, and Dillard University, who was the regular season runner-up and also reached the semifinals tied for the top spot with 185 points. Stillman received more first-place votes with five to Dillard's two. Philander Smith University, who won the HBCUAC 2025 Hope Credit Union Basketball Championship, finished third with 162 points and two first-place votes. Oakwood University, Rust College, Talladega College, Paul Quinn College, Southern University at New Orleans and the University of the Virgin Islands garnered first-place votes. The full rankings are below.
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Stillman 185 (5)
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Dillard 185 (2)
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Philander Smith 162 (2)
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Fisk 158
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Tougaloo 136
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Oakwood 130 (1)
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Rust 127 (1)
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Wiley 120
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Talladega 110 (1)
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Wilberforce 96
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Paul Quinn 94 (1)
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Huston-Tillotson 93
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SUNO 89 (1)
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Virgin Islands 62 (1)
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Voorhees 53
Fans can catch the action of the 2025-26 season on the Urban Edge Network which can be viewed online at urbanedgenetwork.net or via the free app. For the third straight season, the 2026 Hope Credit Union HBCUAC Basketball Championship will be played at Stillman College's Birthright Alumni Hall.
About the HBCU Athletic Conference
The HBCU Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) is the only HBCU conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The HBCUAC membership includes Dillard University (LA), Fisk University (TN), Huston-Tillotson University (TX), Oakwood University (AL), Paul Quinn College (TX), Philander Smith University (AR), Rust College (MS), Southern University at New Orleans (LA), Stillman College (AL), Talladega College (AL), Tougaloo College (MS), University of the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), Voorhees University (SC), Wilberforce University (OH), and Wiley University (TX). HBCUAC sponsors championships in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's track and field, women's volleyball, softball, and baseball. In 2022, the HBCUAC secured the largest media rights deal in conference and NAIA history, signing a multimillion-dollar deal with Urban Edge Network. On July 1, 2024, the conference rebranded from the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) to the HBCU Athletic Conference, marking a new era for the conference that embodies the makeup of its membership. For more information, visit hbcuac.org.