ATLANTA, Ga. – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) enters into the second year of its relationship with ESPN that will feature 22 football games this fall aired exclusively across ESPN platforms, including ESPNU, ESPN3, and ESPN+.
 
The Benedict College Tigers will appear on ESPNU on Thursday, Sept. 15 when they host Savannah State. Benedict will also appear on ESPN+ on Nov. 5 when they play at rival Allen University.
 
Every week, from September 4th to November 12th, will feature a SIAC matchup.
 
Two SIAC games will air live on ESPNU this season. One of those games will be the Boeing Red Tails Classic, which will take place on September 4th at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala. between Tuskegee University and Fort Valley State University. The second game, featured on the ESPNU platform, will be a Thursday night matchup between Savannah State University and Benedict College on September 15th.
 
ESPNU reaches approximately 51 million television households in the United States. It is available on many satellite and cable services, such as Dish (channel 141); DirecTV (channel 208); AT&T U-Verse (Channel 605); Benedict College (Channel 30); as well as streaming services Hulu (channel 34); YouTube (channel 117); and SlingTV (channel 44), as well as ESPN streaming services.
 
The reigning SIAC champions, Albany State Golden Rams, will be featured five times on the streaming schedule with two road games, two home games, and their annual appearance in the Fountain City Classic.
 
New SIAC members Allen University and Edward Waters University see their air time increase significantly this year with five total appearances, including their end-of-the-season rivalry in the A.M.E. Classic on November 12th.
 
Rivalries continue to be the highlight of this year's schedule. A week prior to the conference championship, five of the SIAC's biggest rivalries will be aired during Week 10 including Miles College versus Tuskegee University, Benedict College versus Allen University, the Battle of the AUC between Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College, Central State University versus Kentucky State University, and the conference's largest rivalry the Fountain City Classic in Columbus, Georgia between Albany State University and Fort Valley State University.
 
The season will conclude with the SIAC Football Championship presented by Cricket on November 12th and will be hosted by the East Division champion. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ and re-aired on ESPNU the following Sunday.
 
2022 SIAC ESPN Networks Schedule

Week 1	Sept. 4	6 PM CST	Tuskegee vs Fort Valley State (Boeing Red Tails Classic)	ESPNU
Week 2	Sept. 10	6 PM ET	Savannah State at Edward Waters	ESPN+
Week 3	Sept. 15 Sept. 17	7:30 PM ET 2 pm ET	Savannah State at Benedict Allen at Fort Valley State	ESPNU ESPN+
Week 4	Sept. 24	1 PM CST 6 PM	Miles at Central State Albany State at Clark Atlanta	ESPN+ ESPN+
Week 5	Oct. 1	6 PM CST	Miles at Albany State	ESPN+
Week 6	Oct. 8	2 PM CST   7 PM CST	Kentucky State at Lane  Tuskegee vs Morehouse (Morehouse - Tuskegee Classic)	ESPN+   ESPN+
Week 7	Oct. 15	1 PM CST 4 PM CST	Central State at Tuskegee Lane @ Miles	ESPN+ ESPN+
Week 8	Oct. 22	2 PM CST 5 PM ET	Kentucky State at Miles Albany State at Savannah State	ESPN+ ESPN+
Week 9	Oct. 29	1 PM ET 2 PM ET	Tuskegee at Kentucky State Morehouse at Albany State	ESPN+ ESPN+
Week 10	Nov. 5	1 PM ET 1 PM ET 2 PM ET 1 PM CST 1 PM CST	Fort Valley vs Albany State  Benedict at Allen Clark Atlanta at Morehouse Kentucky State at Central State Miles at Tuskegee	ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN+
Week 11	Nov. 12	2 PM ET TBA	Allen at Edward Waters Conference Championship*	ESPN+ ESPN3

  *Will re-air on November 13th on ESPNU
 
 
About the SIAC
 
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors seven men's and six women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit www.thesiac.com.
 
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