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June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

Austin Peay

7-5 2025 final

Austin Peay is the Tennessee program that stood 1,411 days without beating an FBS team and then stepped on Middle Tennessee to end the curse.

The Governors keep the faith.

Record
7-5
win% .583
FCS Top 25
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Conf Standing
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Playoff Path
Building résumé
Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-loss — reckoning
The Long Wait·Offseason

Austin Peay is the Tennessee program that stood 1,411 days without beating an FBS team and then stepped on Middle Tennessee to end the curse.

Standard GapA Governors program that has been the perpetual stepping stone — until 2…

Austin Peay finished 7–5 (4–4 UAC) in 2025, narrowly missing the FCS Playoff but celebrating the FBS breakthrough that had eluded the program since 1987. Coach Jeff Faris, in his second season, has already signed a contract extens…

offseason · quiet
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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

The Pulse on Austin Peay

Quiet · dead period heritage · signal ramps back in camp
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The Governors keep the faith.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —
Camp Fall camp ~40 days out
"Go Austin Peay" — Austin Peay fanbase · recurring line
3 mentions · awaiting signal

Aspiration Ladder

Brief Part III §33.4 · Austin Peay

Winning record—

The baseline expectation.

Conference title—

The annual recruiting proof point.

Playoff bid (24-team bracket)—

Conference qualifier or at-large.

Championship gameLocked—

Championship weekend. Top-4 in the country.

Austin Peay · Next-Season Outcome Band

Floor / Base / Ceiling

floor5-7Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
base7-5Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
ceiling10-2Conference title + deep playoff run.

Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.

Act II

Who We Are

FCS Program Prestige · Austin Peay

Mid-Major Contender

FCS Playoff Contender — consistent bracket participant, regional force.

T1Regional
T2Mid-Major
T3Power
T4National
T5Blue Blood
T6Dynasty
T7All-Time

Fanbase Health Index · Austin Peay · medium confidence

Stable (51)

DecliningStableGrowingSurging
On-Field — 7-5 (58% win rate)62
Volume — 2 effective signal-N39

Home-Field Advantage · Austin Peay · 2018-present

Elite

65% home win rate vs 45% on the road. margin runs +20.7 better at home.

Home19-10Away14-17
Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Mixed

Three of five. Trending up, not yet hot.

Streak L1Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 6-4

UAC Standing · 2025

4th in the UAC

Austin Peay sits 4th of 9 in the UAC at 7-5. Mid-conference — moves up or down depend on rivalry results and the late-season closing run.

#ProgramRecord
1Tarleton State12-2
2Abilene Christian9-5
3West Georgia8-3
4Austin Peay7-5
5Southern Utah7-5
6Eastern Kentucky5-7
7Central Arkansas3-9
8North Alabama2-10
9Utah Tech2-10

Schedule Strength · Austin Peay · 2025

Balanced

Average opponent win rate 45% across 12 finalized games. 1 FBS top-25 opponent played (Georgia).

Opp Win %0.458
Top-251
Top-101

Moment of the Year · Austin Peay · 2025

Lost 6-28 at Georgia

Week 2 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.

Decisive Marginvs Top-5 (#4)

Playoff History

Recent postseason (2023): 0-1

Most recent: 2023 — loss 21-24 (home). Last 5 postseason: 0-1.

2023

From the Archive — Austin Peay

2021: Won 47-6 at Murray State

In 2021, the program won 47-6 at Murray State — a blowout road result that left the 41-point margin on the books.

Go Governors.