Ouachita Baptist · Next-Season Outcome Band
Fanbase Health Index · Ouachita Baptist · low confidence
D2 Program Prestige · Ouachita Baptist1897
First Game in Arkansas
Ouachita Baptist defeats University of Arkansas 24-0, marking the first college football game ever played in Arkansas
Ouachita Baptist7-4Hope-Doping·Offseason
Ouachita Baptist is the D2 powerhouse that began on September 17, 1897—the first college football game ever played in Arkansas—and has been the purple-and-gold heartbeat of Arkadelphia for 130 years.
Title DroughtSince 2011 · 14 yrs
Fans here believe ouachita Baptist has no external chip. The Tigers' driving force is internal: the belief that 130 years of sustained football excellence—including being the first program to ever pla…
low signal
The Tigers wait in the brush.
Ouachita Baptist · Next-Season Outcome Band
Floor / Base / Ceiling
Floor 5-7
Base 7-5
Ceiling 10-2
floor5-7Rebuild year. Below .500.
base7-5Mid-table finish.
ceiling10-2Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Warming
Four of five. The board favors this trend.
Streak L1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 7-3
The forecast
Opens Sep 4
vs East Central · at home
Game Week
10 days
until kickoff · vs East Central · Fri Sep 4 · 00:00 UTC
The experience
Ouachita Baptist is the D2 powerhouse that began on September 17, 1897—the first college football game ever played in Arkansas—and has been the purple-and-gold heartbeat of Arkadelphia for 130 years.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Ouachita Baptist
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The Tigers wait in the brush.
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
Camp
Fall camp open — install + scrimmage cycle
ongoing
"Go Ouachita Baptist"
— Ouachita Baptist fanbase · recurring line
0 mentions · awaiting signal
Fanbase Health Index · Ouachita Baptist · low confidence
Growing (65)
DecliningStableGrowingSurging
On-Field — 7-4 (64% win rate)65
Player stats — 2025 season
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
Ouachita Baptist · 2025 schedule & results7-4Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 47%.
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 5 | — | — | — | @East Central | L 22–24 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 3 | Sep 14 | #305 | #369 | — | Southeastern Oklahoma State | W 41–21 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| 4 | Sep 21 | #305 | #376 | — | Arkansas Tech | L 23–28 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| 5 | Sep 28 | #315 | #274 | — | @Harding | L 7–24 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #307 | #401 | — | Oklahoma Baptist | W 35–13 | 2-3 | 2-3 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #310 | #384 | — | @Southern Nazarene | W 28–7 | 3-3 | 3-3 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #307 | #392 | — | @Arkansas Monticello | W 45–10 | 4-3 | 4-3 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #305 | #325 | — | Southern Arkansas | W 42–14 | 5-3 | 5-3 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #304 | #411 | — | Northwestern (OK) | W 55–14 | 6-3 | 6-3 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #308 | #344 | — | @Southwestern Oklahoma State | W 42–38 | 7-3 | 7-3 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #306 | #344 | — | Henderson State | L 14–41 | 7-4 | 7-4 |
Home-Field Advantage · Ouachita Baptist · 2018-present
Average
79% home win rate vs 82% on the road. margin runs +1.4 better at home. Cliff Harris Stadium seats 3,060.
Home23-6Away23-5
Venue texture
75°F average kickoff temp; 7% of games had measurable precipitation; 5 mph average wind.
Based on 29 home games with weather data.
D2 Program Prestige · Ouachita Baptist
Mid-Major Contender
All-Time Record
46-12
since 2004 · 6 seasons · .793 win rate
HOME
23-6
AWAY
23-6
NEUTRAL
0-0
2000s
2020s
Program memory
What this program never forgets
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
2024 GAC Championship
Ouachita Baptist wins the GAC Conference Championship under Todd Knight
2024
Playoff Ceiling
Despite conference dominance, Ouachita Baptist consistently exits the Division II playoffs early—the glass ceiling moment
Wound
Moment of the Year · Ouachita Baptist · 2025
Moment of the Year · Ouachita Baptist · 2025Won 41-21 vs Southeastern Oklahoma State
Week 3 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.
D2 → NFL Pipeline
2022–2022
D2 → NFL PipelineEmerging
1 picks last 5 cycles. The draft path from D2 exists; this program is on it.
1
picks · last 5 yrs
#197
Gregory Junior
Cornerback · 2022 · Jacksonville
Great American Standing · 2025
5th in the Great American
Ouachita Baptist sits 5th of 12 in the Great American at 7-4. Mid-conference — moves up or down depend on rivalry results and the late-season closing run.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harding | 11-0 |
| 2 | Henderson State | 8-3 |
| 3 | Southern Arkansas | 8-3 |
| 4 | Arkansas Tech | 7-4 |
| 5 | Ouachita Baptist | 7-4 |
| 6 | East Central | 6-5 |
| 7 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 6-5 |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | 5-6 |
| 9 | Arkansas Monticello | 2-9 |
| 10 | Northwestern (OK) | 2-9 |
| 11 | Oklahoma Baptist | 2-9 |
| 12 | Southern Nazarene | 2-9 |
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