UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
SouthlandEdinburg, TXRobert and Janet Vackar Stadium
2026: 3–4 (2–3 Southland). Last: lost at Incarnate Word 41–16. Next: at Central Arkansas, Saturday, Oct 24, 5 p.m. ET.
- W 44–0UT Permian Basin
- L 16–45at UTSA
- L 28–31at Nicholls
- W 27–10McNeese
- L 17–20at East Texas A&M
- W 13–3SE Louisiana
- L 16–41at Incarnate Word
- Oct 24at Central Arkansas
- Oct 31Lamar
- Nov 7at Northwestern State
- Nov 14Stephen F. Austin
- Nov 21at Houston Christian
UT Rio Grande Valley has played football since 1927 and is 12–7 in the 19 games on record here, which start in 2025. This season, they’re 3–4.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 9–3 official; 12–7 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1338
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 49 · Composite No. 33 in FCS, Oct 17; down 12 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Seasons
- 2 since 2025, 19 games
2026 season 3–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vsUT Permian Basin | W 44–0 | 66% |
| Sep 5 | at UTSA | L 16–45 | 22% |
| Sep 12 | at Nicholls | L 28–31 | 57% |
| Sep 19 | vs McNeese | W 27–10 | 71% |
| Oct 3 | at East Texas A&M | L 17–20 | 68% |
| Oct 10 | vs SE Louisiana | W 13–3 | 57% |
| Oct 17 | at Incarnate Word | L 16–41 | 51% |
| Oct 24 | at Central Arkansas | Preview | 58% |
| Oct 31 | vs Lamar | Preview | 52% |
| Nov 7 | at Northwestern State | Preview | 81% |
| Nov 14 | vs Stephen F. Austin | Preview | 32% |
| Nov 21 | at Houston Christian | Preview | 54% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Aidan Jakobsohn1,237 passing yards, 8 TD (leads UT Rio Grande Valley in passing yards)
- Spencer Rich75 tackles (leads UT Rio Grande Valley in tackles)
- Jaiden Haygood60 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
- Kyran Lee36 catches, 507 yards, 4 TD (leads UT Rio Grande Valley in receiving yards)
- T.J. Neal39 tackles, 3 INT (leads UT Rio Grande Valley in interceptions)
- Jaydon Smith22 catches, 369 yards, 3 TD
Most-played series
All rivalriesEvery opponent (14)
Every program UT Rio Grande Valley has played, A to Z, with UT Rio Grande Valley’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- East Texas A&M 1–1
- Houston Christian 1–0
- Incarnate Word 1–1
- Lamar 0–1
- Langston 1–0
- McNeese 2–0
- Nicholls 1–1
- Prairie View A&M 1–0
- SE Louisiana 1–1
- Stephen F. Austin 0–1
- Sul Ross State 1–0
- Texas Wesleyan 1–0
- UT Permian Basin 1–0
- UTSA 0–1
Conferences
- Southland Conference since 2025
- 2025Joined the Southland Conference from the No team in football, announced November 18, 2022. Source
UT Rio Grande Valley’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).
The school
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley- Enrollment
- 33,881 28,674 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Edinburg, Texas
- Public or private
- Public Research 2
- Founded
- 2015
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $49,620 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 championsOfficially 9–3 since 1927 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 12–7 (+3 wins, +4 losses). Our file starts in 2025; the program began in 1927. Official totals drop vacated and forfeited wins.
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.