BEAUMONT, Texas – Lamar University football continues to make its climb up the FCS Top 25 ladder moving to 12^th in the AFCA FCS Coaches Poll and 13^th in the STATS Perform FCS Poll following their victory at UT Rio Grande Valley.
 
In addition to the two major polls, the Cardinals are 11^th in the FCS Triumvirate poll and 12^th in both the FCS Nation and Redshirts polls.
 
The Cardinals jumped out to an early lead in their first trip to Edinburg and never looked back posting a 52-23 victory over the Vaqueros. The answer to a future trivia question, the Cardinals were the first time to defeat UTRGV in Edinburg.
 
The Cardinals have now won six of their past seven games which sets up the second nationally ranked showdown in Beaumont this season. Big Red will host No. 2 Stephen F. Austin Saturday with more than just bragging rights on the line. The winner of Saturday's contest will move into the driver's seat for the automatic bid into the NCAA FCS playoffs with just two games remaining.
 
The contest against the Lumberjacks is set for a 3 p.m. kick off from Provost Umphrey Stadium.