Prairie View, Celebration Bowl and South Carolina State
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Prairie View A&M suffered a heartbreaking loss in its bid for the school's first national championship in 61 years.
South Carolina State pulled out an improbable win to seize the Cricket Celebration bowl in a 40-38 game over Prairie View A&M.
The de facto national champion of HBCU football will be crowned on Saturday when the South Carolina State Bulldogs (9-3) take on the Prairie View A&M Panthers (10-3) in the annual Celebration Bowl between the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Southwestern Athletic Conference at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.