American Southwest Mary Hardin-Baylor University

Record7-1through 8 games
Nextat East Texas BaptistSat Nov 7 · 2 pm ET
The model#2 among Division III teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Mary Hardin-Baylor University · 2026 schedule and results7-1Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 46%.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 4@RowanW 35-141-00-0
2Sep 12@Pacific LutheranW 29-62-00-0
3Sep 19EndicottL 27-282-10-0
4Bye week
5Oct 3KeystoneW 64-143-10-0
6Oct 10Howard PayneW 33-104-11-0
7Oct 17@Texas WesleyanW 38-225-11-0
8Oct 24@McMurryW 26-146-12-0
9Oct 31SchreinerW 66-77-12-0
10Nov 7@East Texas Baptist2 pm ET91% to win
11Nov 14Hardin Simmons2 pm ET43% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Mary Hardin-Baylor University, through 8 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Nov 7Next: East Texas Baptistat East Texas Baptist · on the road

Recent form · last 10 games

Mary Hardin-Baylor University has won five straight.

9-1 over the last 10, and won the last five.

Streak W5Last 5 · 5-0Last 10 · 9-1

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Worth watchingGames average 54 combined points, rock fights

What it is like to watch them2026 · 7-1

Game feel54rock fightscombined pts / game
Heart rate0-1rarely closein one-score games (1 of 8)
Margin+25.4competitiveavg scoring margin

Measured from 8 games · ranks are among American Southwest teams the same season

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

Mary Hardin-Baylor University is 7-1 and plays at East Texas Baptist next.

Standard GapA 2,500-student liberal-arts college in Belton, Texas with a football…
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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Mary Hardin-Baylor University is 7-1 and plays at East Texas Baptist next.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Mary Hardin-Baylor University sits 2nd in the American Southwest Conference and 24th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.

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
68.7 CFB Zeitgeist#24 of 245 D355.3 strength of schedule3 quality wins

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 · 7-1
W 35-14 at Rowan · Wk 1+21RowanW 29-6 at Pacific Lutheran · Wk 2+23Pacific L 27-28 vs Endicott · Wk 3−1EndicottW 64-14 vs Keystone · Wk 5+50KeystoneW 33-10 vs Howard Payne · Wk 6+23Howard PW 38-22 at Texas Wesleyan · Wk 7+16Texas WeW 26-14 at McMurry · Wk 8+12McMurryW 66-7 vs Schreiner · Wk 9+59Schreine

Signature win 66-7 over Schreiner; toughest day 27-28 against Endicott.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Crusaders.”
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