The honors keep rolling in for North Carolina A&T and Tarik Cohen. For the second year in a row, A&T was picked to win the MEAC and Tarik Cohen was projected as its Preseason Offensive Player of The Year.
Bethune-Cookman and North Carolina Central, both of whom won a share of the MEAC title last year, were predicted to finish second and third respectively.
South Carolina State was predicted to finish fourth in the conference, led by Preseason Defensive Player of The Year Darius Leonard.
The predicted finish is as follows:
1. North Carolina A&T
2. Bethune-Cookman
3. North Carolina Central
4. South Carolina State
5. Hampton
6. Norfolk State
7. Morgan State
8. Florida A&M
9. Delaware State
10. Howard
11. Savannah State