Oklahoma Baptist at Arkansas Tech
WHEN 6 p.m.
WHERE Thone Stadium, Russellville
RADIO KCJC-FM, 102.3, in Russelville INTERNET arkansastechsports.com
RECORDS Arkansas Tech 1-0, 1-0 Great American Conference; Oklahoma Baptist 0-1, 0-1
COACHES Raymond Monica (9-14 in third season at Arkansas Tech, 54-48 in nine seasons overall); Chris Jensen (12-11 in third season at Oklahoma Baptist) SERIES First meeting between schools LAST WEEK Arkansas Tech defeated Southern Nazarene 62-14; Oklahoma Baptist lost to Harding 20-19 in overtime COMMENTS The Wonder Boys had 469 yards rushing, the second-highest total in program history. Bryan Allen led the way for the Wonder Boys with 138 yards and a touchdown, while teammate Brayden Stringer added 136 yards and another score. … Senior quarterback Arsenio Favor scored two rushing touchdowns and threw for another in his Wonder Boys’ debut. … Arkansas Tech’s Nick Akins was the Great American Conference’s defensive player of the week after recovering a fumble for a touchdown on the game’s opening play and recording 5 tackles, including 2 for loss and 1 sack. … Conference newcomer Oklahoma Baptist was picked to finish last in the GAC preseason poll. … The Bison, who are transitioning to NCAA Division II from NAIA, missed an extra point in overtime in their loss last week to 19th-ranked Harding.
Arkansas-Monticello at SW Oklahoma State
WHEN 6 p.m. Central
WHERE ASAP Energy Field, Weatherford, Okla.
RADIO KHBM-FM, 93.7, in Monticello INTERNET uamsports.com
RECORDS UAM 0-1, 0-1 Great American Conference; SW Oklahoma State 0-1, 0-1 COACHES Hud Jackson (13-31 in fifth season at UAM and overall); Dan Cocannouer (21-44 in seventh season at SW Oklahoma State and overall)
SERIES Tied 2-2
LAST MEETING UAM won 33-14 in 2014 LAST WEEK UAM lost to NW Oklahoma State 52-31; SW Oklahoma State lost to Southern Arkansas 28-24
COMMENTS The Boll Weevils led 17-0 at the end of the first quarter last week, but NW Oklahoma State answered with 38 consecutive points. … Senior quarterback Hunter Leppert was 25 of 51 for 300 yards and 4 touchdowns last week. Sophomore Jalen Tolliver had 4 catches for 78 yards and 2 touchdowns. … Jamie McGee’s 36-yard field goal was the 24th of his career. He needs one to tie Dannie Baker (1976-1979) for second on the career list at UAM.
— Steve Rogers
Southern Arkansas at NW Okla. State
WHEN 7 p.m. Central
WHERE Ranger Field, Alva, Okla.
RADIO KVMZ-FM, 99.1, in Magnolia/Waldo, KELD-FM, 106.5, in Hampton/El Dorado/ Camden, KZNG-AM, 1340, in Hot Springs, KENA-AM, 1450, in Mena, KPGG-FM, 103.9, in Ashdown/Texarkana, KMTB-FM, 99.5, in Murfreesboro/Nashville.
INTERNET muleriderathletics.com
RECORDS SAU 1-0, 1-0 Great American Conference; NW Oklahoma State 1-0, 1-0 COACHES Bill Keopple (27-35 in seventh season at SAU and overall); Matt Walter (1-0 in first season at NW Oklahoma State and overall)
SERIES SAU leads 4-1-1
LAST MEETING SAU won 62-21 in 2014 LAST WEEK SAU defeated Southwestern Oklahoma State 28-24; NW Oklahoma State defeated Arkansas-Monticello 52-31
COMMENTS Redshirt freshman quarterback Barrett Renner threw for 336 yards and two touchdowns last week in his Muleriders debut. … SAU freshman defensive linemen were all in on sacks against Southwestern Oklahoma. … After trailing 24-22 midway through the fourth quarter, the Muleriders defense forced two three-and-outs and a fumble on the Bulldogs’ final three possessions. … The 52 points scored last week by Northwestern were the highest since 2013, as were the 459 yards of total offense. … Rangers quarterback Reid Miller was 33 of 45 for 379 yards with 5 touchdowns against UAM.
— Frankie Frisco
Southern Nazarene at Harding
WHEN 6 p.m. WHERE First Security Stadium, Searcy RADIO KVHU-FM, 95.3, in Searcy INTERNET hardingsports.com RECORDS Harding 1-0, 1-0 Great American Conference; Southern Nazarene 0-1, 0-1 RANKING Harding is No. 19 in the AFCA Division II coaches poll and No. 20 in the D2football.com poll. COACHES Ronnie Huckeba (50-35 in ninth season at Harding and overall); Craig Hubbard (0-1 in first season as interim coach at Southern Nazarene) SERIES Harding leads 3-0 LAST MEETING Harding won 58-0 LAST WEEK Harding defeated Oklahoma Baptist 20-19 in overtime; Arkansas Tech defeated Southern Nazarene 62-14 COMMENTS Harding has been ranked in the past 13 AFCA polls. … The Bisons have won nine consecutive games against teams from Oklahoma. … Harding’s Corey Bassett was named the conference’s special teams player of the week after a 24-yard punt return set up a touchdown and blocking a potential game-winning field-goal attempt at the end of regulation. … Junior quarterback Park Parish made his first career start for the Bisons against Oklahoma Baptist, rushing for 87 yards and passing for 123. … Harding has outscored Southern Nazarene 163-34 in its three victories. … The Crimson Storm have lost their past 23 games, 27 consecutive GAC games and 14 road games.
— Frankie Frisco
Ouachita Baptist vs. SE Okla. State
WHEN 7 p.m.
WHERE Cliff Harris Stadium, Arkadelphia RADIO KHTE-FM, 96.5, in Little Rock; KHTO-FM, 96.7, in Hot Springs; KVRC-AM, 1240, in Arkadelphia; KAMD-FM, 97.1, in Camden; KNAS-FM, 105.5, in Nashville; KQOR-FM, 105.3, in Mena; KFMD-FM, 105.3, and KFMD-AM, 1340, in Springdale INTERNET obutigers.com
RECORDS OBU 1-0, 1-0 Great American Conference; SE Oklahoma State 0-1, 0-1 RANKING OBU is No. 11 in the AFCA Division II coaches poll and No. 16 in the d2football.com poll.
COACHES Todd Knight (78-83 in 17th season at OBU, 106-115-2 in 23rd season overall); Bo Atterberry (7-6 in second season at SE Oklahoma State, 48-34 in eighth season overall)
SERIES OBU leads 29-18-4
LAST MEETING OBU won 35-29 in 2014 LAST WEEK OBU defeated East Central (Okla.) 31-24; SE Oklahoma State lost to Henderson State 23-16
COMMENTS Brandon Marks scored on a 14-yard touchdown run with 11 seconds remaining to give the Tigers the victory in last season’s meeting. SE Oklahoma State had taken a 29-28 lead on Ronnie Green’s 9-yard touchdown run with 58 seconds left. … OBU has won five consecutive in the series. … Last week, running back Kris Oliver rushed for 110 yards and 3 touchdowns on 22 carries to lead OBU. Making his first college start, sophomore quarterback Austin Warford was 15 of 27 for 221 yards and 1 touchdowns.