Howard Payne Yellow Jackets D3 College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Howard Payne

Yellow Jackets

Good

C+ Overall Grade 78

Struggler

Sleeper

Next Up:
at Pacific OR, Fri Sep 4

Preseason Performance Rankings: D3 (National)

Howard Payne Yellow Jackets has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	1-9	10.0%	—
2008-09	2-8	20.0%	—
2009-10	4-6	40.0%	—
2010-11	2-8	20.0%	#177
2011-12	1-9	10.0%	#111
2012-13	1-9	10.0%	#173
2013-14	4-6	40.0%	#132
2014-15	4-6	40.0%	#104
2015-16	1-9	10.0%	#181
2016-17	0-10	0.0%	#212
2017-18	1-9	10.0%	#174
2018-19	1-9	10.0%	#155
2019-20	5-5	50.0%	#99
2020-21	2-3	40.0%	#128
2021-22	7-3	70.0%	#22
2022-23	7-3	70.0%	#60
2023-24	6-4	60.0%	#126
2024-25	1-8	11.1%	#175
2025-26	4-6	40.0%	#107

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
209	Hardin-Simmons	9	2	2
241	Mary Hardin-Baylor	7	3	1
491	Howard Payne	4	6
545	East Texas Baptist	4	6	2

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Thu Sep 4	vs Pacific OR (3-7) NWC	W21-13
Sat Sep 13	at Texas Lutheran (6-4) SCAC	W28-18
Sat Sep 20	vs Wayland Baptist (6-3) (NAIA) SAC · NAIA	L18-21
Sat Sep 27	at McMurry (6-4) SCAC	L24-31
Sat Oct 4	at Hardin-Simmons (9-2) American Southwest	L14-69
Sat Oct 11	vs East Texas Baptist (4-6) American Southwest	W36-18
Sat Oct 25	at Mary Hardin-Baylor (7-3) American Southwest	L17-41
Sat Nov 1	vs Hardin-Simmons (9-2) American Southwest	L24-54
Sat Nov 8	at East Texas Baptist (4-6) American Southwest	W34-27
Sat Nov 15	vs Mary Hardin-Baylor (7-3) American Southwest	L9-65

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	626	0	0
1	Sep 2	622	0	0	4
2	Sep 7	549	1	0	73
3	Sep 14	465	2	0	84
4	Sep 21	540	2	1	75
5	Sep 28	603	2	2	63
6	Oct 5	589	2	3	14
7	Oct 12	470	3	3	119
8	Oct 19	464	3	3	6
9	Oct 26	499	3	4	35
10	Nov 2	489	3	5	10
11	Nov 9	464	4	5	25
12	Nov 16	477	4	6	13
13	Nov 23	476	4	6	1
14	Nov 30	494	4	6	18
15	Dec 7	489	4	6	5
16	Dec 14	495	4	6	6
17	Dec 21	491	4	6	4
18	Dec 28	491	4	6
19	Jan 4	491	4	6
20	Jan 10	491	4	6
21	Jan 20	491	4	6

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