The SWAC Announces 2021 Spring Football Schedule

The SWAC is the first FCS conference to announce what its spring football season will look like.

Games begin Feb. 27 with the Cricket Wireless SWAC Championship Game scheduled for May 1. Each team will get a bye week on March 13.

With the conference split between the East and West divisions, each SWAC team will play six conference games — four games against division opponents and two games against non-division opponents. The schools have the option to play one non-conference game.

Here’s the week-by-week schedule:

February 27

• Alcorn State at Alabama A&M
• Southern at Alabama State
• Mississippi Valley State at Jackson State
• Texas Southern at Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• Prairie View A&M vs. Grambling State (State Fair Classic)

March 6

• Alabama A&M at Mississippi Valley State
• Alabama State at Alcorn State
• Jackson State at Grambling State
• Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Southern
• Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M (Labor Day Classic)

March 13

Bye Week

 March 20

• Alabama A&M at Prairie View A&M
• Jackson State at Alabama State
• Alcorn State at Mississippi Valley State
• Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Grambling State
• Southern at Texas Southern

March 27

• Grambling State at Alabama A&M
• Alabama State at Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• Alcorn State at Southern
• Prairie View A&M at Jackson State

April 3

• Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Mississippi Valley State
• Grambling State at Texas Southern

April 10

• Alabama A&M at Jackson State
• Mississippi Valley State at Alabama State
• Texas Southern at Alcorn State
• Southern at Prairie View A&M

April 17

• Alabama State vs. Alabama A&M (Magic City Classic)
• Jackson State at Alcorn State
• Mississippi Valley State at Texas Southern
• Prairie View A&M at Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• Grambling State vs. Southern (Bayou Classic)

April 24

Open Date

May 1

Cricket Wireless SWAC Football Championship