Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Alcorn State Final Score & Recap

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Sat, Sep 12 · 11:00 PM · Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (neutral site)

How they got here

Last two games

Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 1-1

Picked #248 in the preseason · now #255.

1-1 in its last two — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 14–54 @ MissouriTop 25 #53 of 669

lost by 40 as a 55.5-point underdog

W 35–15 vs Morehouse #397 of 669

Last two games

Alcorn State · 1-1

Picked #165 in the preseason · now #189.

1-1 in its last two — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 3–49 @ Southern Miss #65 of 669

lost by 46 as a 19.5-point underdog

W 56–7 vs Miles #280 of 669

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Arkansas-Pine Bluff needs 5 more wins in the final 8 to reach bowl eligibility.
A win would be one of Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s biggest of the season — a 66-spot gap in the power ratings.

Alcorn State

Alcorn State needs 5 more wins in the final 9 to reach bowl eligibility.
Alcorn State is Mississippi's pioneering HBCU program — housed at the nation's first Black land-grant college — and a five-time black college national champion (1968, 1969, 1974, 1984, 2014) built by College Football Hall of Fame coach Marino Casem and defined by College Football Hall of Fame quarterback Steve McNair, the FCS's all-time total-offense leader. The 2026 offseason finds Cedric Thomas entering his third season trying to return the Braves to the top of the SWAC after a 5-7, 4-4 2025.

Alcorn State leads the series 9-6

15 meetings since 2007 · Alcorn State won the last meeting

The model and the market don’t fully agree on Alcorn State’s chances here.

Home −8.5 · O/U 49.5

88°F · 6 mph wind · Fair

Arkansas-Pine Bluff 51 – Alcorn State 53

Called it — picked Alcorn State to win.

Alcorn State beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 53-51 — exactly what the pregame pick had.