DII CONFERENCE · 2026 SEASON

Rocky Mountain

#33 overall#8 in DIIRR50 −3.6Upper strength −0.110 teamsTop 25 teams 0

The weekly grind · 2026

The Mines Standard

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference plays football at altitude — Colorado School of Mines in Golden at 5,700 feet, Adams State in Alamosa at 7,544 feet, Colorado Mesa in Grand Junction at 4,583 feet. Visiting teams lose conditioning in the second half in ways that don't show up in any statistic.

Division II10 teamsRace: Super RegionLeader: Western Colorado

Rocky Mountain · 2026 season

Three things to watch

Wild Card

The Altitude Advantage Nobody Fully Accounts For

Games in the RMAC at 4,000-7,500 feet elevation are genuinely different from games at sea level. Visiting teams — particularly those flying in from the South and East — lose aerobic capacity in the second half in ways that show up as late-game scoring margins. The RMAC's altitude advantage is real, documented, and consistently underweighted by Super Region selection committees who haven't traveled to Alamosa, Colorado in November.

Conference standings · Rocky Mountain · 2026

Standings

#	Team	Conf	Overall	Pwr
1	Western Colorado	7-0	9-0	+3.3
2	CSU Pueblo	7-0	9-0	+0.8
3	Colorado School of Mines	6-1	6-2	+0.3
4	Colorado Mesa	4-3	5-4	-2.4
5	South Dakota Mines	3-4	5-4	-3.6
6	Black Hills State	3-4	5-4	-4.0
7	Chadron State	3-4	4-5	-2.4
8	New Mexico Highlands	1-6	3-6	-7.4
9	Fort Lewis	1-6	2-6	-7.9
10	Adams State	0-7	0-9	-12.3

Conference record determines Super Region seeding. Power = neutral-field pts vs. all-level average.

Projected standings · Rocky Mountain · 2026

Win projection

Odds of winning at least N conference games from current power ratings — full slate played out, not locked to results. Avg = expected wins; W-L = most-likely record.

#	Team	W-L	Pwr	Avg	≥9	≥8	≥7	≥6	≥5	≥4	≥3	≥2	≥1
Favorites
1	Western Colorado	6-3	+6.8	6.0	2	14	38	66	87	96	99	✓	✓
2	CSU Pueblo	6-3	+4.4	5.5	1	8	26	52	77	92	98	✓	✓
Challengers
3	Colorado School of Mines	5-4	+3.8	5.3	1	5	20	45	72	90	98	✓	✓
4	Chadron State	5-4	+1.2	4.8		3	12	32	59	82	95	99	✓
5	Colorado Mesa	5-4	+1.1	4.8		3	12	32	59	81	94	99	✓
The field
6	South Dakota Mines	4-5	−0.0	4.4		2	8	23	48	74	91	98	✓
7	Black Hills State	4-5	−0.4	4.3		1	7	21	45	72	90	98	✓
8	New Mexico Highlands	3-6	−3.9	3.6			2	9	25	51	77	93	99
Rebuilding
9	Fort Lewis	3-6	−4.4	3.5			2	8	23	48	75	92	99
10	Adams State	2-7	−8.7	2.7				2	9	26	53	80	96

Conference power · Division II

Where we stand

#	Conference	Avg power	Record	Top team
1	GLIAC	-2.6	—	Ferris State
2	South Atlantic	-3.0	—	Carson Newman
3	Mid America	-3.1	3-1	Northwest Missouri State
4	Northern Sun	-3.3	1-2	Minnesota State
5	Great Midwest Athletic	-3.4	—	Findlay
6	Rocky MountainYou are here	-3.6	—	Western Colorado
7	Great American	-3.9	—	Harding
8	Pennsylvania State Athletic	-4.0	—	Slippery Rock
9	Lone Star	-4.1	5-3	Central Washington
10	SIAC	-4.3	—	Benedict
11	CIAA	-4.6	—	Virginia State
12	Great Lakes	-4.6	1-1	Truman State
13	Northeast 10	-4.8	—	Franklin Pierce
14	Mountain East	-5.0	—	Frostburg State
15	Carolinas	-5.4	—	UNC Pembroke

Round-robin power = strength of schedule-adjusted conference average, points vs. all-level average team. Record = Rocky Mountain's record vs. that conference across all games this season.

Conference Snapshot

RR50−3.6

Upper Strength−0.1

Median Power−3.2

Resume Pulse43.9

Avg ATS--

Wins vs Market+0.00

Top-to-Middle Gap6.3

Combined Record48-40

League Drivers

Power leader Western Colorado #259 overall | +3.3 pts vs avg Resume leader Western Colorado #259 overall | 92 / 100 resume

Rocky Mountain Team Board

The league stack, sorted by predictive strength. Power is shown as neutral-field points versus the all-level average team, while resume is shown on a 0-100 season score.

Rank	Team	Record	Power	Resume	ATS	Wins vs Market	Recent Form
#259	Western Colorado	9-0	+3.3	92	--	+0.00	4-0 over the last 4 (W5 W7 W8 W9)
#277	CSU Pueblo	9-0	+0.8	91	--	+0.00	4-0 over the last 4 (W5 W7 W8 W9)
#286	Colorado School of Mines	6-2	+0.3	48	--	+0.00	4-0 over the last 4 (W5 W7 W8 W9)
#321	Chadron State	4-5	−2.4	28	--	+0.00	3-1 over the last 4 (L5 W7 W8 W9)
#323	Colorado Mesa	5-4	−2.4	46	--	+0.00	3-1 over the last 4 (W5 L7 W8 W9)
#344	South Dakota Mines	5-4	−3.6	56	--	+0.00	1-3 over the last 4 (W5 L7 L8 L9)
#350	Black Hills State	5-4	−4.0	34	--	+0.00	1-3 over the last 4 (L5 W7 L8 L9)
#408	New Mexico Highlands	3-6	−7.4	22	--	+0.00	0-4 over the last 4 (L5 L7 L8 L9)
#414	Fort Lewis	2-6	−7.9	20	--	+0.00	0-4 over the last 4 (L5 L7 L8 L9)
#495	Adams State	0-9	−12.3	2	--	+0.00	0-4 over the last 4 (L5 L7 L8 L9)