North Alabama Lions
UACFlorence, ALBraly Municipal Stadium
2026: 4–3 (1–1 UAC). Last: lost to Abilene Christian 31–28 at home. Next: Austin Peay, Saturday, Oct 24, 7 p.m. ET.
- W 22–10vs. Samford
- L 14–31at Arkansas
- L 25–30at SE Louisiana
- W 38–20Alcorn State
- W 23–20Western Illinois
- W 20–16at Eastern Kentucky
- L 28–31Abilene Christian
- Oct 24Austin Peay
- Oct 31at Central Arkansas
- Nov 7West Florida
- Nov 14at West Georgia
- Nov 21Tarleton State
North Alabama has played football since 1912 and is officially 488–325–16; 98 of its 829 games are in our file. They have won 13 Gulf South Conference titles (the last in 2016), counting shared titles. Since 1980, the NFL Draft has taken 10 players from here in its first seven rounds, 0 of them in the first round. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player from North Alabama. This season, they’re 4–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 488–325–16 official; 30–68 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1261
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 36 · Composite No. 31 in FCS, Oct 17; down 9 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 13 last in 2016
- Seasons
- 17 since 1912, 98 games
Identity
- Fight song
- Go! Fight! U-N-A!
- Band
- Marching Pride of North Alabama since 1949, 265 members
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs Samford | W 22–10 | 56% |
| Sep 5 | at Arkansas | L 14–31 | 16% |
| Sep 12 | at SE Louisiana | L 25–30 | 29% |
| Sep 19 | vs Alcorn State | W 38–20 | 46% |
| Sep 26 | vs Western Illinois | W 23–20 | 55% |
| Oct 3 | at Eastern Kentucky | W 20–16 | 40% |
| Oct 17 | vs Abilene Christian | L 28–31 | 47% |
| Oct 24 | vs Austin Peay | Preview | 34% |
| Oct 31 | at Central Arkansas | Preview | 47% |
| Nov 7 | vs West Florida | Preview | 49% |
| Nov 14 | at West Georgia | Preview | 47% |
| Nov 21 | vs Tarleton State | Preview | 22% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Destin Wade1,402 passing yards, 6 TD (leads North Alabama in passing yards)
- Xavier Johnson35 catches, 679 yards, 2 TD (leads North Alabama in receiving yards)
- Avery Howard38 tackles, 7 sacks (leads North Alabama in sacks)
- Leo Glover46 tackles, 2 INT (leads North Alabama in tackles)
- Snap Reed33 catches, 382 yards, 1 TD
- Tae Martin40 tackles, 2 sacks
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at North Alabama.
Program strength since 1912
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Willis | 2022 | 1–7 |
| Ryan Held | 2022 | 0–3 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Jacksonville State
1–5 in 6
Lost the last five.
- Eastern Kentucky
2–3 in 5
Won the last two.
| Opponent | Games | UNA record |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville State | 6 | 1–5 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 5 | 2–3 |
Rivals the program names: West Alabama.
Every opponent (54)
Every program North Alabama has played, A to Z, with North Alabama’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Abilene Christian 1–3
- Alabama A&M 1–1
- Alcorn State 1–0
- App State 1–1
- Arkansas 0–1
- Austin Peay 0–4
- Azusa Pacific 1–0
- BYU 0–1
- Campbell 1–2
- Central Arkansas 0–4
- Charleston Southern 1–1
- Chattanooga 1–2
- East Tennessee State 0–1
- Eastern Kentucky 2–3
- Florida State 0–1
- Gardner-Webb 1–0
- Hampton 1–1
- Illinois State 0–2
- Indiana State 0–1
- Jackson State 1–0
- Jacksonville State 1–5
- Kennesaw State 0–3
- Liberty 0–1
- Louisiana 1–0
- Memphis 0–2
- Mercer 0–1
- Mississippi College 1–0
- Monmouth 0–2
- Montana 0–1
- Nicholls 0–1
- North Carolina A&T 0–1
- North Dakota State 0–1
- North Greenville 1–0
- Northeastern State 1–0
- Northwest Missouri State 0–1
- Presbyterian 1–0
- Robert Morris 1–0
- Samford 1–0
- SE Louisiana 0–2
- Sewanee 0–1
- Shorter 1–0
- Southeast Missouri State 0–2
- Southern Miss 0–1
- Southern Utah 1–2
- Tarleton State 0–4
- Tennessee Tech 1–1
- UT Martin 0–2
- Utah Tech 2–1
- UVA Wise 1–0
- Vanderbilt 0–1
- West Florida 0–1
- West Georgia 1–1
- Western Illinois 2–0
- Western Kentucky 0–1
Conference titles
13, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Gulf South Conference 1973–2017
- Independent 2018
- Big South 2019–2021
- Atlantic Sun Conference 2022
- UAC since 2023
- 2018Went independent from the Gulf South Conference in football, announced December 6, 2016. Source
- 2019Joined the Big South from independence in football, announced December 6, 2016. Source
- 2022Joined the Atlantic Sun Conference from the Big South in football, announced January 29, 2021. Source
- 2023Joined the UAC from the Atlantic Sun Conference in football. Source
North Alabama’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 1
- Coaches
- 0
| 2008 | Ronald McKinnon LB |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 10 since 1980
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
University of North Alabama- Enrollment
- 10,204 7,662 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Florence, Alabama
- Public or private
- Public
- Founded
- 1830
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $45,415 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1261 | ||||
| 2025 | 2–10 | 1–7 | 1158 | ||||
| 2024 | 3–9 | 3–5 | 1183 | ||||
| 2023 | 3–8 | 1–5 | 1164 | ||||
| 2022 | 1–10 | 0–5 | Chris Willis, Ryan Held | 1140 | |||
| 2021 | 3–8 | 3–4 | 1232 | ||||
| 2020 | 0–4 | 1211 | |||||
| 2019 | 4–7 | 3–4 | 1227 | ||||
| 2018 | 7–3 | 1254 | |||||
| 2016 | 0–2 | 1154 | |||||
| 2003 | 1–0 | 1209 | |||||
| 1997 | 1–0 | 1184 | |||||
| 1979 | 0–1 | 1149 | |||||
| 1973 | 1–0 | 1182 | |||||
| 1972 | 0–1 | 1160 | |||||
| 1959 | 0–1 | 1189 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–1 | 1193 |
Officially 488–325–16 since 1912 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 30–68 (98 of its 829 games are on file). Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1913–58, 1960–71, 1974–78, 1980–96, 1998–2002, 2004–15, 2017: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.