American college football season
The 2022 Midwestern State Mustangs football team represented Midwestern State University as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 2022 NCAA Division II football season . They were led by twenty-first-year head coach Bill Maskill. The Mustangs played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas .[ 1]
The Mustangs finished the 2021 season 7–3, 6–1 in Lone Star Conference (LSC) play, finished first in the conference standings. First time winning the conference title since the 2017 season . As conference champions, Midwestern State did not qualify to the playoffs.[ 2]
LSC media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Angelo State
257 (15)
2
Midwestern State
236 (9)
3
Central Washington
207
4
West Texas A&M
198 (1)
5
Texas–Permian Basin
150 (2)
6
Texas A&M–Kingsville
143
7
Western Oregon
108
8
Eastern New Mexico
97
9
Western New Mexico
57
10
Simon Fraser
32
Source: [ 3]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 3 6:00 p.m. CSU Pueblo * No. 24 L 27–597,123
September 10 7:00 p.m. at Eastern New Mexico W 28–142,084
September 17 7:00 p.m. Michigan Tech * Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX W 28–216,222
September 24 7:00 p.m. Simon Fraser Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX W 77–07,693
October 1 7:00 p.m. at Western New Mexico L 27–301,234
October 8 7:00 p.m. West Texas A&M Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX L 26–387,128
October 15 8:00 p.m. at Central Washington L 10–175,883
October 22 6:00 p.m. at Texas–Permian Basin W 24–233,561
October 29 7:00 p.m. Western Oregon Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX W 26–216,512
November 5 7:00 p.m. at Texas A&M–Kingsville W 41–375,120
November 12 1:00 p.m. No. 2 Angelo State Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX L 19–376,167
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final AFCA 24 — — RV RV — — — — — — —