East Texas Baptist University

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American Southwest · Ornelas Stadium · 2,046

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Centenary (LA) · our model 84% East Texas Baptist University · a number, not a pick

LastL 44–45 at Belhaven · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs Centenary (LA) · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Ornelas Stadium · series 2-0, won the last 2

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

East Texas Baptist University · 2026 schedule & results1-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#518#521@LyonW 58–71-00-0
2Sep 12#510#497@BelhavenL 44–451-10-0
3Sep 19#508#622Centenary (LA)
4Sep 26#508#482Texas Lutheran
5Oct 3@Louisiana Christian
6Oct 10Schreiner
7Oct 17@Hardin Simmons
9Oct 31McMurry
10Nov 7Mary Hardin Baylor
11Nov 14@Howard Payne

Game Week

4d 23h

until kickoff · vs Centenary (LA) · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Tigers of East Texas Baptist University in Marshall — a faith-rooted American Southwest Conference program with two league titles, chasing the top of an ASC dominated by Texas D3 powers from Ornelas Stadium.

Title DroughtSince 2015 · 11 yrs

East Texas Baptist has won the ASC twice — and gets overshadowed by the conference's national powers as if Marshall, Texas doesn't produce real football.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-6 · last season

Game feel60even gamescombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 4 in the American Southwest
Heart rate1-1some dramain one-score games (2 of 10)3rd most one-score games of 4 in the American Southwest
Margin-6.7competitiveavg scoring margin3rd best margin of 4 in the American Southwest

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among American Southwest teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

East Texas Baptist University has won one of its last five.

Cold. 3-7 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 3-7
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Centenary (LA) · at home

Outcome band · East Texas Baptist University · 2026

East Texas Baptist University'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 Tigers of East Texas Baptist University in Marshall — a faith-rooted American Southwest Conference program with two league titles, chasing the top of an ASC dominated by Texas D3 powers from Ornelas Stadium.

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

East Texas Baptist University sits 4th in the American Southwest Conference and 81st of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

American Southwest · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Mary Hardin Baylor0-02-074.8
2Howard Payne0-01-065.5
3Hardin Simmons0-02-062.0
4East Texas Baptist0-01-155.9
5McMurry0-01-151.0
55.9 CFB Zeitgeist#81 of 229 D354.7 strength of schedule

Win the American Southwest 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 Tigers.”
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