The 2025 UT Permian Basin Falcons football team represented the University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) in the 2025 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). The Falcons were led by third-year head coach Kris McCullough. The team played most of its home games at Astound Broadband Stadium in Midland, Texas while Ratliff Stadium in neighboring Odessa hosted one game.
The Falcons finished the regular season with an overall record of 9âÂÂ2, going 7âÂÂ2 in LSC play to finish in a three-way tie for second in the conference. The team received a bid for the NCAA Division II playoffs, facing off against in the first round. The no. 10 Falcons defeated the no. 4 ThunderWolves 37âÂÂ24 for the first playoff win in program history. In the second round, the Falcons defeated no. 15 , 21âÂÂ15, in overtime, after being down 15âÂÂ0 in the fourth quarter.
On December 23, McCullough announced that he would be stepping down as the Falcons' head coach, with assistant head coach Mike Babcock being named interim coach. Later that day it was revealed that McCullough had been hired as the new head coach for GardnerâÂÂWebb. On December 31, Lubbock Christian School head coach Chris Softley was hired as the Falcons' new head coach.
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The Lone Star Conference released its preseason prediction poll on July 24, 2025. The Falcons were predicted to finish third in the conference and also received two first-place votes.
Kickoff was originally scheduled for 6:00 p.m., but was moved up to noon due to potential thunderstorms.