Partial weekly recap — results verified through November 1, 2026, 3 p.m. Central (CST). Sunday games without a verified final are not treated as complete. Coverage gaps are identified by team; this is not a complete national or conference game inventory.
League summary
Columbia lost 68–62 at Evangel. Harris-Stowe supplied a positive result by defeating Saint Xavier 86–76. Central Baptist and Mission faced difficult nonconference tests; the available official results do not establish every member’s complete week.
Rankings mentioned here are the official October 21, 2026 NAIA preseason Coaches’ Poll, not NHR rankings. Ranked-win reporting is limited to the results verified for this edition; omitted results are not a claim that no other ranked wins occurred.
Around the league
Columbia (MO)
Columbia fell 68–62 to Evangel on October 27. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Hannibal-LaGrange (MO)
Hannibal-LaGrange’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Central Baptist (AR)
Central Baptist fell 99–78 to LSU Alexandria on October 26. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Crowley’s Ridge (AR)
Crowley’s Ridge’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Harris-Stowe (MO)
Harris-Stowe beat Saint Xavier (IL) 86–76 on October 30. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Mission (Mo.)
Mission fell 100–67 to Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) on October 30 before falling 89–81 to Campbellsville (KY) on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
UHSP
UHSP’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Williams Baptist (AR)
Williams Baptist’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Game-by-game recap
2026-10-26: LSU Alexandria 99, Central Baptist (AR) 78. LSU Alexandria finished 21 points ahead. Official box score
2026-10-27: Evangel 68, Columbia (MO) 62. Evangel finished 6 points ahead. Official box score
2026-10-30: Harris-Stowe (MO) 86, Saint Xavier (IL) 76. Harris-Stowe (MO) finished 10 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-30: Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 100, Mission (Mo.) 67. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) finished 33 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-31: Campbellsville (KY) 89, Mission (Mo.) 81. Campbellsville (KY) finished 8 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
NHR Game of the Week
Evangel 68, Columbia 62 — October 27. Columbia stayed within six points in this nonconference test against KCAC opposition. This is our editorial selection among the games verified for this edition.
Individual performances
Individual performance selections are unavailable for this edition: the player-level box scores have not been fully verified. We are not presenting an incomplete sample as the league’s top performers.
Conference results snapshot
Season-to-date observed results, not just this week. Record cutoff: November 1, 2026, 3:53 p.m. CST; the weekly recap above uses a separate 3:00 p.m. CST cutoff. The underlying incomplete inventory covers 176 verified NAIA-versus-NAIA counting games dated October 22–31: 175 between conferences and one within a conference. This is not a complete season or national inventory.
| Opponent group | Observed W–L |
|---|---|
| All other NAIA conferences | 4–7 |
| Official NAIA Top 25 opponents | · |
| Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 1–0 |
| Heart of America Athletic Conference | 1–2 |
| Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference | 0–2 |
| Mid-South Conference | 0–2 |
| Red River Athletic Conference | 1–1 |
| River States Conference | 1–0 |
W–L is from this conference’s perspective. Only opponent conferences with observed games are listed; omitted matchups and a middle dot (·) mean no game observed in this inventory, not a verified 0–0 record. The Top 25 row uses the official October 21, 2026 NAIA preseason poll, excludes receiving-votes teams and includes same-conference opponents. It overlaps the opponent rows and should not be added to them. Non-NAIA opponents are outside this chart.
Look ahead: November 2–8
Next-week coverage is partial. A complete list of conference matchups, host-confirmed Central tip times and broadcast links could not be verified; omitted games should not be read as an empty schedule.
Columbia: The complete official schedule confirms the 68–62 loss at Evangel on October 27. Official box. Its November 1 visit to Baker was listed for 2 p.m.; no final is established in the reviewed school capture, so it remains pending at the cutoff. November 4 brings Central Methodist to Columbia’s Arena of Southwell Complex at 7 p.m. Central. This is a notable cross-conference comparison after Central Methodist’s win over Tabor. Host schedule · School streaming page. The streaming page is not a guarantee of a particular game’s broadcast.
Harris-Stowe watchlist: The MNU host schedule confirms Harris-Stowe versus Benedictine November 6, 5:30 p.m. Central, then at MNU November 7, 7:30 p.m. Central, both at the Cook Center, Olathe. These are meaningful cross-conference tests following Harris-Stowe’s verified win over Saint Xavier. Official tournament-host schedule.
