The Brevard College football team has been selected to finish in fourth place in the 2024 USA South Conference Football Coaches’ Poll.
Huntingdon was placed atop the rankings after receiving 59 total points and three of the possible nine first place votes. The Hawks finished last season with a 6-1 conference record, good for second in the standings. The defending league champions, Belhaven, along with Maryville, shared the second spot in the poll with 55 points each. Belhaven grabbed two first place votes while Maryville collected three. Brevard rounded out the top-four with 45 points and the final first place vote.
Since the first conference football preseason poll in 2003, the Huntingdon program, who joined the USA South in 2013, has been picked to capture the title seven times, following through on that prediction five times. The team picked first in the preseason poll’s history has grabbed the conference crown 11 out of 20 years. Conversely, the team picked second has won the conference championship five times, including last season.
| 2024 USA South Coaches Preseason Football Poll | ||
| Rank | Institution (1st Place Votes) | Points |
| 1. | Huntingdon (3) | 59 |
| t-2. | Belhaven* (2) | 55 |
| t-2. | Maryville (3) | 55 |
| 4. | Brevard (1) | 45 |
| 5. | N.C. Wesleyan | 35 |
| 6. | Greensboro | 24 |
| 7. | Methodist | 23 |
| 8. | Southern Virginia | 15 |
| 9. | LaGrange | 13 |
| *Defending Champion | ||
| All-Time Football Conference Records (listed by wins of current Conference members) | ||||
| Team | Seasons | Record | Pct. | Conference Championships |
| Maryville | 19 | 79-51 | .608 | 4 |
| N.C. Wesleyan | 20 | 78-57 | .578 | 3 |
| Methodist | 23 | 72-82 | .468 | 3 |
| Huntingdon | 11 | 64-11 | .853 | 7 |
| Greensboro | 23 | 30-123 | .196 | 0 |
| Brevard | 6 | 26-13 | .667 | 1 |
| LaGrange | 11 | 22-57 | .278 | 0 |
| Belhaven | 2 | 13-3 | .813 | 1 |
| Southern Virginia | 3 | 3-19 | .136 | 0 |
The Tornados will open their 2024 season on Saturday, September 14 vs. non-conference foe Hampden-Sydney College for a 1 p.m. kickoff at Ives-Lemel Family Field. BC then returns home the very next week with the USA South Conference opener against Belhaven University on Saturday, September 21 at 1 p.m. BC will celebrate Homecoming on Saturday, October 12 vs. Greensboro College with a special 6 p.m. kickoff time. BC then welcomes conference foe LaGrange College to Ives-Lemel Family Field on Saturday, October 19 at 3:30 p.m. for a Hometown Heroes Celebration at Brevard College. The Tornados will close the home schedule with Senior Day on Saturday, November 2 at 12 p.m. vs. Methodist University.
Brevard College Football enters the 2024 season after going 5-2 in USA South Conference play in 2023, the fifth consecutive winning season in league play. The Tornados earned numerous accolades last season, including five All-Conference selections, four National Football Foundation Hampshire Society honorees and two CSC Academic All-District award winners.
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