Baylor maintains high hopes for the season despite losing a heartbreaker to Auburn in week one.
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Excitement filled the air in Waco as football kicked its season off and volleyball was set for a top-20 clash. The weekend did not go the Bears’ way as football drops a heartbreaker and volleyball gets swept.
“Everyone believed we [were] going to win; I did, and we fought to try and get that win,” said Aranda. “Guys were playing through pain, discomfort, and all that. It’s one of the reasons for going for it. You know, we had a bunch of guys getting band-aided up, and we had a chance to kind of close it out.”
Baylor decided to try to win the game with a 2-point conversion with nine seconds remaining. The Bears fell inches short of the game-winning conversion, dropping the season opener to Auburn.
Senior safety Jacob Redding tore his ACL in the week leading up to the season opener against Auburn, according to Grayson Grundhoefer of Sicem365.
Baylor is gearing up for a rematch against a strengthened Auburn team in the Aflac Kickoff Game. The two sides will meet in one of the most anticipated matchups of week one.
Peach Bowl, Inc., CEO David Epps has taken NIL to new heights with the opportunities surrounding the Aflac Kickoff Game between Baylor and Auburn.
The Bears have a chip on their shoulders going into the season against SEC competition.
TCU broke an almost century-long relationship with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram after the newspaper reported on a football locker-room altercation. The Horned Frogs are now facing waves of backlash from across the sports journalism and college football worlds.
Baylor is building a new culture beyond the field. The Bears look to create better production on game day and in the classroom.
The fall sports slate continues to rev up as Baylor soccer and volleyball catch fire early in the season and football enters its first game week.
While most of Baylor’s defense will be new this upcoming season, the linebacker room will be bringing back key players from a year ago. The linebackers look to be a consistent presence on a brand new defense.
Fifth-year offensive lineman Kaden Sieracki and junior Koltin Sieracki got a glimpse of playing on the same line, just like in high school. As the only returning offensive linemen, their bond has helped the transfer-heavy unit.
Senior running back Dawson Pendergrass returns after missing all of 2025 with a foot injury. He is ready to take the running game to new heights as the longest-tenured back.
Although senior tight ends Matthew Klopfenstein and Hawkins Polley did not tally up video game numbers in 2025, they are poised to lead a tight end room with three underclassmen and a senior transfer.
After losing its top receivers from last year, Baylor’s new and unproven wide receiver room looks to replace the production from last season.
After a difficult 2025 season, Baylor’s revamped defensive line is looking for a turnaround under new coach Jacori Greer.
The Bears are back and the Lariat sports desk predicts how the upcoming season pans out.
Defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman comes to Waco looking to rebuild a struggling defense with new faces and a new identity.
Senior safety Jacob Redding entered Baylor as a walk-on with a chip on his shoulder. He turned that underdog mentality into being a defensive leader after a breakout 2025.
Junior quarterback DJ Lagway found himself returning to Texas after two underwhelming years at Florida. He now looks to turn his career around as Baylor’s QB1.
Acrobatics and tumbling did it again, baseball and softball are slipping and men’s and women’s tennis are awaiting their NCAA Tournament fates.
The Bears capped off their spring practice period with an open showcase where the team demonstrated some of the work it accomplished in the month-long padded grind.
Multiple Baylor players are expected to be selected in this year’s NFL Draft. Tap in to see where the Bears are headed.
They met with nothing guaranteed — not playing time, not recognition, not what came next. Now as the NFL Draft and graduation arrive, Josh Cameron and Joy Wells step into a future they built together through faith and belief.
The defensive line has seen themselves at the head of the Bears’ new “attacking” approach to the defensive side of the ball
Baseball, men’s tennis and women’s tennis all lost to TCU this weekend, while softball bounced back and women’s basketball landed a new transfer.
With a veteran core and an All-American punter setting the tone, Baylor’s special teams enters 2026 leaning on rare continuity — rallying around a senior captain whose leadership has become the heartbeat of the team and the unit.
Position coach Dallas Baker has the wide receiver room queued and ready to make explosive plays this season with new faces under the lights at McLane Stadium.
Redshirt senior linebacker Travion Barnes had his 2025 season cut short with an ankle injury in the conference opener. Now that he has made a full recovery, he plans to help lead an energized linebacker group.
