| Southwestern Athletic Conference | |
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| Association: | NCAA |
| Division: | Division I |
| Subdivision: | FCS |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Sports: | 18 |
| Mens: | 8 |
| Womens: | 10 |
| Region: | Southern |
| Headquarters: | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Commissioner: | Charles McClelland |
| Map: | File:Swac2021.png |
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The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for most sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly referred to as Division I-AA.
The SWAC is considered the premier HBCU conference and ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of alumni affiliated with professional sports teams, particularly in football.[1] On the gridiron, the conference has been the biggest draw on the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level of the NCAA, leading the nation in average home attendance every year except one since FCS has been in existence.[2] [3] In 1994, the SWAC fell just 40,000 fans short of becoming the first non-Football Bowl Subdivision conference to attract one million fans to its home games.
In 1920, athletic officials from six Texas HBCUs - C. H. Fuller of Bishop College, Red Randolph and C. H. Patterson of Paul Quinn College, E. G. Evans, H. J. Evans and H. J. Starns of Prairie View A&M, D. C. Fuller of Texas College and G. Whitte Jordan of Wiley University - met in Houston to discuss common interests. At this meeting, they agreed to form a new league, the SWAC.
Paul Quinn became the first of the original members to withdraw from the league in 1929. When Langston University of Oklahoma was admitted into the conference two years later, it began the migration of state-supported institutions into the SWAC. Southern University entered the ranks in 1934, followed by Arkansas AM&N (now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in 1936 and Texas Southern University in 1954.
Rapid growth in enrollment of the state-supported schools made it difficult for the church-supported schools to finance their athletics programs and one by one they fell victim to the growing prowess of the state-supported colleges. Huston–Tillotson (formerly Samuel Huston) withdrew from the conference in 1954,[4] Bishop in 1956, and Langston in 1957—one year before the admittance of two more state-supported schools: Grambling College and Jackson State College. The enter-exit cycle continued in 1962 when Texas College withdrew,[5] followed by the admittance of Alcorn A&M (now Alcorn State University) that same year. Wiley left in 1968, the same year Mississippi Valley State College entered. Arkansas AM&N exited in 1970 and Alabama State University entered in 1982. Arkansas–Pine Bluff (formerly Arkansas AM&N) rejoined the SWAC on July 1, 1997, regaining full-member status one year later. Alabama A&M University became the conference's tenth member when it became a full member in September 1999 after a one-year period as an affiliate SWAC member.[6] Most of the former SWAC members that have left the conference are currently a part of the Red River Athletic Conference of the NAIA.
On 3 September 2020, the SWAC had announced that there would be a division realignment with the additions of Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman University beginning with the 2021–22 academic year; which both would compete in the SWAC East, while Alcorn State would be moving to the SWAC West.[7]
The SWAC is one of three FCS conferences - the others being the Ivy League and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference - whose conference champion does not participate in the FCS playoffs, opting instead to play in the Celebration Bowl against the champion of the MEAC. However, SWAC teams can still be invited via an at-large invitation, as was the case in 2021 when SWAC member Florida A&M University was invited over SWAC conference football champion Jackson State, who was obligated via contract to play in the 2021 Celebration Bowl. The SWAC instead splits its schools into two divisions, and plays a conference championship game. Three of the SWAC's teams, Alabama State in the Turkey Day Classic and Grambling and Southern in the Bayou Classic, play their last games of the regular season on Thanksgiving weekend, preventing the SWAC Championship from being decided until the first weekend of December, long after the tournament is underway.
Current championship competition offered by the SWAC includes competition for men in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track, outdoor track & field and tennis. Women's competition is offered in the sports of basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, indoor track, outdoor track & field, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.[6]
The SWAC currently has 12 full members, all but one are public schools:
The SWAC had six former full members, all but one were private schools:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | Left | Current conference | |
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| Bishop College | Marshall, Texas | 1881 | Baptist HMS | N/A | Tigers | 1920–21 | 1955–56 | N/A | |
| Huston–Tillotson University | Austin, Texas | 1881 | Methodist, Church of Christ | 900 | Rams | 1920–21 | 1953–54 | Red River (RRAC) | |
| Langston University | Langston, Oklahoma | 1897 | Public | 3,922 | Lions | 1931–32 | 1956–57 | Sooner (SAC) | |
| Paul Quinn College | Dallas, Texas | 1872 | A.M.E. Church | 1,020 | Tigers | 1920–21 | 1928–29 | Red River (RRAC) | |
| Texas College | Tyler, Texas | 1894 | C.M.E. Church | 600 | Steers | 1920–21 | 1961–62 | Red River (RRAC) | |
| Wiley University | Marshall, Texas | 1873 | United Methodist | 1,200 | Wildcats | 1920–21 | 1967–68 | Gulf Coast (GCAC) |
Alcorn State moved to the West Division with the additions of both Bethune–Cookman and Florida A&M in 2021.
| Alabama A&M | Alcorn State | |
| Alabama State | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | |
| Bethune-Cookman | Grambling State | |
| Florida A&M | Prairie View A&M | |
| Jackson State | Southern | |
| Mississippi Valley State | Texas Southern |
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The SWAC sponsors championship competitions in eight men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[8]
| Men's | Women's | ||
| Baseball | |||
| Basketball | |||
| Bowling | |||
| Cross Country | |||
| Football | |||
| Golf | |||
| Soccer | |||
| Softball | |||
| Tennis | |||
| Track and Field (Indoor) | |||
| Track and Field (Outdoor) | |||
| Volleyball |
| School | Baseball | Basketball | Cross Country | Football | Golf | Tennis | Track & Field (Indoor) | Track & Field (Outdoor) | Total SWAC Sports | |
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| Alabama A&M | 8 | |||||||||
| Alabama State | 8 | |||||||||
| Alcorn State | 7 | |||||||||
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 8 | |||||||||
| Bethune-Cookman | 8 | |||||||||
| Florida A&M | 6 | |||||||||
| Grambling State | 6 | |||||||||
| Jackson State | 7 | |||||||||
| Mississippi Valley | 7 | |||||||||
| Prairie View | 8 | |||||||||
| Southern | 6 | |||||||||
| Texas Southern | 7 | |||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 86 |
| School | Basketball | Bowling | Cross Country | Golf | Soccer | Softball | Tennis | Track & Field (Indoor) | Track & Field (Outdoor) | Volleyball | Total SWAC Sports | |
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| Alabama A&M | 9 | |||||||||||
| Alabama State | 10 | |||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 8 | |||||||||||
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 8 | |||||||||||
| Bethune-Cookman | 9 | |||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 8 | |||||||||||
| Grambling State | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jackson State | 9 | |||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley | 8 | |||||||||||
| Prairie View | 10 | |||||||||||
| Southern | 9 | |||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 9 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 106 |
Prior to splitting into divisions and using a postseason championship game to decide its overall champion, the SWAC determined its champions by winning-percentage against conference opponents in regular season play.
In 1933 Langston appeared to win the title outright with a 4–0 conference record after the regular season, while Wiley finished 4–1, and Prairie View A&M finished 3–1. Langston was invited to the Prairie View Bowl, which was won by Prairie View. The Panthers subsequently declared themselves SWAC champions even though their claim was based on a postseason game. The SWAC seems to acknowledge both schools' claims to the title in the conference's football media guide,[14] although some other sources[15] including Michael Hurd's Black College Football, 1892–1992: One Hundred Years of History, Education, and Pride (1993) also list Wiley as an additional co-champion, apparently since all three schools had 4–1 records against conference opponents if the postseason game is incorporated into the regular season conference standings.
Prairie View vacated[15] its 1941 championship.[16] No championship was awarded in 1943 due to World War II.[15] Grambling vacated its 1975 championship due to a violation of SWAC rules for scheduling opponents.
See main article: SWAC Championship Game. Games from 1999 to 2012 were played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The conference moved the game in 2013 to NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Starting in 2019, the game will officially be played at the first place team's home. Since 2015, the winner of the SWAC plays the winner of the MEAC conference in an overall HBCU championship bowl game called the Celebration Bowl in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The MEAC gave up its automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs for this game.
Texas Southern vacated its 2010 championship due to violations of NCAA rules.[17]
The 2020–21 football season was played during Spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | |
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| 1999 | Southern | Jackson State | 31–30 | |
| 2000 | Grambling | Alabama A&M | 14–6 | |
| 2001 | Grambling | Alabama State | 38–31 | |
| 2002 | Grambling | Alabama A&M | 31–19 | |
| 2003 | Southern | Alabama State | 20–9 | |
| 2004 | Alabama State | Southern | 40–35 | |
| 2005 | Grambling | Alabama A&M | 45–6 | |
| 2006 | Alabama A&M | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 22–13 | |
| 2007 | Jackson State | Grambling | 42–31 | |
| 2008 | Grambling | Jackson State | 41–9 | |
| 2009 | Prairie View A&M | Alabama A&M | 30-24 | |
| 2010 | Texas Southern (vacated) | Alabama State | 11–6 | |
| 2011 | Grambling | Alabama A&M | 16–15 | |
| 2012 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Jackson State | 24–21 | |
| 2013 | Southern | Jackson State | 34–27 | |
| 2014 | Alcorn State | Southern | 38–24 | |
| 2015 | Alcorn State | Grambling | 49–21[18] | |
| 2016 | Grambling | Alcorn State | 27–20 | |
| 2017 | Grambling | Alcorn State | 40–32 | |
| 2018 | Alcorn State | Southern | 37–28 | |
| 2019 | Alcorn State | Southern | 39–24 | |
| 2020 | Alabama A&M | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 40–33 | |
| 2021 | Jackson State | Prairie View A&M | 27–10 | |
| 2022 | Jackson State | Southern | 43–24 | |
| 2023 | Florida A&M | Prairie View A&M | 35–14 |
Since splitting into western and eastern divisions and using a postseason championship game to decide its overall champion, the SWAC determines its division champions by winning-percentage against conference opponents in regular season play. For the 1999 season only, inter-divisional conference games did not count in the conference standings. Each division's outright champion or top-seeded co-champion advances to the championship game.[14]
Texas Southern vacated its 2010 division championship due to violations of NCAA rules.[17]
| Year | Western Division champion(s) | Eastern Division champion(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Southern | Jackson State | |
| 2000 | Grambling | Alabama A&M | |
| 2001 | Grambling | Alabama State | |
| 2002 | Grambling | Alabama A&M | |
| 2003 | Southern | Alabama State | |
| 2004 | Southern | Alabama State | |
| 2005 | Grambling | Alabama A&M | |
| 2006 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Alabama A&M | |
| 2007 | Grambling | Jackson State | |
| 2008 | Grambling | Jackson State | |
| 2009 | Prairie View A&M | Alabama A&M | |
| 2010 | Texas Southern
| Alabama State | |
| 2011 | Grambling | Alabama A&M | |
| 2012 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Jackson State | |
| 2013 | Southern | Jackson State | |
| 2014 | Southern | Alcorn State | |
| 2015 | Grambling | Alcorn State | |
| 2016 | Grambling | Alcorn State | |
| 2017 | Grambling | Alcorn State | |
| 2018 | Southern | Alcorn State | |
| 2019 | Southern | Alcorn State | |
| 2020 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Alabama A&M | |
| 2021 | Prairie View A&M | Jackson State | |
| 2022 | Southern
| Jackson State | |
| 2023 | Prairie View A&M | Florida A&M |
Starting with the 2021 season with the additions of both Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M, the football schedule is as follows:
| Year | MEAC team | SWAC team | Attendance | Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 41 | Alcorn State Braves | 34 | 35,528 | MEAC 1–0 | |
| 2016 | North Carolina Central Eagles | 9 | Grambling Tigers | 10 | 31,096 | Tied 1–1 | |
| 2017 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 21 | Grambling Tigers | 14 | 25,873 | MEAC 2–1 | |
| 2018 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 24 | Alcorn State Braves | 22 | 31,672 | MEAC 3–1 | |
| 2019 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 64 | Alcorn State Braves | 44 | 32,968 | MEAC 4–1 | |
| 2021 | South Carolina State Bulldogs | 31 | Jackson State Tigers | 10 | 48,653 | MEAC 5–1 | |
| 2022 | North Carolina Central Eagles | 41 | Jackson State Tigers | 34 | 49,670 | MEAC 6–1 | |
| 2023 | Howard Bison | 26 | Florida A&M Rattlers | 30 | 41,108 | MEAC 6–2 | |
See also: SWAC men's basketball tournament. The 1977–78 season was the SWAC's first as an NCAA Division I basketball conference.[21]
The semi-final and championship SWAC Basketball Tournament games are held at the Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.[22] As of the 2017 tournaments,[23] they feature an eight-team three-day layout with the quarterfinal rounds hosted on campus sites. This changes the previous 10-team, five-day tournament format. The higher seeded teams will host a combined eight games leaving two days for travel and practice rounds. The tournament concludes with the semi-finals and championship rounds inside Birmingham's Bill Harris Arena. Winners of the tournaments earn automatic bids to their respective NCAA Division I Tournaments. The championship games are nationally televised live annually on an ESPN network.
| School | Championships | Years | |
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| Texas Southern | 1990, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 | ||
| Southern | 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2006, 2013, 2016 | ||
| Alcorn State | 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1999, 2002 | ||
| Jackson State | 1978, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2007 | ||
| Mississippi Valley State | 1986, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012 | ||
| Alabama State | 2001, 2004 2009, 2011 | ||
| Prairie View A&M | 1998, 2019 | ||
| Alabama A&M | 2005 | ||
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 2010 | ||
| Grambling State | 2024 |
See also: SWAC women's basketball tournament.
| Year | Regular season | Coach | Tournament | Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–82 | Jackson State | Sadie Magee | Jackson State | Sadie Magee | |
| 1982–83 | Jackson State | Sadie Magee | Jackson State | Sadie Magee | |
| 1983–84 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Jackson State | Sadie Magee | |
| 1984–85 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Jackson State | Sadie Magee | |
| 1985–86 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | |
| 1986–87 | Grambling | Patricia Bibbs | Mississippi Valley State | Jessie Harris | |
| 1987–88 | Mississippi Valley State | Jessie Harris | Grambling | Patricia Bibbs | |
| 1988–89 | Grambling | Patricia Bibbs | Alabama State | Ron Mitchell | |
| 1989–90 | Grambling | Patricia Bibbs | Jackson State | Andrew Pennington | |
| 1990–91 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | |
| 1991–92 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | |
| 1992–93 | Alcorn State Southern | Shirley Walker Herman Hartman | Mississippi Valley State | Jessie Harris | |
| 1993–94 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Grambling | Patricia Bibbs | |
| 1994–95 | Alcorn State Grambling Jackson State | Shirley Walker Patricia Bibbs Andrew Pennington | Jackson State | Andrew Pennington | |
| 1995–96 | Alcorn State Jackson State | Shirley Walker Andrew Pennington | Grambling | Patricia Bibbs | |
| 1996–97 | Grambling | Patricia Bibbs | Grambling | Patricia Bibbs | |
| 1997–98 | Grambling | David Ponton | Grambling | David Ponton | |
| 1998–99 | Grambling | David Ponton | Grambling | David Ponton | |
| 1999–00 | Grambling | David Ponton | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | |
| 2000–01 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | |
| 2001–02 | Southern | Sandy Pugh | Southern | Sandy Pugh | |
| 2002–03 | Alabama State Jackson State | Freda Freeman-Jackson Denise Taylor | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson | |
| 2003–04 | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson | Southern | Sandy Pugh | |
| 2004–05 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | |
| 2005–06 | Jackson State Southern | Denise Taylor Sandy Pugh | Southern | Sandy Pugh | |
| 2006–07 | Prairie View A&M Jackson State | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke Denise Taylor | Prairie View A&M | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | |
| 2007–08 | Prairie View A&M | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | Jackson State | Denise Taylor | |
| 2008–09 | Prairie View A&M | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | Prairie View A&M | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | |
| 2009–10 | Southern | Sandy Pugh | Southern | Sandy Pugh | |
| 2010–11 | Southern | Sandy Pugh | Prairie View A&M | Toyelle Wilson | |
| 2011–12 | Mississippi Valley State | Nate Kilbert | Prairie View A&M | Toyelle Wilson | |
| 2012–13 | Texas Southern | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | Prairie View A&M | Toyelle Wilson | |
| 2013–14 | Southern | Sandy Pugh | Prairie View A&M | Dawn Brown | |
| 2014–15 | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson | |
| 2015–16 | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson | |
| 2016–17 | Texas Southern | Johnetta Hayes-Perry | Texas Southern | Johnetta Hayes-Perry | |
| 2017–18 | Southern | Sandy Pugh | Grambling | Freddie Murray | |
| 2018–19 | Southern | Carlos Funchess | Southern | Carlos Funchess | |
| 2019–20 | Southern | Carlos Funchess | Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic | ||
| 2020–21 | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | |
| 2021–22 | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | |
| 2022–23 | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | Southern | Carlos Funchess | |
| 2023–24 | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | |
This is a list of the last 10 SWAC baseball champions; for the full history, see the list of Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball champions. In recent decades, the conference tournament has determined the overall champions; for specifics concerning the tournament in particular, see the Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament.
| Year | Program |
|---|---|
| Southern | |
| Southern | |
| Alabama State | |
| Florida A&M | |
| Grambling State | |
Marching bands have a rich tradition being a centerpiece of school spirit and pride for each institution in the conference. Furthermore, the competitiveness, prestige, pageantry, and showmanship of SWAC marching bands significantly add to the unique identity and culture of the conference.
| School | Band | Dance Auxiliary | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama A&M | Marching Maroon and White | Dancin' Divas | |
| Alabama State | Sensational Stingettes | ||
| Alcorn State | Sounds of Dynomite | World Renowned Golden Girls | |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Golden Girls | ||
| Bethune-Cookman | Marching Wildcats | 14 Karat Gold Dancers | |
| Florida A&M | ----- | ||
| Grambling State | Orchesis Dance Company | ||
| Jackson State | Prancing J-Settes | ||
| Mississippi Valley State | Mean Green Marching Machine | Satin Dolls | |
| Prairie View A&M | Black Foxes | ||
| Southern | Fabulous Dancing Dolls | ||
| Texas Southern | Motion of The Ocean |