East Texas A&M

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Southland · Memorial Stadium (Commerce TX) · 11,582 · 3,031 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Tulsa · our model 13% East Texas A&M · a number, not a pick

LastW 38–14 vs Northwestern State · Sat Sep 12 · Micah Simpson 50 rush yds, 1 TD, 88 rec yds

Nextat Tulsa · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET · Chapman Stadium · first meeting on record · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

East Texas A&M · 2026 schedule & results1-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 29#245#169+22.5@MercerL 15–230-10-0
1Sep 6#245#96+23.5@Stephen F. AustinL 7–440-20-1
2Sep 12#240#249-20.5Northwestern StateW 38–141-21-1
3Sep 20#233#125@Tulsa
4Sep 26#232#181@McNeese
5Oct 3UT Rio Grande Valley
7Oct 17@Houston Christian
8Oct 24Prairie View A&M
9Oct 31SE Louisiana
10Nov 7@Nicholls
11Nov 14@Lamar
12Nov 21Incarnate Word
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12Northwestern StateW 38–14+0.11843.3%143.6%Season-high EPA/play
Sep 6@Stephen F. AustinL 7–44+0.03538.3%131.5%Blowout loss
Aug 29@MercerL 15–23-0.07634.7%133.3%Season-low EPA/play
Season average (3 games)+0.02638.8%136.1%
Verdict Begins·Live

East Texas A&M is the Lions that won a D2 national championship and spent 60 years proving it before jumping to FCS — now climbing out of a reclassification transition.

Title DroughtSince 2025 · 1 yrs

Fans here believe the chip is identity: a program that won a national championship in D2 and doesn't get credit for it. East Texas A&M is haunted by the assumption that it was always a middling progra…

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 3-9 · last season

Game feel65shootoutscombined pts / game1st highest-scoring of 10 in the Southland
Heart rate2-2some dramain one-score games (4 of 12)3rd most one-score games of 10 in the Southland
Margin-14.2outgunnedavg scoring margin9th best margin of 10 in the Southland
Tempo64uptempooffensive plays / game1st fastest of 5 in the Southland
Big plays1.31some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)3rd most explosive of 10 in the Southland
Home crowd2,919avg attendance8th biggest crowds of 10 in the Southland

✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Southland teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

East Texas A&M has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 3-7 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 3-7
The forecast

Next Sep 20

vs Tulsa · away

Outcome band · East Texas A&M · 2026

East Texas A&M's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base1-11Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling4-8Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

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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East Texas A&M is the Lions that won a D2 national championship and spent 60 years proving it before jumping to FCS — now climbing out of a reclassification transition.

Offseason movesEvery addition and subtraction since the last snap.

The Offseason Ledger · East Texas A&M

1 verified update · portal · recruiting · staff · news
  1. News

    Micah Simpson: 9 rec · 165 yds · 1 TD at Mercer

    Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021. at Mercer (FCS) L 15-23.

    Aug 29
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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