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How to Watch: UCA at ACU in an UAC Game in Texas
Everything you need to know to watch No. 7 Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian on Saturday.
CONWAY, Ark. β No matter which poll you look at, Central Arkansas is a Top 10 FCS team. Their opponent this week, however, is a ranked team based on which poll you look at.
UCA is ranked No. 7 in the AFCA Coaches Poll and Abilene Christian is unranked. However, in the STATS PERFORM FCS Top 25, UCA is No. 5 and ACU is No. 16.
That discrepancy makes it hard to market Saturdayβs game in Abilene, Texas as a matchup of Top 25 teams, but it will be an important game nonetheless.
Both teams are undefeated in United Athletic Conference games, but ACU has played two conference games. A Wildcat win would vault them ahead of the Bears in the UAC standings. A Bearsβ win would keep them at the top of the standings.
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ACU has conference wins against West Georgia (38-24) and Utah Tech (55-30), while UCA picked up its lone conference win three weeks ago against Austin Peay (45-17).
Hereβs everything you need to know to watch or listen to the Bears battle the Wildcats in west Texas.
How to Watch: No. 7 Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian
Who: No. Central Arkansas (4-1, 1-0 UAC) at Abilene Christian (3-2, 2-0 UAC)
When: 3 p.m., October 5
Where: Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium, Abilene, Texas
TV: ESPN+
Radio: The Bear 91.3/The Point 94.1
Series: UCA leads all-time series, 7-1.
Last Meeting: UCA 52, ACU 17 (Sept. 23, 2023)
Last time out, UCA: Won 34-14 vs. Lamar University
Last time out, ACU: Won 55-30 at Utah Tech
| Sat, Aug 31 |  | @ Arkansas State | L, 34-31 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | @ Lindenwood | W, 34-13 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | Austin Peay | W, 45-17 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | @ Arkansas-Pine Bluff | W, 56-17 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Lamar | W, 34-14 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ Abilene Christian | L, 41-34 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs West Georgia | W, 34-33 |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | vs North Alabama | W, 24-19 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Utah Tech | L, 34-21 |
| Sat, Nov 9 |  | @ Eastern Kentucky | L, 31-24 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Southern Utah | L, 38-31 |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | @Tarleton State | 2:00 PM |
