Virginia Union University and Miles College will play in this year's classic.

Each college football program won its league a year ago.

Virginia Union and Miles are both nationally ranked in NCAA Division II entering this season.

CANTON — The annual Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic — a celebration of historically Black colleges and universities — returns to Canton this weekend.

Virginia Union University and Miles College will meet Aug. 31 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. It marks the first time in the six-year history that the game will feature the defending football champions from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Both teams also are nationally ranked. The Virginia Union Panthers are No. 19 and the Mi

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