Sun Belt ULM

Head coach Bryant Vincent · 3rd season · 9-23 at ULM

Record1-71-3 Sun Belt · T-12th
BowlOut of reach5 wins needed, 4 games left
Nextat Arkansas StateSat Nov 7 · 3 pm ET

The rest of the season

Underdogs in all 4 games left, best shot: Arkansas State 28%

Win out <1% · expect 0.6 of 4 more wins

ULM's chance to win each game left, from our model: Arkansas State 28%, Louisiana 4%, App State 15%, Marshall 17%

Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.

StandingTied for 12th in the Sun Belt · 1-3 in conference play · All standings

LeadersPassing Aidan Armenta 1,316 · Rushing Austin Carlisle 252 · Receiving Marcellus Jackson 348 All player stats

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#136 CFB ZeitgeistPublic ratings: SP+ #133 (-24.2) · FPI #137
The marketArkansas State by 14.5Betting line at Arkansas State · our model 28% ULM

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

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Schedule and results

ULM · 2026 schedule and results1-7Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 52% · 0 opponents played so far are in the AP top 25 now.Our rank entering each game: #153 to #207
WkDateOur rankOpp rankLineOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5#153#132+28.5✗ −20.5@Mississippi StateL 13-62 147UL Monroe lost 13-62 at Mississippi State. Chance to win started at 3%, low under 1%, high 3%.0-10-0Pass Carlisle 73 · Rush Carlisle 50 · Rec Jameson 40
2Sep 12#162#55+9.5✓ +3.5@UABL 20-26 131UL Monroe lost 20-26 at UAB. Chance to win started at 22%, low under 1%, high 69%.0-20-0Pass Carlisle 56 · Rush Carlisle 93 · Rec Jackson 21
3Sep 19#161#153−9.5✗ −12.5SE LouisianaL 35-38 135UL Monroe lost 35-38 vs SE Louisiana. Chance to win started at 83%, low 3%, high 85%.0-30-0Pass Carlisle 183 · Rush Jameson 85 · Rec Fulghum 88
4Sep 26#171#116+11.5✗ −16.5Florida AtlanticL 17-45 144UL Monroe lost 17-45 vs Florida Atlantic. Chance to win started at 27%, low under 1%, high 33%.0-40-0Pass Armenta 278 · Rush Phillip 26 · Rec Robinson 79
5Oct 3#188#73+12.5✗ −4.5@South AlabamaL 35-52 134UL Monroe lost 35-52 at South Alabama. Chance to win started at 14%, low under 1%, high 14%.0-50-1Pass Armenta 355 · Rush Palmer-Smith 54 · Rec Jackson 93
6Bye week
7Oct 17#207#77+13.5✗ −10.5Louisiana TechL 0-24 121UL Monroe lost 0-24 vs Louisiana Tech. Chance to win started at 23%, low under 1%, high 40%.0-60-2Pass Armenta 119 · Rush Armenta 25 · Rec Coulter 42
8Oct 24#225#111+13.5✓ +20.5@TroyW 21-14 126UL Monroe won 21-14 at Troy. Chance to win started at 13%, low under 1%, high better than 99%.1-61-2Pass Armenta 147 · Rush Palmer-Smith 51 · Rec Coulter 32
9Oct 31#207#127+3.5✗ −10.5Southern MissL 21-35 150UL Monroe lost 21-35 vs Southern Miss. Chance to win started at 51%, low under 1%, high 56%.1-71-3Pass Armenta 202 · Rush Chaney Jr. 54 · Rec Jackson 83
10Nov 7#210#112+14.5@Arkansas State3 pm ET28% to win
11Nov 12#210#41Louisiana9 pm ET · ESPN24% to win
12Nov 21@App Statetime TBA15% to win
13Nov 28Marshalltime TBA
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for ULM, 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.

The small line beside each score is the team's win chance through the game, drawn on one scale for every game. The small number is total plays.

Line is the closing point spread for ULM: a minus number means favored. A green check means the team covered it, by the number beside it. A red cross means it fell short by that much.

Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, big plays)▼
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Big plays (IsoPPP)Note
Oct 31Southern MissL 21-35359232:40-0.04540.0%1.04
Oct 24@TroyW 21-14243127:09+0.00336.5%1.00Best defensive stand
Oct 17Louisiana TechL 0-24228225:59-0.35036.8%0.94Season-low EPA/play
Oct 3@South AlabamaL 35-52442228:58+0.22047.8%1.29Season-high EPA/play
Sep 26Florida AtlanticL 17-45332029:03+0.17132.1%1.64Most explosive
Sep 19SE LouisianaL 35-38511333:29-0.08251.9%1.15Best success rate
Sep 12@UABL 20-26257128:07-0.17844.4%0.78One-score loss
Sep 5@Mississippi StateL 13-62278031:47-0.02529.6%1.05Defense's roughest night
Season average (8 games)3311.4-0.03639.9%1.11

ULM's wildest games since 2013: comebacks, long shots, line misses

What’s ahead

The forecast
Offense poorMethodical, ball-controlDefense poor

Season expectations

Sun Belt title#13 in market+10,000

Median odds across sportsbooks · Nov 4. A number with a minus is the favorite: −130 means $130 wins $100. A plus is the underdog: +170 means $100 wins $170.

Today’s games across college football

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Thu Nov 12Battle on the Bayouvs Louisiana · at home

Recent form · last 10 games

ULM has won one of its last five.

1-9 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 1-9

Range of outcomes · ULM · 2026

ULM’s most likely regular season is 1-11. 99% of outcomes land from 1-11 to 3-9.

Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above

1 wins 49%; 2 wins 40%; 3 wins 10%; 4 wins 1%
What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor2-10No postseason, 1 fewer win.
Base3-9No postseason.
Ceiling6-7A bowl game.

Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 8 games. Paler bars are the outer 10% at each end. The closed row comes from the season-path projection, which also plays out conference title games and the CFP.

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This week and this season

Worth watchingGames average 57 combined points, even games

What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-7

Game feel57even gamescombined pts / game5th highest-scoring of 14 in the Sun Belt
Heart rate1-2some dramain one-score games (3 of 8)10th most one-score games of 14 in the Sun Belt
Margin-16.8outgunnedavg scoring margin14th best margin of 14 in the Sun Belt
Tempo66average paceoffensive plays / game10th fastest of 14 in the Sun Belt
Big plays1.11grind it outexplosiveness (IsoPPP)14th most explosive of 14 in the Sun Belt
Home crowd15,022avg attendance13th biggest crowds of 14 in the Sun Belt

Measured from 8 games · ranks are among Sun Belt teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind·Written June 2026

ULM is the north-Louisiana program that walked into Little Rock and stunned #8 Arkansas in overtime — one perfect Saturday it has spent a decade-plus trying to feel again.

Standard GapA 1987 FCS national title and the 'Shock in Little Rock' vs a modern…

ULM fans know the power-conference programs schedule them as a paycheck and a guaranteed win — and they'll remind you the Warhawks once cashed that check the other way, walking into an SEC stadium…

Read the full program story ↓
Game-day weatherKickoff-time weather at home, and the forecast in game week.

UL Monroe · Game-day weather

Typical at Malone Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 95, noon Saturdays 80

  • noon: 80, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 82, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable

Typical weather score at each kickoff time.

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Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.

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

ULM is the Sun Belt program whose 2007 program rename + 2012 Arkansas upset (plus a real 2007 upset of Alabama, 21-14) + Malone Stadium identity define what Monroe-North-Louisiana-football looks like.

Offense: PoorStyle: Methodical, ball-controlDefense: Poor

Roster and recruiting

Roster39% of production back, talent #132

Roster reload: ULM

2026 snapshot, Nov 4
Returning Production39%Low continuity / heavy reload
Talent Composite#132 nationally247 composite 505.5
Portal Additions20Primary repair: TE
Portal Losses17Primary pressure: DL
Draft Loss0No NFL Draft departures recorded
Recruiting Reload#127Depth class
RBin 4 - Don Chaney Jr.3.60out 4 - Tyrell Reed Jr.3.49Even
current room: 203 lbs avg (2025 roster)
Sin 3 - Taijh Overton3.60out 2 - Kamrin Canterbury3.30Upgrade
Box Safetyplays like an extra linebacker near the line
Transferred in
DLin 0out 4 - Jerome Simmons3.60Starter Risk
current room: 286 lbs avg (2025 roster)
TEin 3 - Bryce Anderson3.60out 1 - Hunter Herring3.50Need Filled
current room: 240 lbs avg (2025 roster)
Complete TEshows up in the passing game from any alignment
Junior-college recruit
EDGEin 2 - Le'Kell McGowan3.50out 2 - Kevontay Wells3.50Even
WRin 2 - Damarcco Blanton3.40out 2 - Jonathan Bibbs3.50Even
current room: 187 lbs avg (2025 roster)
Full roster (108 players)
Top commits

Top 1 commits

2027 class
★★★☆☆
Kason Delgado
QB · Mustang, OK
#2081 national
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.

Fans and ratings

Fans vs. the lineWhere fans and the betting market read this team differently.
Fan vs. market↑
94th
Fan mood
(percentile among FBS)
4.5
Sportsbook win total
(14th among FBS)
Fans 80pp more bullish than market implies
Win total consensus · 1 book
RivalsRival pulse: Louisiana bullish

Rival pulse

Louisiana
Bullish
+36
Battle on the Bayou
Arkansas State
Mixed
-4
ASU-ULM

Fan mood index · most recent r/CFB data

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