Southwestern Athletic Conference announces spring football schedule

The Southwestern Athletic Conference confirmed on Monday that the league will host a springtime football season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Via a press release, the conference announced that the 10 SWAC schools will play six league games and one non-conference opponent. The campaign begins Feb. 27 and concludes with the conference title game on May 1. The school holding the highest seed will host the championship contest.

March 13 will be a Bye week with the hope that students will be able to attend March Madness basketball games.

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.”  

The Big Ten, Pac-12, Ivy League, Mid-American Conference, and Mountain West are among collegiate bodies that are also considering hosting spring football formats because of the uncontrolled virus outbreak.