JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Jackson State football’s homecoming matchup against Alabama State is set to air on national TV.

On Tuesday, the SWAC and ESPN announced that the contest between the Tigers and Hornets on October 11 will be aired on ESPNU.

The game, which will likely be the SWAC East Division decider, is set to kick off at 2:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.

T.C Taylor’s JSU, who just secured the program’s seventh-straight win over rival Southern in a dominating 38-13 win in Baton Rouge on Saturday, will play Alabama A&M on Saturday, October 4, in the Gulf Coast Challenge in Mobile, Alabama.

That game will be streamed on HBCU GO.

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