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| Association | NCAA |
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| Founded | 1920 |
| Commissioner | Charles McClelland |
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| Division | Division I |
| Subdivision | FCS |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Region | Southern |
| Official website | www |
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The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for most sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly referred to as Division I-AA.
The SWAC is considered the premier HBCU conference and ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of alumni affiliated with professional sports teams, particularly in football.[1] On the gridiron, the conference has been the biggest draw on the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level of the NCAA, leading the nation in average home attendance every year except one since FCS has been in existence.[2][3] In 1994, the SWAC fell just 40,000 fans short of becoming the first non-Football Bowl Subdivision conference to attract one million fans to its home games.
- ^ "Y-E-A promotes SWAC Championship at Texas Black Expo - SWAC - Southwestern Athletic Conference". SWAC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ Sports, HBCU (June 15, 2019). "SWAC earns FCS game attendance title for 2018".
- ^ HBCU Sports May 19, 2015 Football 2 Comments (May 19, 2015). "SWAC Ranks No.1 In FCS Football Attendance". HBCU Sports. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
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