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 McNeese · our model 31% East Texas A&M · a number, not a pick

LastL 0–42 at Tulsa · Sat Sep 19 · Erron Brown 1 TFL, 6 tackles

Nextat McNeese · Sat Sep 26 · 7 pm ET · Cowboy Stadium · series 2-2, lost the last 2

Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3

East Texas A&M · 2026 schedule & results1-3
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+41.5@TulsaL 0–42 1411-31-1
4Sep 26#223#195@McNeese
5Oct 3#223#140UT 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 20@TulsaL 0–42288130:18-0.19334.2%92.3%Season-low EPA/play
Sep 12Northwestern StateW 38–14+0.07643.3%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%One-score loss
Season average (4 games)2881.0-0.04037.6%125.2%

Game Week

4d 23h

until kickoff · at McNeese · Sat Sep 26 · 7 pm ET

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…

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What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-3

Game feel46rock fightscombined pts / game8th highest-scoring of 8 in the Southland
Heart rate0-1some dramain one-score games (1 of 4)6th most one-score games of 8 in the Southland
Margin-15.8competitiveavg scoring margin6th best margin of 8 in the Southland
Big plays1.25some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)6th most explosive of 10 in the Southland
Home crowd3,031avg attendance8th biggest crowds of 10 in the Southland

✓ measured from 4 games · ranks are among Southland teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

East Texas A&M 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 26

vs McNeese · 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

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  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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