Southwestern Athletic Conference - Football

The Southwestern Athletic Conference administers NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision competition for 12 historically Black colleges and universities. Its football schedule includes conference games, rivalry classics, homecoming events and the annual SWAC Championship Game between the Eastern and Western Division champions. Prairie View A&M won the 2025 Pepsi SWAC Football Championship Game 23–21 over Jackson State, earning its first conference title since 2009 and a berth in the Cricket Celebration Bowl. Quarterback Cameron Peters and linebacker Darrell Starling Jr. were named the championship game’s Most Valuable Players. The 2026 season features all 12 SWAC institutions, with 49 regular-season games scheduled for the conference’s free SWAC TV platform and the championship game set for 5 December at the campus site of the highest-ranked division champion.