SWAC Announces 2022 ESPN Football Schedule
By Keisha J Kelley
July 22, 2022

The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2022 SWAC Football ESPN broadcast schedule highlighted by several highly anticipated games slated to be available on ESPN’s linear and digital platforms.
Alabama State will kickoff league coverage during Week Zero on Saturday, August 27th. The Hornets will travel to face the Howard Bison in the 2022 MEAC/SWAC Challenge which is slated to be broadcast live on ESPN at 6:00 p.m. CST.
The schedule of games are also highlighted by several highly anticipated league classics such as the Labor Day Classic featuring Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M, the Magic City Classic featuring Alabama A&M versus Alabama State, the Boombox Classic featuring Southern at Jackson State, the Florida Classic featuring Bethune-Cookman versus Florida A&M.
The 2022 Cricket SWAC Football Championship Game is slated to be shown live on ESPN2 on Saturday, December 3rd at 3:00 pm CST.
The listing of upcoming SWAC football ESPN games that have been announced can be found below.
Additional games are scheduled to be announced later.
Date
Game
Watch
Aug. 27
Alabama State vs. Howard
ESPN
Sept. 3
Miles at Alabama State
ESPN+
Sept. 3
Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M
ESPN+
Sept. 10
South Carolina State at Bethune-Cookman
ESPN+
Sept. 17
Grambling at Jackson State
ESPNU
Sept. 17
Incarnate Word at Prairie View A&M
ESPN+
Sept. 24
Alabama A&M at Florida A&M
ESPN+
Sept. 24
Grambling State at Bethune-Cookman
ESPN+
Sept. 24
Mississippi Valley State at Jackson State
ESPN+
Oct. 8
Jackson State at Alabama State
ESPNU
Oct. 8
Alcorn State at Mississippi Valley State
ESPN+
Oct. 8
Southern at Prairie View A&M
ESPN+
Oct. 15
Alcorn State at Southern
ESPN+
Oct. 22
Texas Southern at Alcorn State
ESPN+
Oct. 29
Alabama A&M at Alabama State
TBA
Oct. 29
Alcorn State at Grambling State
ESPN+
Oct. 29
Southern at Jackson State
TBA
Nov. 3
Alabama A&M vs. Mississippi Valley State
ESPNU
Nov. 4
Alcorn State at Prairie View A&M
ESPNU
Nov. 5
Southern at Florida A&M
ESPNU
Nov. 5
Jackson State at Texas Southern
ESPN+
Nov. 5
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Grambling State
ESPN+
Nov. 12
Alabama A&M vs. Jackson State
ESPN+
Nov. 12
Grambling State at Texas Southern
ESPN+
Nov. 12
Mississippi Valley State at Southern
ESPN+
Nov. 19
Jackson State at Alcorn State
ESPN+
Nov. 19
Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M
ESPNU
Nov. 24
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Alabama State
ESPN+
Dec. 3
Cricket SWAC Football Championship
ESPN2
Courtesy of the SWAC