Alabama A&M

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SWAC · Louis Crews Stadium · 21,000 · 13,691 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Bowie State · our model 95% Alabama A&M · a number, not a pick

LastW 30–3 vs Tennessee State · Sat Sep 12 · Jeremiah Hudson-Davis 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 INT

Nextvs Bowie State · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Louis Crews Stadium · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Alabama A&M · 2026 schedule & results2-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 29#189#235-1.5Howard (N)L 24–310-10-0
1Sep 5#189#335MilesW 38–231-10-0
2Sep 12#218#193+3.5Tennessee StateW 30–32-10-0
3Sep 19#191#339Bowie State
4Sep 26#191#223@Florida A&M
5Oct 3Jackson State (N)
6Oct 10Bethune-Cookman
7Oct 17Grambling
9Oct 31Alabama State (N)
10Nov 7@Prairie View A&M
11Nov 14Texas Southern
12Nov 21@Mississippi Valley State
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12Tennessee StateW 30–3+0.20035.3%156.6%Season-low EPA/play
Sep 5MilesW 38–23+0.45259.0%122.1%Season-high EPA/play
Aug 29HowardL 24–31+0.39343.9%154.3%Defense's roughest night
Season average (3 games)+0.34846.1%144.3%
Verdict Begins·Live

Alabama A&M is the HBCU that answered college football's hardest HBCU question with an undefeated 2020 season and a consensus national championship — and is now rebuilding under first-year coach Sam Shade after a 4-8, last-place 2025.

Title DroughtSince 2020 · 6 yrs

Fans here believe Alabama A&M has already proven, as recently as 2020, that it can beat anyone in the SWAC and win a national title -- the frustration is that the program keeps having to prove it agai…

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: Bowie Statevs Bowie State · at home

What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-8 · last season

Game feel57even gamescombined pts / game5th highest-scoring of 12 in the SWAC
Heart rate1-3some dramain one-score games (4 of 12)9th most one-score games of 12 in the SWAC
Margin-10.0competitiveavg scoring margin9th best margin of 12 in the SWAC
Big plays1.24grind it outexplosiveness (IsoPPP)10th most explosive of 12 in the SWAC
Home crowd12,111avg attendance6th biggest crowds of 12 in the SWAC

✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among SWAC teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Alabama A&M has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 3-7 over the last 10, and won the last two.

Streak W2Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 3-7
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Bowie State · at home

Outcome band · Alabama A&M · 2026

Alabama A&M's most likely season is 7-6 — a bowl game. The floor is 3-9; the ceiling is 10-3.

Floor3-9No postseason.
Base7-6A bowl game.
Ceiling10-3A bowl game, 3 more wins.

Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Alabama A&M is the HBCU program that proved it could win at the highest level of Black college football — an undefeated 2020 season crowned by a consensus HBCU national championship — and is now rebuilding under first-year coach Sam Shade after a 4-8, last-place finish in the SWAC East in 2025.

RosterWho's gone, who's back, who replaces them.

Roster Reload - Alabama A&M

2026 snapshot - 2026-09-15
Returning ProductionNAContinuity signal unavailable
Portal Additions7Primary repair: EDGE
Portal Losses5Primary pressure: LB
Draft Loss0No NFL Draft departures recorded
Recruiting ReloadNARecruiting class signal unavailable
LBin 1 - DJ Barber3.49out 2 - Jalen Wright3.30Even
EDGEin 2 - Javeon Campbell3.60out 0Need Filled
OTin 0out 1 - TyQuez Richardson3.70Downgrade
TEin 1 - Hollis Davidson III3.60out 0Upgrade
CBin 1 - Jayden Lewis3.50out 0Upgrade
DLin 0out 1 - Xzavier Booker3.50Downgrade
Who's movedWho's transferring in and out, right now.

Transfer portal snapshot

+13.1 net portal points
(raw ledger: +7.7 — unweighted, no position adjustment)
EDGE
+7.1
need filled
OT
-3.7
low confidence
TE
+3.6
low confidence
CB
+3.5
low confidence
DL
-3.5
low confidence
QB
+3.5
low confidence
WR
-3.5
low confidence
RB
+3.5
low confidence
LB
-2.8
Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

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