2025 Southland Conference Football Schedule by Week, Dates

Southland Conference 2025 football schedule by Week: Dates, locations, Weekly Matchups for All 10 Teams.

– The Southland Conference announced the 2025 football schedule on Tuesday afternoon, including the announcement of UIW and Nicholls opening the college football season in Week 0. 

The previous two Southland Champions will meet in Thibodaux at John L. Guidry Stadium on August 23, 2025. Kickoff time and network announcement will come later this year. 

The Southland will officially move to 10 football-playing members in 2025 as UTRGV begins its first season on the gridiron. They kick off their campaign on August 30 in Edinburg against Sul Ross State. 

Each Southland conference team will play an eight-game conference schedule. Teams will also play 12-games schedules in 2025 due to NCAA bylaws and the calendar. The last time this occurred was the 2024 season and it will naturally occur again in 2025.

The season will conclude with rivalry week, including Thursday night match-ups on November 20 of the River Bell Classic between Nicholls and Southeastern and The Chief between SFA and Northwestern State. McNeese and Lamar will pick up the Battle of the Border on Saturday, November 22. 

 

For the 2025 season, the Southland Conference expands to 10 football-playing members with the addition of the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros, which will be playing their first season of football. UTRGV joins returning members East Texas A&M (formerly known as Texas A&M-Commerce), Houston Christian (HCU), Lamar, McNeese, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin, and Incarnate Word (UIW).

2025 Southland Conference Football Schedule by Week: Dates for All 10 Teams.

2025 Southland Conference Football Team by Team Schedule for All 10 schools.

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2025 Southland Conference Football by Week Schedules

Here is the 2025 Southland Conference football schedule by teams. Each team's schedule is organized chronologically, including dates, opponents, locations, and TV channel information where available.

SLC Week 0: Saturday, August 23, 2025

• UIW at Nicholls, TBA, Thibodaux, LA (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 1: Thursday, August 28, 2025

• SFA at Houston, TBA, Houston, TX

• Alcorn at Northwestern State, TBA, Natchitoches, LA, TV: ESPN+

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Week 1: Saturday, August 30, 2025

• Nicholls at Troy, TBA, Troy, AL

• Southeastern at Louisiana Tech, TBA, Ruston, LA

• Louisiana Christian at McNeese, TBA, Lake Charles, LA

• Arkansas Baptist at HCU, TBA, Houston, Texas

• Lamar at North Texas, TBA, Denton, Texas

• Eastern Washington at UIW, TBA, San Antonio, TX, TV: ESPN+

• East Texas A&M at SMU, TBA, Dallas, TX

• Sul Ross State at UTRGV, 7:00 PM, Edinburg, Texas, TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 2: Saturday, September 6, 2025

• SFA at Abilene Christian, TBA, Abilene, TX

• Northwestern State at Minnesota, TBA, Minneapolis, MN

• Southeastern at Murray State, TBA, Murray, KY

• East Texas A&M at Florida State, TBA, Tallahassee, FL

• South Dakota at Lamar, TBA, Beaumont, Texas

• HCU at Eastern Kentucky, TBA, Richmond, Kentucky

• McNeese at Louisiana, TBA, Lafayette, LA

• West Georgia at Nicholls, TBA, Thibodaux, LA

• UTRGV at Prairie View A&M, 7:00 PM, Prairie View, Texas, TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 3: Saturday, September 13, 2025

• Mississippi Valley State at Southeastern, TBA, Hammond, LA

• UIW at UTSA, TBA, San Antonio, TX, TV: ESPN+

• Sul Ross State at SFA, TBA, Nacogdoches, TX

• Northwestern State at Cincinnati, TBA, Cincinnati, OH

• Weber State at McNeese, TBA, Lake Charles, LA

• HCU at Nebraska, TBA, Lincoln, Nebraska

• Lamar at Texas Southern, TBA, Houston, Texas

• North American at UTRGV, 7:00 PM, Edinburg, Texas, TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 4: Saturday, September 20, 2025

• UIW at Northern Arizona, TBA, Flagstaff, AZ, TV: ESPN+

• Southeastern at LSU, TBA, Baton Rouge, LA

• Cal Poly at SFA, TBA, Nacogdoches, TX

• East Texas A&M at Grambling, TBA, Grambling, LA

• Northern Colorado at HCU, TBA, Houston, Texas

• McNeese at Utah State, TBA, Logan, UT

• Nicholls at Texas State, TBA, San Marcos, TX

• Northwestern State at Prairie View A&M, TBA, Prairie View, TX

• Texas Wesleyan at UTRGV, 7:00 PM, Edinburg, Texas, TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 5: Saturday, September 27, 2025

• McNeese at SFA, TBA, Nacogdoches, TX (Conf.)

• Abilene Christian at UIW, TBA, San Antonio, TX, TV: ESPN+

• Nicholls at Eastern Kentucky, TBA, Richmond, KY

• Central Arkansas at Lamar, TBA, Beaumont, Texas

• NC Central at East Texas A&M, TBA, Commerce, TX

• UTRGV at Southeastern, 7:00 PM, Hammond, LA (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 6: Saturday, October 4, 2025

• SFA at UIW, TBA, San Antonio, TX (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

• Nicholls at Lamar, TBA, Beaumont, TX (Conf.)

• Southeastern at McNeese, TBA, Lake Charles, LA (Conf.)

• East Texas A&M at Northwestern State, TBA, Natchitoches, LA (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

• HCU at UTRGV, 7:00 PM, Edinburg, Texas (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 7: Saturday, October 11, 2025

• Northwestern State at HCU, TBA, Houston, Texas (Conf.)

• Lamar at East Texas A&M, TBA, Commerce, TX (Conf.)

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SLC Week 8: Saturday, October 18, 2025

• Northwestern State at Southeastern, TBA, Hammond, LA (Conf.)

• HCU at McNeese, TBA, Lake Charles, LA (Conf.)

• Nicholls at SFA, TBA, Nacogdoches, TX (Conf.)

• East Texas A&M at UIW, TBA, San Antonio, TX (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

• UTRGV at Lamar, 7:00 PM, Beaumont, Texas (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 9: Saturday, October 25, 2025

• SFA at East Texas A&M, TBA, Commerce, TX (Conf.)

• Southeastern at HCU, TBA, Houston, Texas (Conf.)

• McNeese at Nicholls, TBA, Thibodaux, LA (Conf.)

• Lamar at Northwestern State, TBA, Natchitoches, LA (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

• UIW at UTRGV, TBA, Edinburg, TX (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 10: Saturday, November 1, 2025

• UTRGV at SFA, TBA, Nacogdoches, TX (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

• Lamar at UIW, TBA, San Antonio, TX (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

• East Texas A&M at Southeastern, TBA, Hammond, LA (Conf.)

• HCU at Nicholls, TBA, Thibodaux, LA (Conf.)

• Northwestern State at McNeese, TBA, Lake Charles, LA (Conf.)

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SLC Week 11: Saturday, November 8, 2025

• Southeastern at Lamar, TBA, Beaumont, Texas (Conf.)

• SFA at HCU, TBA, Houston, TX (Conf.)

• McNeese at East Texas A&M, TBA, Commerce, TX (Conf.)

• UIW at Northwestern State, TBA, Natchitoches, LA (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

• Nicholls at UTRGV, 5:00 PM, Edinburg, Texas (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 12: Saturday, November 15, 2025

• UTRGV at McNeese, TBA, Lake Charles, LA (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

• Northwestern State at Nicholls, TBA, Thibodaux, LA (Conf.)

• HCU at East Texas A&M, TBA, Commerce, TX (Conf.)

• Lamar at SFA, TBA, Nacogdoches, TX (Conf.)

• Southeastern at UIW, TBA, San Antonio, TX (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

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SLC Week 13: Thursday, November 20, 2025

• Nicholls at Southeastern, TBA, Hammond, LA (Conf.)

• SFA at Northwestern State, TBA, Natchitoches, LA (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

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Week 13: Saturday, November 22, 2025

• McNeese at Lamar, TBA, Beaumont, TX (Conf.)

• UIW at HCU, TBA, Houston, TX (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

• East Texas A&M at UTRGV, 5:00 PM, Edinburg, Texas (Conf.), TV: ESPN+

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