Editing Southwestern Athletic Conference (section)

==Competitions==
The SWAC is one of three [[NCAA Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] conferences &ndash; the others being the [[Ivy League]] and the [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]] &ndash; whose conference champion does not participate in the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|FCS playoffs]], opting instead to play in the [[Celebration Bowl]] against the champion of the MEAC. However, SWAC teams can still be invited via an at-large invitation, as was the case in 2021 when SWAC member Florida A&M University was invited over SWAC conference football champion Jackson State, who was obligated via contract to play in the 2021 Celebration Bowl. The SWAC instead splits its schools into two divisions, and plays a conference championship game. Three of the SWAC's teams, Alabama State in the [[Turkey Day Classic]] and Grambling and Southern in the [[Bayou Classic]], play their last games of the regular season on [[American football on Thanksgiving|Thanksgiving weekend]], preventing the SWAC Championship from being decided until the first weekend of December, long after the tournament is underway.

Current championship competition offered by the SWAC includes competition for men in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track, outdoor track & field and tennis. Women's competition is offered in the sports of basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, indoor track, outdoor track & field, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.<ref name="History"/>