BATON ROUGE, LA — The defending Southwestern Athletic Conference champion Southern University women's basketball team will face a challenging 2026-27 schedule featuring a national non-conference slate, a trip to Puerto Rico and an 18-game SWAC schedule.
Southern opens the season Nov. 2 on the road against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma, beginning a stretch in which the Jaguars will play 11 of their first 12 games away from Baton Rouge. The early-season road swing also includes visits to Illinois on Nov. 7 and Minnesota on Nov. 10 before Southern hosts Louisiana Christian University at 11 a.m. Nov. 13 at the F. G. Clark Activity Center.
The Jaguars return to the road Nov. 18 to face Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, before traveling to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Southern will meet Syracuse on Nov. 25 and Auburn on Nov. 26 in neutral-site contests. The non-conference road schedule continues against Oregon State on Nov. 30, Oregon on Dec. 2, Colorado State on Dec. 5, Washington on Dec. 10 and Iowa on Dec. 13.
Southern closes its non-conference slate Dec. 20 when it welcomes Southern University at New Orleans to the F. G. Clark Activity Center.
The Jaguars begin defense of their SWAC championship Jan. 2 at Texas Southern before traveling to Prairie View A&M on Jan. 4. Southern then returns to Baton Rouge for a three-game home stand against Bethune-Cookman on Jan. 7, Florida A&M on Jan. 9 and Grambling State on Jan. 16.
Road contests against Mississippi Valley State on Jan. 21 and Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Jan. 23 follow before Southern hosts Jackson State on Jan. 28 and Alcorn State on Jan. 30. The Jaguars open February on the road against Alabama State on Feb. 4 and Alabama A&M on Feb. 6.
Southern returns home to face Texas Southern on Feb. 11 and Prairie View A&M on Feb. 13 before beginning its final road swing of the regular season. The Jaguars visit Grambling State on Feb. 20, Florida A&M on Feb. 25 and Bethune-Cookman on Feb. 27.
The defending SWAC champions will close the regular season in Baton Rouge with back-to-back home games, hosting Alabama State at 5 p.m. March 2 and Alabama A&M at 5 p.m. March 4 at the F. G. Clark Activity Center.
Game times not listed on the schedule will be announced at a later date.
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