Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions Football TV Schedule, Channels, Times
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The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions compete in the SWAC, and most of their 2026 season streams on SWAC TV, the conference's own service. Two dates go out on HBCU GO — the Southern Heritage Classic against Alcorn State and the home game with Alabama State — while the September 3 trip to Missouri falls under the SEC's television agreement and will air on SEC Network or another ESPN channel. The schedule itself is unusual in several ways: UAPB plays only 11 games with two separate open weeks, holds just four games on campus at Simmons Bank Field, and opens with back-to-back events away from Pine Bluff, including a brand-new neutral-site classic in Little Rock and a Thursday night SEC road game.
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions TV Schedule 2026 | |||
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| Date | Game | Time ET | TV |
| Week 1 (Sat, Aug. 29) | vs Morehouse (Natural State Kickoff Classic, Little Rock) | 7:00 PM | SWAC TV |
| Week 2 (Thu, Sept. 3) | @ Missouri | 8:00 PM | SEC Network Family |
| Week 3 (Sat, Sept. 12) | vs Alcorn State * (Southern Heritage Classic, Memphis) | 7:00 PM | HBCU GO |
| Week 4 (Sat, Sept. 19) | vs Central State (Home Opener) | 5:00 PM | SWAC TV |
| Week 5 (Sat, Sept. 26) | BYE WEEK | — | — |
| Week 6 (Sat, Oct. 3) | @ Southern * | 7:00 PM | SWAC TV |
| Week 7 (Sat, Oct. 10) | BYE WEEK | — | — |
| Week 8 (Sat, Oct. 17) | vs Alabama State * | 3:00 PM | HBCU GO |
| Week 9 (Sat, Oct. 24) | @ Florida A&M * | 3:00 PM | SWAC TV |
| Week 10 (Sat, Oct. 31) | vs Bethune-Cookman * | 3:00 PM | SWAC TV |
| Week 11 (Sat, Nov. 7) | @ Grambling State * | 3:00 PM | SWAC TV |
| Week 12 (Sat, Nov. 14) | vs Prairie View A&M * (Home Finale) | 3:00 PM | SWAC TV |
| Week 13 (Sat, Nov. 21) | @ Texas Southern * | TBD | SWAC TV |
* SWAC game. Home games are played at Simmons Bank Field at Golden Lion Stadium in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
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Which Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions games are worth watching in 2026?
The Golden Lions front-load everything. August 29 launches the inaugural Natural State Kickoff Classic against Morehouse at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, giving UAPB a showcase in the state's largest market before it plays a single down in Pine Bluff. Five days later comes the biggest payday on the schedule: a Thursday night trip to Faurot Field to face SEC member Missouri in front of more than 60,000. Then on September 12 the Golden Lions open SWAC play at the Southern Heritage Classic in Memphis against Alcorn State, one of the best-attended games in Black college football.
Once the schedule settles, the Western Division race runs through two November road-and-home swings. The October 3 trip to Baton Rouge lands on Southern's Homecoming, and November 7 sends UAPB to Grambling State on the Tigers' Senior Day — two of the loudest environments in the league in the space of five weeks. The home finale on November 14 is the one that could matter most in the standings, with defending SWAC champion Prairie View A&M visiting Simmons Bank Field. With only four games on campus all year, Pine Bluff fans do not get many chances.
