Arkansas-Pine Bluff

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SWAC · Golden Lion Stadium · 16,000

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The marketno line yetvs Central State · our model 93% Arkansas-Pine Bluff · a number, not a pick

LastL 51–53 vs Alcorn State · Sat Sep 12 · Garrison Davis 167 pass yds, 4 TD, 1 INT

Nextvs Central State · Sat Sep 19 · 5 pm ET · Golden Lion Stadium · series 0-1 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 2026 schedule & results1-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 29#248#404Morehouse (N)W 35–151-00-0
1Sep 4#248#38+55.5@MissouriL 14–54 1311-10-0
2Sep 12#252#181+8.5Alcorn State (N)L 51–531-20-1
3Sep 19#236#383Central State
5Oct 3@Southern
7Oct 17Alabama State
8Oct 24@Florida A&M
9Oct 31Bethune-Cookman
10Nov 7@Grambling
11Nov 14Prairie View A&M
12Nov 21@Texas Southern
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12Alcorn StateL 51–53+0.34646.2%135.4%Season-high EPA/play
Sep 4@MissouriL 14–54198026:02+0.01727.8%151.2%Season-low EPA/play
Aug 29MorehouseW 35–15+0.28238.5%186.2%Most explosive
Season average (3 games)1980.0+0.21537.5%157.6%
Verdict Begins·Live

A historically black university program rebuilding under head coach Alonzo Hampton, who enters his fourth season in 2026 with a 9-26 record from 2023-2025, still measuring itself against a 2012 SWAC championship coached by a three-time Super Bowl winner.

Title DroughtSince 2012 · 14 yrs

UAPB competes in the SWAC as a historically black land-grant university with a 16,000-seat stadium and a budget that lags even some SWAC peers. The 2025 Academic Progress Rate postseason ban is a remi…

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What fans said

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What it is like to watch them2025 · 3-8 · last season

Game feel54even gamescombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 12 in the SWAC
Heart rate1-2rarely closein one-score games (3 of 11)11th most one-score games of 12 in the SWAC
Margin-16.5outgunnedavg scoring margin10th best margin of 12 in the SWAC
Big plays1.25some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)9th most explosive of 12 in the SWAC
Home crowd6,656avg attendance9th biggest crowds of 12 in the SWAC

✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among SWAC teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Arkansas-Pine Bluff has won one of its last five.

Cold. 2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last two.

Streak L2Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 2-8
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Central State · at home

Outcome band · Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 2026

Arkansas-Pine Bluff's most likely season is 5-7 — no postseason. The floor is 2-10; the ceiling is 9-4.

Floor2-10No postseason, 3 fewer wins.
Base5-7No postseason.
Ceiling9-4A bowl game.

Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.

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The experience

Arkansas-Pine Bluff football is a historically black university program rebuilding under head coach Alonzo Hampton, who enters his fourth season in 2026 carrying a 9-26 record from his first three (2023-2025). The Golden Lions' high-water mark remains 2012 -- a 10-2 season under Monte Coleman, a three-time Super Bowl champion linebacker turned head coach, that produced a SWAC championship and a share of the HBCU national title. Today the program's biggest annual stage is the Southern Heritage Classic in Memphis against Alcorn State, a booking it inherited in 2023.

RosterWho's gone, who's back, who replaces them.

Roster Reload - Arkansas-Pine Bluff

2026 snapshot - 2026-09-15
Returning ProductionNAContinuity signal unavailable
Portal Additions0No clear position repair point
Portal Losses2Primary pressure: DL
Draft Loss0No NFL Draft departures recorded
Recruiting ReloadNARecruiting class signal unavailable
DLin 0out 2 - Vaughn Highland3.40Starter Risk
Who's movedWho's transferring in and out, right now.

Transfer portal snapshot

-6.6 net portal points
(raw ledger: -6.6 — unweighted, no position adjustment)
DL
-6.6
starter risk
Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

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