2016 Central Arkansas Bears football team

The 2016 Central Arkansas Bears football team represented the University of Central Arkansas in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by third-year head coach Steve Campbell and played their home games at Estes Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 10–3 overall and 8–1 in Southland play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Illinois State in the first round, before losing in the second round to Eastern Washington.

2016 Central Arkansas Bears football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 14
FCS CoachesNo. 16
Record10–3 (8–1 Southland)
Head coach
  • Steve Campbell (3rd season)
Offensive coordinatorNathan Brown (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Stewart (3rd season)
Home stadiumEstes Stadium
2016 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Sam Houston State $^  9 0   12 1  
No. 14 Central Arkansas ^  8 1   10 3  
SE Louisiana  7 2   7 4  
McNeese State  5 4   6 5  
Nicholls State  5 4   5 6  
Stephen F. Austin  4 5   5 6  
Houston Baptist  3 5   4 7  
Incarnate Word *  3 6   3 8  
Lamar  3 6   3 8  
Abilene Christian *  2 7   2 9  
Northwestern State  0 9   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • * – ineligible for FCS playoffs due to transition from NCAA Division II
Rankings from STATS poll
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