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Southern Collegiate Athletic · Jerry E. Apple Stadium · 2,500

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Texas Lutheran · our model 38% Austin · a number, not a pick

LastW 23–17 vs Rhodes · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Texas Lutheran · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Bulldog Stadium (TX) · series 0-5, lost the last 5

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Austin · 2026 schedule & results1-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#622@SchreinerL 27–330-10-0
2Sep 12#522#628RhodesW 23–171-10-0
3Sep 19#525#482@Texas Lutheran
4Sep 26#523#521Hendrix
5Oct 3Centenary (LA)
6Oct 10Lyon
7Oct 17@Centenary (LA)
8Oct 24@Hendrix
9Oct 31Texas Lutheran

Game Week

4d 18h

until kickoff · at Texas Lutheran · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The 'Roos of Austin College in Sherman, Texas — football since 1898 and a 1981 NAIA Division II national champion, now newcomers to the SCAC playing at Apple Stadium under one of the sport's most distinctive nicknames.

Standard GapA program with a national title in its past and a one-of-a-kind identity…

Austin College won a national championship in 1981 and answers to the 'Roos — and the rest of college football has no idea this Texas program ever stood on top.

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The season in chapters

What fans said

Real posts from the day of the game, chosen by community score · usernames not shown

What it is like to watch them2025 · 3-6 · last season

Game feel49rock fightscombined pts / game5th highest-scoring of 5 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic
Heart rate1-1some dramain one-score games (2 of 9)3rd most one-score games of 5 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic
Margin-10.8competitiveavg scoring margin3rd best margin of 5 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic

✓ measured from 9 games · ranks are among Southern Collegiate Athletic teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Austin has won three of its last five.

Mixed. 4-6 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 4-6
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Texas Lutheran · away

Outcome band · Austin · 2026

Austin's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base1-11Mid-table finish.
Ceiling4-8Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

The 'Roos of Austin College in Sherman, Texas — football since 1898 and a 1981 NAIA Division II national champion, now newcomers to the SCAC playing at Apple Stadium under one of the sport's most distinctive nicknames.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Austin sits 1st in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and 65th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Southern Collegiate Athletic · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Austin0-01-159.4
2Lyon0-01-152.7
3Texas Lutheran0-01-146.8
4Centenary (LA)0-00-142.0
5Gallaudet0-00-232.4
59.4 CFB Zeitgeist#65 of 229 D339.0 strength of schedule

Win the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
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.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Kangaroos.”
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