Alabama State
2-1SWAC · Hornet Stadium · 26,500 · 18,678 avg in 2026
LastL 17–34 at Troy · Sat Sep 12 · Jamarie Hostzclaw 80 rush yds, 1 TD, 10 rec yds
Nextvs Mississippi Valley State · Sat Sep 26 · 6 pm ET · Hornet Stadium · series 15-2, won the last 4 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 | #114 | #201 | +19.5✓ | Southern (N) | W 30–17 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #114 | #405 | — | Lane College | W 34–0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #129 | #121 | +23.5✓ | @Troy | L 17–34 126 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #136 | #263 | Mississippi Valley State | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Bethune-Cookman | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Florida A&M | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Arkansas-Pine Bluff | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Alabama A&M (N) | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Texas Southern | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Jackson State | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | Prairie View A&M | ||||||
| 13 | Nov 26 | Tuskegee |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | @Troy | L 17–34 | 221 | 1 | 27:05 | -0.210 | 24.6% | 137.6% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 5 | Lane College | W 34–0 | — | — | — | +0.124 | 44.4% | 102.2% | Best success rate |
| Aug 29 | Southern | W 30–17 | — | — | — | +0.315 | 34.5% | 171.4% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Season average (3 games) | 221 | 1.0 | +0.076 | 34.5% | 137.1% | ||||
Alabama State is the HBCU that won a Black College National Championship in 1991 under Houston Markham and is rebuilding toward that standard again under alumnus Eddie Robinson Jr., whose steady four-year climb produced the program's first 10-win season since 2004.
Fans here know Alabama State has already won at the highest HBCU level once, in 1991, and spent decades hearing that history without a matching season to point to. The 2025 breakthrough is treated as…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 10-2 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among SWAC teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Alabama State has won four of its last five.
Warming. 8-2 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
Next Sep 26
vs Mississippi Valley State · at home
Outcome band · Alabama State · 2026
Outcome band · Alabama State · 2026Alabama State's most likely season is 9-4 — a bowl game. The floor is 5-7; the ceiling is 12-1.
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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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.
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