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

William Penn’s week supplied contrasting high-scoring finishes: a 104–99 victory over Northwestern followed by a 109–101 loss to Governors State. Baker beat Friends 90–84 and Central Methodist beat Tabor 99–82. The remaining results below are a verified subset, not a complete conference inventory.

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

Peru State

Peru State’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.

Benedictine (KS)

Benedictine beat Haskell Indian Nations University 79–61 on October 27 before falling 80–60 to Dordt (IA) on October 30. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.

MidAmerica Nazarene

No games played

William Penn (Iowa)

William Penn beat Northwestern (Iowa) 104–99 on October 30 before falling 109–101 to Governors State on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.

Grand View

Grand View fell 85–72 to Midland University on October 28. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.

William Woods

William Woods beat Avila (MO) 82–80 on October 30. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.

Park

Park fell 76–66 to Arizona Christian on October 30 before falling 64–58 to Georgetown (Ky.) on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.

Central Methodist

Central Methodist beat Tabor College 99–82 on October 28. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.

Baker

Baker beat Friends University 90–84 on October 27. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.

Culver-Stockton (MO)

Culver-Stockton fell 77–65 to Northwestern (Iowa) on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.

Graceland

Graceland’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.

Mount Mercy

Mount Mercy’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.

Clarke (IA)

Clarke’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.

Missouri Valley

Missouri Valley’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.

Missouri Baptist

No games played

St. Ambrose

St. Ambrose is a Heart member for 2026–27 men’s basketball. The university’s February 16 announcement explicitly names basketball among the sports joining with full membership. Official university announcement. Its complete weekly results remain unverified; no inactivity claim is made.

Game-by-game recap

2026-10-27: Benedictine College 79, Haskell Indian Nations University 61. Benedictine College finished 18 points ahead. Official box score

2026-10-27: Baker University 90, Friends University 84. Baker University finished 6 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.

2026-10-28: Central Methodist 99, Tabor College 82. Central Methodist finished 17 points ahead. Official box score

2026-10-28: Midland University 85, Grand View University 72. Midland University finished 13 points ahead. Official box score

2026-10-30: William Woods 82, Avila (MO) 80. William Woods finished 2 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.

2026-10-30: William Penn (Iowa) 104, Northwestern (Iowa) 99. William Penn (Iowa) finished 5 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.

2026-10-30: Arizona Christian 76, Park University 66. Arizona Christian finished 10 points ahead. Official box score

2026-10-30: Dordt (IA) 80, Benedictine (KS) 60. Dordt (IA) finished 20 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.

2026-10-31: Governors State 109, William Penn (Iowa) 101. Governors State finished 8 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.

2026-10-31: Northwestern (Iowa) 77, Culver-Stockton (MO) 65. Northwestern (Iowa) finished 12 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.

2026-10-31: Georgetown (Ky.) 64, Park University 58. Georgetown (Ky.) finished 6 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.

NHR Game of the Week

Northwestern (Iowa) 99–104 William Penn (Iowa) (2026-10-30). Our selection from the games verified for this edition: the close nonconference contest offered an early test against an opponent from another league. Other games remain outside the verified coverage of 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	9–9
Official NAIA Top 25 opponents	0–2
American Midwest Conference	2–1
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	0–1
Continental Athletic Conference	1–0
Great Plains Athletic Conference	1–4
Great Southwest Athletic Conference	0–1
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	5–1
Mid-South 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.

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.

Missouri Baptist: No games played in the coverage week, verified by its complete 2026–27 official schedule, whose first game is November 3 against Brescia. The Spartans host Brescia at the Carl & Deloris Petty Sports and Recreation Complex in St. Louis at 7 p.m. Central November 3. Their November 7 visit to Mission is listed at 3 p.m.; the host’s time confirmation remains pending. Official schedule.

Baker: Columbia’s official schedule lists the November 1 Baker game at 2 p.m. The school capture does not verify a completed final at the declared cutoff; it remains pending, not a completed weekly result. Columbia schedule.

MidAmerica Nazarene: No games played the coverage week; its complete current official schedule moves from October 24 to November 3. MNU hosts Kansas Wesleyan November 3 at 7 p.m. Central, Midland November 6 at 7:30 p.m. Central, and Harris-Stowe November 7 at 7:30 p.m. Central, all at the Cook Center in Olathe. The site explicitly states all times Central. Its first conference game is November 14; no MNU conference matchup falls November 2–8. The host also lists Benedictine–Harris-Stowe November 6 at 5:30 p.m. and Benedictine–Midland November 7 at 5:30 p.m., both Central at the Cook Center; these are not MNU games and are separate tournament fixtures. Official host schedule. Host-listed video (broadcast availability may change).