Coverage: October 26–November 1, 2026, through November 1 at 3:00 p.m. CST (21:00 UTC). Look ahead: November 2–8.
Partial weekly recap. This edition includes verified results and clearly identifies missing team and schedule coverage; it is not a claim of complete league or national coverage.
League summary
Paul Quinn opened the DiMario Jackson Sr. era with a 90–49 victory over Arlington Baptist on October 27. Darkaun King contributed 15 points and 10 rebounds; Jacovey Campbell scored 15. The results below include other confirmed results, but inaccessible complete member schedules prevent an authoritative account of every game or a league-wide performance ranking. No absence of a recorded game is treated as an idle week.
Rankings reference: NAIA preseason coaches poll, October 21, 2026; NHR editorial selections are not official NAIA awards. Wins over Top 25 opponents have not been verified across the entire league.
Every team’s week
Dillard (La.)
Dillard fell 72–61 to Xavier on October 30. Full-week coverage remains unverified.
Fisk (TN)
Weekly results remain unverified; an idle week cannot be confirmed.
Huston-Tillotson
Huston-Tillotson beat Texas College 87–73 on October 30. Full-week coverage remains unverified.
Oakwood (AL)
Oakwood lost 92–66 to Tennessee Southern on October 29. Full-week coverage remains unverified.
Paul Quinn
Paul Quinn won its October 27 opener 90–49 over Arlington Baptist at the Health & Wellness Center, giving DiMario Jackson Sr. his first win as the Tigers’ head coach. Darkaun King posted 15 points, 10 rebounds and three assists; Jacovey Campbell scored 15 on 5-for-7 shooting. Official recap. The official recap and box score verify the opener; the remainder of the week has not been fully verified.
Philander Smith (AR)
Philander Smith fell 97–67 to Champion Christian on October 27. Full-week coverage remains unverified.
Rust (MS)
Rust lost 100–81 to Blue Mountain Christian on October 29. Full-week coverage remains unverified.
Southern University at New Orleans (LA)
SUNO pushed Loyola in a close finish but fell 78–75 on October 31. Full-week coverage remains unverified.
Stillman
Weekly results remain unverified; an idle week cannot be confirmed.
Talladega (AL)
Talladega put together three wins in the confirmed results: 65–57 over Truett McConnell on October 27, 97–90 over William Carey on October 30 and 98–75 over Faulkner on October 31. Full-week coverage remains unverified.
Tougaloo (Miss.)
Weekly results remain unverified; an idle week cannot be confirmed.
Virgin Islands
Weekly results remain unverified; an idle week cannot be confirmed.
Voorhees University
Voorhees rebounded from an 80–74 loss to Truett McConnell on October 30 with an 84–70 win over Morris on October 31. Full-week coverage remains unverified.
Wilberforce (OH)
Weekly results remain unverified; an idle week cannot be confirmed.
Wiley (TX)
Wiley came up short against Louisiana Christian, 83–79, on October 31. Full-week coverage remains unverified.
Verified game-by-game review
October 27: Paul Quinn 90, Arlington Baptist 49. Paul Quinn led 46–28 at halftime and outscored Arlington Baptist 44–21 after the break. King’s double-double and Campbell’s 15 points helped deliver Jackson’s first win. Official box score.
2026-10-27: Champion Christian College 97, Philander Smith (AR) 67. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-27: Truett McConnell University 57, Talladega College 65. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-29: Blue Mountain Christian (MS) 100, Rust (MS) 81. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-29: Tennessee Southern 92, Oakwood (AL) 66. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-30: Talladega (AL) 97, William Carey (Miss.) 90. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-30: Huston-Tillotson 87, Texas College 73. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-30: Truett McConnell 80, Voorhees University 74. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-30: Xavier (La.) 72, Dillard (La.) 61. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-31: Wiley (TX) 79, Louisiana Christian University 83. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-31: Loyola (LA) 78, Southern University at New Orleans 75. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-31: Voorhees University 84, Morris College 70. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
2026-10-31: Talladega (AL) 98, Faulkner (AL) 75. An exact official box-score link remains unverified.
NHR editorial Game of the Week
Loyola (LA)–Southern University at New Orleans (2026-10-31) — provisional editorial choice for the narrow 3-point margin among the verified finals in this edition. Full league coverage and individual performances remain incomplete.
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 | 6–7 |
| Official NAIA Top 25 opponents | 1–1 |
| Appalachian Athletic Conference | 1–1 |
| Continental Athletic Conference | 1–1 |
| Red River Athletic Conference | 1–1 |
| Southern States Athletic Conference | 3–4 |
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
Exhibition — November 2: Paul Quinn at Prairie View A&M. Paul Quinn explicitly labels this game noncounting, at 5 p.m. CST as posted. This is separate from counting games. November 7: Texas A&M–San Antonio at Paul Quinn, 3 p.m. CST, Health & Wellness Center. This is a nonconference matchup: Paul Quinn is HBCUAC and TAMUSA is RRAC. Paul Quinn looks to carry its balanced opening-night offense into the home test. The host schedule confirms the tip and venue. Official schedule.
November 7: Georgia Southern–East Georgia at Talladega. Talladega’s complete official schedule lists 4 p.m. at the Dr. Billy C. Hawkins Student Activity Center; the opponent is the East Georgia campus, corroborated by the Swainsboro return trip rather than NCAA Georgia Southern. The source does not explicitly label a time zone. Official schedule. No HBCUAC matchup appears on the verified Talladega or Paul Quinn schedules for November 2–8; other members remain unresolved, so this is not a league-wide no-conference-games claim.
All remaining member schedules, conference-matchup classification, host venues, Central tip times and confirmed watch links still require verification. This partial preview does not imply there are no conference matchups. Exhibitions will be separated only with explicit classification evidence.
