2017 Central Arkansas Bears football team

The 2017 Central Arkansas Bears football team represented the University of Central Arkansas in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by fourth-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 10–2, 9–0 in Southland play to be crowned Southland Conference champions. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to New Hampshire in the Second Round.

2017 Central Arkansas Bears football
Southland Conference champion
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 10
FCS CoachesNo. 8
Record10–2 (9–0 Southland)
Head coach
  • Steve Campbell (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorNathan Brown (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Stewart (4th season)
Home stadiumEstes Stadium
2017 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Central Arkansas $^  9 0   10 2  
No. 4 Sam Houston State ^  8 1   12 2  
No. 25 Nicholls State ^  7 2   8 4  
No. 22 McNeese State  7 2   9 2  
Southeastern Louisiana  6 3   6 5  
Northwestern State  4 5   4 7  
Stephen F. Austin  4 5   4 7  
Abilene Christian  2 7   2 9  
Incarnate Word  1 7   1 10  
Lamar  1 8   2 9  
Houston Baptist  0 9   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS poll

On December 7, head coach Steve Campbell resigned to become the head coach at South Alabama. He finished at Central Arkansas with a four-year record of 33–15.

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