American Southwest Howard Payne University

Record4-2through 6 games
Nextat McMurrySat Nov 7 · 2 pm ET
The model#12 among Division III teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Howard Payne University · 2026 schedule and results4-2Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 47%.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 4@Pacific (OR)W 49-01-00-0
2Bye week
3Sep 19@Wayland Baptist5 pm ET2% to win
4Sep 26@Simpson (IA)W 52-282-00-0
5Oct 3Nelson (TX)W 44-163-00-0
6Oct 10@Mary Hardin BaylorL 10-333-10-1
7Oct 17@SchreinerW 41-214-10-1
8Bye week
9Oct 31Hardin SimmonsL 17-234-20-2
10Nov 7@McMurry2 pm ET58% to win
11Nov 14East Texas Baptist2 pm ET84% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Howard Payne University, through 6 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

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Recent form · last 10 games

Howard Payne University has won three of its last five.

5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 5-5

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Worth watchingGames average 56 combined points, even games

What it is like to watch them2026 · 4-2

Game feel56even gamescombined pts / game
Heart rate0-1some dramain one-score games (1 of 6)
Margin+15.3competitiveavg scoring margin

Measured from 6 games · ranks are among American Southwest teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind

Howard Payne is the Brownwood, Texas Baptist college competing in Division III, navigating a transition year after coaching change with local pride intact.

Standard GapA small Baptist liberal-arts college in Brownwood, Texas that competes…
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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Howard Payne is the Brownwood, Texas Baptist college competing in Division III, navigating a transition year after coaching change with local pride intact.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Howard Payne University sits 4th in the American Southwest Conference and 68th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

American Southwest · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Hardin Simmons3-07-075.4
2Mary Hardin Baylor2-07-168.7
3McMurry1-23-454.0
4Howard Payne0-24-259.5
5East Texas Baptist0-23-548.3
59.5 CFB Zeitgeist#68 of 245 D355.0 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
The 2026 season · 4-2
W 49-0 at Pacific (OR) · Wk 1+49Pacific W 52-28 at Simpson (IA) · Wk 4+24Simpson W 44-16 vs Nelson (TX) · Wk 5+28Nelson (L 10-33 at Mary Hardin Baylor · Wk 6−23Mary HarW 41-21 at Schreiner · Wk 7+20SchreineL 17-23 vs Hardin Simmons · Wk 9−6Hardin S

Signature win 49-0 over Pacific (OR); toughest day 10-33 against Mary Hardin Baylor.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Yellow Jackets.”
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