Primary HBCU Conferences
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The crown of HBCU athletics. Founded in 1920, the SWAC is home to Southern, Grambling, Jackson State, and Alcorn — programs that have shaped Black college football and basketball for over a century.
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The heartbeat of HBCU athletics on the East Coast. The MEAC brings together Norfolk State, Howard, South Carolina State, and others — united by tradition, rivalry, and the Battle of the Bands.
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The oldest HBCU athletic conference in the country, founded in 1912. The CIAA Tournament in Charlotte has become one of the biggest events in Black college sports — a cultural institution in its own right.
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Deep South HBCU football and basketball at its finest. The SIAC connects programs like Tuskegee, Fort Valley State, and Albany State — schools with proud athletic traditions and fiercely loyal fan bases.
HBCU Athletic Conference
The only HBCU conference in the NAIA. Fifteen programs — including Dillard, Fisk, Stillman, Tougaloo, and Wilberforce — competing on the hardwood every season with a shot at the national stage.
HBCUs CAA & Others
Some HBCUs compete in non-HBCU-specific conferences or as independents — schools like Howard (formerly MEAC, now CAA) and others finding their footing at the D1 level. They’re still HBCU. We still track them.
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