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2015 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Alcorn State xy$   7 2     9 4  
Alabama State *   5 4     6 5  
Alabama A&M   3 6     3 8  
Jackson State   3 6     3 8  
Mississippi Valley State   1 8     1 10  
West Division
No. 24 Grambling State xy   9 0     9 3  
Prairie View A&M   8 1     8 2  
Southern   6 3     6 5  
Texas Southern   2 7     3 7  
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   1 8     2 9  
Championship: Alcorn State 49, Grambling State 21
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – Ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Braves were led by fourth-year head coach Jay Hopson and played their home games at Casem-Spinks Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and finished with a record of 9–4 as SWAC champions after they defeated Grambling State in the SWAC Championship Game. Alcorn State then played in the Celebration Bowl against North Carolina A&T, losing by a score of 41–34.

On January 30, 2016, head coach Jay Hopson resigned to become the head coach at Southern Miss.[1] He finished at Alcorn State with a record of 32–17 and two SWAC championships.

Schedule

September 37:30 PMat No. 16 (FBS) Georgia Tech*

RSNL 6–69 49,196 September 126:00 PMat Alabama State

W 31–14 8,380 September 194:00 PMMississippi Valley State

W 55–14 7,415 September 262:00 PMConcordia (AL)

  • Casem-Spinks Stadium
  • Lorman, MS

W 40–7 5,993 October 34:00 PMat Arkansas–Pine Bluff

W 61–14 32,580 October 172:00 PMGrambling Statedagger

  • Casem-Spinks Stadium
  • Lorman, MS

L 34–35 OT30,129 October 314:00 PMat Southern

CSTW 48–7 8,112 November 72:00 PMPrairie View A&M

  • Casem-Spinks Stadium
  • Lorman, MS

L 34–40 5,239 November 141:00 PMat Texas Southern

RTSW*W 65–13 2,145 November 212:00 PMAlabama A&M

  • Casem-Spinks Stadium
  • Lorman, MS

W 44–10 2,194 November 282:00 PMat Jackson State

W 14–10 23,101 December 53:00 PMvs. No. 21 Grambling State

ESPNUW 49–2140,352 December 1912:00 PMvs. No. 22 North Carolina A&T*

ABCL 34–41 35,528

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* Games will air on a tape delayed basis

Ranking movements

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