Coverage: October 26–November 1, 2026, through 3 p.m. Central on November 1. This is a verified-results roundup with the coverage gaps noted below; later Sunday results are not included.

Around the league

Union Commonwealth’s 93–90 overtime win against Cumberland and its narrow 79–75 loss to Cumberlands put the league in two of the week’s tightest verified games. Some team schedules could not be fully verified, so this is a partial roundup rather than a complete weekly inventory.

No Top 25 win is established in the games verified for this recap; this is not a complete league-wide negative claim. Rankings refer to the October 21, 2026 Gared-NAIA preseason coaches poll, not NHR rankings.

Coverage note: Full weekly schedules remain unverified for Reinhardt (Ga.), Truett McConnell, Montreat (NC), Bluefield (VA), Bryan (TN), CIU (SC), Union Commonwealth, Columbia (SC), Johnson (TN), Spartanburg Methodist, Tennessee Wesleyan. Their paragraphs report confirmed results where available.

Team-by-team

Milligan (TN)

Milligan (TN) fell to Faulkner (AL) 80–91 on October 30. On October 31, it lost to William Carey (Miss.) 80–95.

Reinhardt (Ga.)

Reinhardt (Ga.) fell to Georgia Gwinnett 71–81 on October 28. On October 31, it lost to Tennessee Southern 60–71.

Truett McConnell

Truett McConnell fell to Talladega College 57–65 on October 27. On October 30, it beat Voorhees University 80–74.

Montreat (NC)

Montreat (NC)’s weekly results could not be fully verified for this edition.

Bluefield (VA)

Bluefield (VA) fell to Morris College 61–72 on October 28.

Bryan (TN)

Bryan (TN) fell to Dalton State 59–73 on October 27. On October 30, it beat Point 107–76.

CIU (SC)

CIU (SC) fell to Dalton State (GA) 68–88 on October 30.

Union Commonwealth

Union Commonwealth defeated Cumberland University 93–90 on October 28. On October 31, it lost to Cumberlands (Ky.) 75–79.

Columbia (SC)

Columbia (SC) defeated Abraham Baldwin Agricultural 74–68 on October 31.

Johnson (TN)

Johnson (TN)’s weekly results could not be fully verified for this edition.

Spartanburg Methodist

Spartanburg Methodist’s weekly results could not be fully verified for this edition.

Tennessee Wesleyan

Tennessee Wesleyan’s weekly results could not be fully verified for this edition.

Pikeville (KY)

Pikeville’s only listed game this week was an October 28 exhibition at Marshall. The final score has not been verified for this recap; no counting game appears on its complete official schedule.

Game notes

2026-10-27: Dalton State 73, Bryan (TN) 59. Official box-score source. Official source.

2026-10-27: Talladega College 65, Truett McConnell University 57. Official box-score source. Official source.

2026-10-28: Georgia Gwinnett 81, Reinhardt University 71. Official box-score source. Official source.

2026-10-28: Union Commonwealth University 93, Cumberland University 90. Official box-score source. Official source.

2026-10-28: Morris College 72, Bluefield University 61. Official box-score source. Official source.

2026-10-30: Bryan (TN) 107, Point 76. An exact official box-score link was not available for this recap. Official source.

2026-10-30: Faulkner (AL) 91, Milligan (TN) 80. An exact official box-score link was not available for this recap.

2026-10-30: Truett McConnell 80, Voorhees University 74. An exact official box-score link was not available for this recap. Official source.

2026-10-30: Dalton State (GA) 88, CIU (SC) 68. An exact official box-score link was not available for this recap.

2026-10-31: William Carey (Miss.) 95, Milligan (TN) 80. An exact official box-score link was not available for this recap. Official source.

2026-10-31: Columbia (SC) 74, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural 68. An exact official box-score link was not available for this recap. Official source.

2026-10-31: Cumberlands (Ky.) 79, Union Commonwealth 75. An exact official box-score link was not available for this recap. Official source.

2026-10-31: Tennessee Southern 71, Reinhardt (Ga.) 60. An exact official box-score link was not available for this recap. Official source.

NHR Game of the Week

Union Commonwealth–Cumberland. A three-point overtime finish makes this the editorial selection from the verified games. This choice is based on the games verified for this recap, not a claim that every conference game has been compared.

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	5–13
Official NAIA Top 25 opponents	0–5
Continental Athletic Conference	1–4
HBCU Athletic Conference	1–1
Mid-South Conference	1–2
Southern States Athletic Conference	2–5
Sun Conference	0–1

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.

Looking ahead: November 2–8

A complete next-week slate could not be independently verified for this conference. Confirmed details follow where available.

Milligan’s complete official schedule confirms its two counting games this week: losses at Faulkner, 91–80, and against William Carey, 95–80. The latter independently corroborates the NAIA-posted final as posted by NAIA. Milligan schedule.

Pikeville played an October 28 exhibition at Marshall; therefore “No games played” is not appropriate. Its complete current schedule lists no counting game in the coverage week. The exhibition result still requires exact box verification. Pikeville schedule.

Looking ahead, Milligan visits UNC Greensboro November 3 in an explicitly designated exhibition, then plays Mount Vernon Nazarene November 6 and Indiana East November 7 in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Pikeville visits Cumberlands November 3, then hosts WVU Tech November 6 and Rio Grande November 7 at UPIKE Gym. The host’s page displays 8 p.m. and 6 p.m. for those home games; its timezone is not explicitly labeled, so Central conversions remain pending. Neither newly captured school schedule lists an AAC matchup November 2–8; this does not establish the entire league slate.