The Louisiana Christian University football program has put together a high enough quality body of work to withstand a difficult 27-24 road setback and remain on the cusp of the NAIA Top 25, falling down to 27th in the country Tuesday but still firmly on the national radar with a dozen points in the poll. 

LCU is the top-ranked team statistically in all of NAIA for sacks (33), first downs (221), and total yards (3,904), and slots inside the top five in terms of touchdowns scored (46), yards allowed per game (225.0), and yards per carry (6.0). The Wildcats are a top 10 team in scoring offense (43.0), punt average (40.8), and time of possession average (33:16).

The Wildcats still control their own destiny in the Sooner Athletic Conference as winning out on homecoming this Saturday against Southwestern Assemblies of God and in Fort Worth at Texas Wesleyan would guarantee the Orange and Blue at least a share of their first conference title in program history.

Kickoff is 2 Saturday afternoon at Wildcat Field.

On the strength of its dramatic homefield win Saturday night over LCU, Ottawa (Arizona) made a sizable leap in the poll from No. 24 to No. 20, showing that the voters value the victory over the Cats as a high-quality result. The current SAC leaders, the undefeated Rams of TWU,  struggled with Wayland Baptist but found a way to pull it out and moved to 16th.