Southern
Alabama State
7:00 PM · Legion Field (neutral site)

What’s at stake

Alabama State

  • Alabama State football is the program that won a Black College National Championship in 1991 (11-0-1 under Houston Markham, capped by a 36-13 Heritage Bowl win over North Carolina A&T) and is now building toward that standard again. Alumnus Eddie Robinson Jr. enters his fifth season in 2026 off a 10-2, 2025 SWAC East co-championship — the program's first 10-win season since 2004 — and Alabama State was picked to win the SWAC East at 2026 Media Day.

Southern

  • A win would be one of Southern’s biggest of the season — a 86-spot gap in the power ratings.

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The series

Southern leads the series 8-4

12 meetings since 2007 · Alabama State has won the last 3

  • 2026 · neutral siteAlabama State 30–17
  • 2025Alabama State 30–7
  • 2023Alabama State 14–10
  • 2016Southern 64–6
  • 2015Southern 45–34

The line, and the room

The model and the market don’t fully agree on Alabama State’s chances here.

evenModel · 68%Market · 6%SouthernAlabama State

Home +19.5 · O/U 56.5

Conditions

90°F · 6 mph wind · Cloudy

Southern 17 – Alabama State 30

Alabama State 30: 64%Southern 17: 36%

Final: Alabama State 30, Southern 17.