The Southwestern Athletic Conference spring football season is now set.
The SWAC announced earlier this week the schedules for all 10 schools — including both Louisiana-based schools Southern University and Grambling State — for the upcoming 2021 spring football season. The revamped schedule includes one non-conference open date for each team and conference contests scheduled each week.
The SWAC designated a bye week for each team during the week of March 13 to ensure that fans and supporters have the opportunity to attend the Cricket Wireless Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments (March 9-13).
“The SWAC Council of Presidents and Chancellors, Sports Administrators Committee, COVID-19 Advisory Committee, along with our fall sports scheduling groups have worked tirelessly over recent months to get to the point where we are able to announce a significant part of the rescheduling of our fall sports,” SWAC Commissioner Dr. Charles McClelland said. “Collectively as a conference, we look forward to continuing on the path to a safe return to competition that we know all of our student-athletes, team staff, institutional administrators and supporters would like to see in the coming months. This schedule allows the needed flexibility for any additional adjustments that will need to be made once the NCAA releases its revised spring calendar. Clearly our plans in regards to the safe return to competition within our league will ultimately be dictated by the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the respective regions of our member institutions.”
Each program will play six conference games which will include four games against division opponents and two more against non-division opponents. Every team will have the option to play one non-conference game.
The spring season will conclude with the Cricket Wireless SWAC Championship Game which is set to be played on Saturday, May 1.
Southern Spring Schedule
Feb. 26 at Alabama State
March 6 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
March 13 BYE
March 20 at Texas Southern
March 27 vs. Alcorn State
April 3 OPEN
April 10 at Prairie View A&M
April 17 vs. Grambling State
April 24 OPEN
Grambling Spring Schedule
Feb. 27 vs. Prairie View A&M
March 6 vs. Jackson State
March 13 BYE
March 20 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
March 27 at Alabama A&M
April 3 at Texas Southern
April 10 OPEN
April 17 vs. Southern
April 24 OPEN