The Southwestern Athletic Conference college football season has reached its halfway mark of its 14-week regular season. Now is a good time to review some of the lessons learned thus far in the 2025 season.

Biggest disappointment

Southern (1-4, 0-1) has as strong a case as any to be considered the conference’s biggest disappointment thus far.

After reaching the SWAC championship game in the first year under coach Terrence Graves in 2024 and reloading in the transfer portal, the Jaguars had an abundance of preseason hype from coaches within their conference and from HBCU football media.

They were voted to win the SWAC West Division in the preseason, even before LSU transfer Trey Holly arrived, and were ranked the No. 4 team in the BOXTOROW HBCU football media poll.

While Southern rep

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