North Carolina A&T dominating Band of The Year categories

North Carolina A&T out of the gate red hot

The Red Lobster Band of the Year Division I rankings were released on Thursday, and North Carolina A&T’s Blue and Gold Marching Machine set atop the rankings. The inaugural Division I Band of the Year in 2023, the BGMM ranked no. 1 in Musicality, Percussion and Drum Majors. It finished second in Drill and Design as well as Auxiliary. Here are

Musicality

1. North Carolina A&T – Blue and Gold Marching Machine
2. Southern – Human Jukebox
3. Florida A&M – Marching “100”
4. Jackson State – Sonic Boom of the South
5. Texas Southern – Ocean of Soul
6. Bethune-Cookman – Marching Wildcats
7. Norfolk State – Spartan Legion
8. Alabama State – Mighty Marching Hornets
9. Grambling State – World Famed Tiger Marching Band
10. Tennessee State – Aristocrat of Bands
11. Morgan State – Magnificent Marching Machine
12. Alabama A&M – Marching Maroon and White
13. Prairie View A&M – Marching Storm
14. Alcorn State – Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite
15. Mississippi Valley State – Mean Green Marching Machine

Drill & Design

1. Bethune-Cookman – Marching Wildcats
2. North Carolina A&T – Blue and Gold Marching Machine
3. Southern – Human Jukebox
4. Florida A&M – Marching “100”
5. Alcorn State – Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite
6. Jackson State – Sonic Boom of the South
7. Texas Southern – Ocean of Soul
8. Grambling State – World Famed Tiger Marching Band
9. Norfolk State – Spartan Legion
10. Prairie View A&M – Marching Storm
11. Mississippi Valley State – Mean Green Marching Machine
12. Alabama State – Mighty Marching Hornets
13. Hampton – Marching Force
14. Tennessee State – Aristocrat of Bands
15. Arkansas–Pine Bluff – Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South

Percussion

1. North Carolina A&T – Blue and Gold Marching Machine
2. Southern – Human Jukebox
3. Prairie View A&M – Marching Storm
4. Jackson State – Sonic Boom of the South
5. Norfolk State – Spartan Legion
6. Florida A&M – Marching “100”
7. Bethune-Cookman – Marching Wildcats
8. Texas Southern – Ocean of Soul
9. Grambling State – World Famed Tiger Marching Band
10. South Carolina State – Marching 101
11. Tennessee State – Aristocrat of Bands
12. Alabama A&M – Marching Maroon and White
13. Alabama State – Mighty Marching Hornets
14. North Carolina Central – Sound Machine
15. Arkansas–Pine Bluff – Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South

Drum Majors

1. North Carolina A&T – Blue and Gold Marching Machine
2. Norfolk State – Spartan Legion
3. Bethune-Cookman – Marching Wildcats
4. Florida A&M – Marching “100”
5. Prairie View A&M – Marching Storm
6. Texas Southern – Ocean of Soul
7. Alabama State – Mighty Marching Hornets
8. Alcorn State – Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite
9. Southern – Human Jukebox
10. Alabama A&M – Marching Maroon and White
11. South Carolina State – Marching 101
12. Delaware State – Approaching Storm
13. Mississippi Valley State – Mean Green Marching Machine
14. North Carolina Central – Sound Machine
15. Hampton – Marching Force

Auxiliary

1. Southern – Dancing Dolls
2. North Carolina A&T – Golden Delight
3. Texas Southern – Motion of the Ocean
4. Norfolk State – Hot Ice 
5. Prairie View A&M – Black Foxes 
6. Hampton – Ebony Fire
7. Bethune-Cookman – 14 Karat Dancers
8. Alabama A&M – Dancin’ Divas
9. Arkansas–Pine Bluff – Golden Girls
10. Alabama State – Mighty Marching Hornets
11. Florida A&M – Marching “100”
12. South Carolina State – Champagne
13. Tennessee State – Sophisticated Ladies
14. Howard – Ooh La La
15. Jackson State – The J-Settes