2025 UT Permian Basin Falcons football team
| 2025 UT Permian Basin Falcons football | |
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NCAA Division II Quarterfinal, L 28–34 vs. Harding | |
| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AFCA | No. 5 |
| Record | 11–3 (7–2 LSC) |
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| Offensive scheme | No-huddle spread option |
| Defensive coordinator | Jake Shaw (2nd season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Devin Gauldin (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 4–2–5 |
| Home stadium | Astound Broadband Stadium Ratliff Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Central Washington $^ | 9 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 UT Permian Basin ^ | 7 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Oregon | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas A&M # | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angelo State | 4 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern New Mexico | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Midwestern State | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western New Mexico | 1 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sul Ross* | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 UT Permian Basin Falcons football team represented the University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) in the 2025 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). The Falcons were led by third-year head coach Kris McCullough. The team played most of its home games at Astound Broadband Stadium in Midland, Texas while Ratliff Stadium in neighboring Odessa hosted one game.
The Falcons finished the regular season with an overall record of 9–2, going 7–2 in LSC play to finish in a three-way tie for second in the conference. The team received a bid for the NCAA Division II playoffs, facing off against CSU Pueblo in the first round. The no. 10 Falcons defeated the no. 4 ThunderWolves 37–24 for the first playoff win in program history. In the second round, the Falcons defeated no. 15 Western Colorado, 21–15, in overtime, after being down 15–0 in the fourth quarter.
On December 23, McCullough announced that he would be stepping down as the Falcons' head coach, with assistant head coach Mike Babcock being named interim coach. Later that day it was revealed that McCullough had been hired as the new head coach for Gardner–Webb. On December 31, Lubbock Christian School head coach Chris Softley was hired as the Falcons' new head coach.