The Wildcats football team belongs to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference that plays for the NCAA Division I-AA for football.
BCU has a very intense rivalry with Florida A&M University. The teams meet annually in the Florida Classic, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, which is considered the largest football rivalry between two historically black colleges. The rivalry is leaded by the FAMU Rattlers 43-11-1.
Between the notable former players of the university we can mention the NFL Hall of Fame Offensive Tackle, Larry Little, who also was the BCU head coach in the middle 1990's. |