HBCU anticipated to change conference organization in 2026 Where they’re going

After 3 years in the Red River Athletic Workshop (RRAC), Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) has in fact revealed it is making the transfer to the Southern States Athletic Seminar (SSAC) adhering to the 2025 – 2026 sporting activities period.

“We are thrilled to invite Xavier University of Louisiana as a complete participant of the SSAC start in 2026,” claimed SSAC Commissioner Mike Hall. “They’re coming off a top- 25 finish in the Learfield Supervisors’ Cup standings and have a honored practice of excellence both academically and athletically. Their addition enhances our meeting on lots of levels. We value the management of Head of state Reynold Verret, Vice President Curtis Wright and Sports Director Rub Kendrick throughout this procedure and expect collaborating with them in the years in advance.”

XULA joined the RRAC in the summer of 2021 after a 40 -year task in the Gulf Coast Athletic Workshop (currently HBCU Athletic Workshop).

They will definitely be the third HBCU to leave the seminar this moment around adhering to year, along with Huston-Tillotson and Paul Quinn, that are each delegating sign up with the HBCU Athletic Meeting.

Prior to signing up with the SSAC as a permanent individual, XULA will certainly finish in the conference as an associate participant in affordable happiness and ladies’s and males’s interior track and field.

They will definitely end up being the third HBCU to join the SSAC considered that its facility in 1999 (Talladega College left in 2023, and Stillman College left in2024