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SWAC to launch ‘a gamechanger’ with league-run streaming platform

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The SWAC has taken a significant leap into digital sports broadcasting by announcing an exclusive streaming platform that will start televising all 18 conference-sponsored sports this fall. In a statement on Tuesday, SWAC Commissioner Dr. Charles McClelland hailed the launch as a “gamechanger,” underscoring the technological leap the conference is making. “For the first time […]

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SWAC national TV ESPN schedule heavy on HBCU national champions

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The SWAC announced on Tuesday the league’s 2025 football schedule on ESPN, highlighted by several highly anticipated games on the network’s linear and digital platforms. Defending SWAC West Division champion Southern will kick off league coverage during Week 0 on Saturday, August 23, when the Jaguars travel to Atlanta to face North Carolina Central in the

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5 biggest football questions ahead of SWAC Media Day

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The SWAC’s annual Football Media Day takes place this week, and ahead of the festivities, we give you our top five questions about Media Day and the 2025 season. 1. Can Jackson State run it back? The Tigers’ second season under T.C. Taylor was a successful one. They returned to the top of the SWAC

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6 HBCU football players named 2025 preseason FCS All-Americans

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The 2025 HBCU football season is less than a month from kicking off, and the preseason honors continue to roll in. This time, it’s STATS Perform released its FCS preseason All-American team, which features nine HBCU names. First Team Travis Terrell, Jackson State, KR Despite losing offensive talent from its HBCU national championship team, the

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SWAC football games dominate HBCU GO 2025 national streaming slate

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HBCU GO, in partnership with affiliate network The Grio, has unveiled a sweeping 2025 football broadcast schedule. The schedule promises fans 26 marquee matchups over 13 weeks and delivers unprecedented exposure for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the nation. The season launches August 30 with a high-profile showdown between Hampton and Jackson State,

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Jackson State HBCU national championship QB leads preseason All-SWAC team

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The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2025 Preseason All-SWAC Football selections on Monday morning. The Preseason All-SWAC Football selections were voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. Jackson State’s Jacobian Morgan was named Preseason Offensive Player of the Year while Southern’s Ckelby Givens was tabbed Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.

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Delaware State gets $20 million boost in athletic facility funding

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Delaware State’s Athletics Transformation Project received a significant boost by passing the 2025-26 fiscal year state budget. The university received $20 million for a multipurpose field house to help the football team and other athletic programs recruit battles against schools with more modern facilities. “It’s going to inject a lot of energy and goodwill into

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Ex-Texas Southern football player reportedly killed in parking lot dispute

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Tyler Martinez, a 24-year-old former defensive tackle for Texas Southern University, was shot and killed during a dispute at an apartment complex parking garage late Friday, according to reports. According to Houston police, the incident occurred at the Mac 4460 Apartments on South MacGregor Way near Calhoun, where both Martinez and the alleged shooter, Isaac

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For the first time, a woman will be the voice of an HBCU football team

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Alabama A&M has named the first woman in school history to be the football team’s play-by-play announcer. Thai Floyd will call Bulldogs games during the 2025 season, making her the first woman to be in the full-time role for an HBCU football team. Floyd, a Florida A&M alum, is a longtime broadcast journalist who most

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The 15 best HBCU football games of the 2025 football season

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Here is the most intriguing matchup of the 2025 HBCU football season every week. Week 0: North Carolina Central v. Southern The HBCU football season begins as it does every year, with the MEAC/SWAC Challenge contested between North Carolina Central and Southern. Beyond this being a yearly tradition, both teams involved are expected to be

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