Nelson Lions NAIA College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Nelson

Lions

Marginal

C- Overall Grade 71

Ice Cold

Brutal Schedule

Consistency King

1-7 Record

12.5% Win %

#69 NAIA Rank#647 nat'l

17.6 Pts / Game

L 5 Streak

Next Up:
vs Wayland Baptist, Sat Oct 31

Performance Rankings: NAIA (National)

Nelson Lions has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	1-9	10.0%	—
2008-09	4-5	44.4%	—
2009-10	3-7	30.0%	—
2010-11	2-8	20.0%	#87
2011-12	4-6	40.0%	#65
2012-13	4-6	40.0%	#64
2013-14	6-4	60.0%	#63
2014-15	4-6	40.0%	#65
2015-16	8-3	72.7%	#41
2016-17	4-6	40.0%	#69
2017-18	8-3	72.7%	#31
2018-19	5-5	50.0%	#65
2019-20	0-10	0.0%	#93
2020-21	4-3	57.1%	#56
2021-22	8-3	72.7%	#35
2022-23	7-4	63.6%	#51
2023-24	4-6	40.0%	#75
2024-25	4-6	40.0%	#69
2025-26	3-7	30.0%	#70
2026-27	1-7	12.5%	#69

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
322	Louisiana Christian	8	1	44
337	Ottawa AZ	5	1	25
476	Wayland Baptist	5	3	1
510	OK Panhandle St	4	4	12
520	Texas Wesleyan	4	4	9
647	Nelson TX	1	7	7
674	Langston	2	5	25
678	Arkansas Baptist	2	7	8
740	Texas College	0	5	1

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 29	vs MidAmerica Nazarene (6-3) Heart of America	L6-27
Sat Sep 12	at #18 Ottawa AZ (5-1) (#337 nationally) SAC	L17-31
Sat Sep 19	vs Arkansas Baptist (2-7) SAC	W35-28
Sat Sep 26	at Texas Wesleyan (4-4) SAC	L16-41
Sat Oct 3	at Howard Payne (5-1) (D3) American Southwest · D3	L16-44
Sat Oct 10	vs OK Panhandle St (4-4) SAC	L28-35
Sat Oct 17	vs #17 Louisiana Christian (8-1) (#322 nationally) SAC	L23-31
Sat Oct 24	vs Hardin-Simmons (6-0) (D3) American Southwest · D3	L0-52