Bethune-Cookman has agreed to leave the MEAC and join the SWAC in 2021. Florida A&M had joined the SWAC earlier this month. The two Florida schools will bring the number of SWAC schools to 12.
The changes will also help Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M's athletics budgets because, being the farthest west schools in the conference, they won't have to travel to the east portion of the conference as much, since each conference school will not have to play every other conference school every year as they do now.
The changes will also help Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M's athletics budgets because, being the farthest west schools in the conference, they won't have to travel to the east portion of the conference as much, since each conference school will not have to play every other conference school every year as they do now.