SWAC Announces 2008 Football Schedule

The Southwestern Athletic Conference announces its 2008 football schedule highlighted by classics, traditional rivalries and televised contests.

In addition to the schedule, the Conference has revised its tiebreaker policy. As football will be moving to a seven-game conference mandate, the SWAC Council of Presidents approved a new divisional tiebreaker to decide the participants in the SWAC Championship Football Game. The new system will be in effect for the 2008 season and focuses on a team’s play during divisional action.

1. TWO-TEAM TIE

a. Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.

b. Records of the tied teams within the division.

c. Head-to-head competition versus the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.

d. Overall record versus non-division teams.

e. Combined record versus all common non-divisional teams.

f. Record versus common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.

2. THREE (OR MORE) TEAM TIE

(Once the tie has been reduced to two teams, go to the two-team tie breaker format)

a. Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.

b. Records of the tied teams within the division.

c. Head-to-head competition versus the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.

d. Overall record versus non-division teams.

e. Combined record versus all common non-divisional teams.

f. Record versus common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.

Alabama A&M “BULLDOGS”

Aug 30 TENNESSEE STATE Huntsville, Ala. 6p

Sep 06 at Jacksonville State Jacksonville, Ala. 6p

Sep 13 at Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, La. 6p

Sep 20 CENTRAL STATE Huntsville, Ala. 6p

Sep 27 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Ark. 6p

Oct 04 vs Tuskegee Indianapolis, Ind. 3p

Oct 11 GRAMBLING STATE Huntsville, Ala. 3p

Oct 18 ALCORN STATE Huntsville, Ala. 6p

Oct 25 vs Alabama State Birmingham, Ala. 2:30p

Nov 08 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M Huntsville, Ala. 1p

Nov 15 at Jackson State Jackson, Miss. 3p

Nov 22 at Miss. Valley State Itta Bena, Miss. 2p

Alabama State “Hornets”

Aug 30 at Florida A&M Tallahassee, Fla. 5p

Sep 06 at Bethune-Cookman Daytona Beach, Fla. 3p

Sep 20 at Alabama-Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. 3p

Sep 25 MISS. VALLEY STATE Montgomery, Ala. 7p

Oct 11 at Prairie View A&M Prairie View, Texas 2p

Oct 18 at Grambling State Grambling, La. 2p

Oct 25 vs Alabama A&M Birmingham, Ala. 2:30p

Nov 01 at Alcorn State Alcorn State, Miss. 1p

Nov 08 JACKSON STATE Jackson, Miss. 1p

Nov 15 Southern University TBA TBA

Nov 26 TUSKEGEE Montgomery, Ala. 1p

Alcorn State “BRAVES”

Aug 30 SOUTHEASTERN LA. Alcorn State, Miss. 1p

Sep 06 at Grambling State Grambling, La. 6p

Sep 13 at Troy University Troy, Ala. 6p

Sep 18 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF Alcorn State, Miss. 6:30p

Sep 27 SOUTHERN Alcorn State, Miss. 1p

Oct 11 at Miss. Valley State Itta Bena, Miss. 1p

Oct 18 at Alabama A&M Huntsville, Ala. 6p

Oct 25 TEXAS SOUTHERN Alcorn State, Miss. 2p

Nov 01 ALABAMA STATE Alcorn State, Miss. 1p

Nov 15 at Prairie View A&M Prairie View A&M 2p

Nov 22 vs. Jackson State Jackson, Miss. 1p

Arkansas-Pine Bluff “GOLDEN LIONS”

Aug 30 ARK.-MONTICELLO Pine Bluff, Ark. 6p

Sep 06 at Henderson State Arkadelphia, Ark. 6p

Sep 13 at Central Arkansas Little Rock, Ark. 6p

Sep 18 at Alcorn State Alcorn State, Miss. 6:30p

Sep 27 ALABAMA A&M Pine Bluff, Ark. 6p

Oct 11 JACKSON STATE Pine Bluff, Ark. 4p

Oct 18 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M Pine Bluff, Ark. 4p

Oct 25 LINCOLN Pine Bluff, Ark. 2:30p

Nov 01 at Southern Baton Rouge, La. 5p

Nov 08 vs Grambling State Little Rock, Ark. 6p

Nov 15 MISS. VALLEY STATE Pine Bluff, Ark. 4p

Nov 29 vs Texas Southern Dallas, Texas 2:30p

Grambling State “TIGERS”

Aug 30 at Nevada Reno, Nev. 6:05p (PST)

Sep 06 ALCORN STATE Grambling, La. 6p

Sep 13 at Northwestern State Natchitoches, La. 6p

Sep 20 JACKSON STATE Grambling, La. 6p

Sep 27 LANGSTON Grambling, La. 3p

Oct 04 vs Prairie View A&M Dallas, Texas 6p

Oct 11 at Alabama A&M Huntsville, Ala. 3p

Oct 18 ALABAMA STATE Grambling, La. 2p

Nov 01 at Miss. Valley State Itta Bena, Miss. 1p

Nov 08 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Little Rock, Ark. 6p

Nov 20 at Texas Southern Houston, Texas 8p

Nov 29 vs SOUTHERN New Orleans, La. 1p

Jackson State “TIGERS”

Aug 31 vs Hampton Orlando, Fla. 1p

Sep 06 STILLMAN COLLEGE Jackson, Miss. 6p

Sep 13 vs Tennessee State Memphis, Tenn. 6p

Sep 20 at Grambling State Grambling, La. 6p

Oct 04 SOUTHERN Jackson, Miss. 6p

Oct 11 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Ark. 4p

Oct 18 at Texas Southern Houston, Texas 7p

Oct 25 MISS. VALLEY STATE Jackson, Miss. 3p

Nov 08 at Alabama State Montgomery, Ala. 1p

Nov 15 ALABAMA A&M Jackson, Miss. 3p

Nov 22 vs ALCORN STATE Jackson, Miss. 1p

Mississippi Valley State “DELTA DEVILS”

Aug 30 TEXAS COLLEGE Itta Bena, Miss. 5p

Sep 13 at Southern Baton Rouge, La. 5p

Sep 20 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M Itta Bena, Miss. 5p

Sep 25 at Alabama State Montgomery, Ala. 7p

Oct 11 ALCORN STATE Itta Bena, Miss. 1p

Oct 18 SAVANNAH STATE Itta Bena, Miss. 1p

Oct 25 at Jackson State Jackson, Miss. 3p

Nov 01 GRAMBLING STATE Itta Bena, Miss. 1p

Nov 08 at Texas Southern Houston, Texas 2p

Nov 15 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Ark. 4p

Nov 22 ALABAMA A&M Itta Bena, Miss. 2p

Prairie View A&M “PANTHERS”

Aug 30 vs Texas Southern Houston, Texas 7p

Sep 06 TEXAS COLLEGE Prairie View, Texas 4p

Sep 13 at Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas 6p

Sep 20 at Miss. Valley State Itta Bena, Miss. 5p

Sep 27 vs Morehouse College Los Angeles, Calif. 2:30 (PST)

Oct 04 vs. Grambling State Dallas, Texas 6p

Oct 11 ALABAMA STATE Prairie View, Texas 2p

Oct 18 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Ark. 4p

Oct 25 SOUTHERN Houston, Texas 6p

Nov 08 at Alabama A&M Huntsville, Ala. 1p

Nov 15 ALCORN STATE Prairie View, Texas 2p

Southern University “JAGUARS”

Aug 30 at Univ. of Houston Houston, Texas 6p

Sep 06 at Tennessee State Nashville, Tenn. 6p

Sep 13 MISS. VALLEY STATE Baton Rouge, La. 6p

Sep 27 at Alcorn State Alcorn State, Miss. 1p

Oct 04 at Jackson State Jackson, Miss. 6p

Oct 11 TEXAS SOUTHERN Baton Rouge, La. 5:30p

Oct 18 FLORIDA A&M Baton Rouge, La. 6p

Oct 25 at Prairie View A&M Houston, Texas 6p

Nov 01 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF Baton Rouge, La. 5p

Nov 15 Alabama State TBA TBA

Nov 29 vs GRAMBLING STATE New Orleans, La. 1p

Texas Southern “TIGERS”

Aug 30 vs. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M Houston, Texas 7p

Sep 06 at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. 6p

Sep 13 vs Shaw University Sacramento, Calif. 5p (PST)

Sep 20 at Texas College Tyler, Texas 5p

Sep 27 CONCORDIA Houston, Texas 2p

Oct 04 at Texas State San Marcos, Texas 6p

Oct 11 at Southern Baton Rouge, La. 5:30p

Oct 18 JACKSON STATE Houston, Texas 7p

Oct 25 at Alcorn State Alcorn State, Miss. 2p

Nov 08 MISS. VALLEY STATE Houston, Texas 2p

Nov 20 GRAMBLING STATE Houston, Texas 8p

Nov 29 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff Dallas, Texas 2:30p