Adrian College

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Michigan · Docking Stadium · 3,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Mount St Joseph · our model 37% Adrian College · a number, not a pick

LastW 48–7 at Thiel · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Mount St Joseph · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Schueler Field

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Adrian College · 2026 schedule & results2-0
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#468#512Ohio NorthernW 17–101-00-0
2Sep 12#470#643@ThielW 48–72-00-0
3Sep 19#471#501@Mount St Joseph
4Sep 26#472#459@Alma
5Oct 3Calvin
7Oct 17@Hope
8Oct 24Trine
9Oct 31@Olivet
10Nov 7@Albion
11Nov 14Kalamazoo

Game Week

4d 17h

until kickoff · at Mount St Joseph · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Adrian is the historic Bulldog program with 18 conference titles, now building back under Joe Palka after two strong seasons—the Bulldogs insist that MIAA relevance is not nostalgia but the near future.

Title DroughtSince 2014 · 12 yrs

Fans here believe the chip is internal. Adrian's identity is built on 18 conference titles, and the program wants to add to that number.

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: Mount St Josephat Mount St Joseph · on the road

What it is like to watch them2025 · 8-2 · last season

Game feel55rock fightscombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 8 in the Michigan
Heart rate1-2some dramain one-score games (3 of 10)6th most one-score games of 8 in the Michigan
Margin+26.7comfortableavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 8 in the Michigan

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Michigan teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Adrian College has won four of its last five.

Warming. 8-2 over the last 10, and won the last two.

Streak W2Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 8-2
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Mount St Joseph · away

Outcome band · Adrian College · 2026

Adrian College's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base2-10Mid-table finish.
Ceiling5-7Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Adrian is the historic Bulldog program with 18 conference titles, now building back under Joe Palka after two strong seasons—the Bulldogs insist that MIAA relevance is not nostalgia but the near future.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Adrian College sits 2nd in the Michigan Conference and 15th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.

Michigan · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Hope0-02-068.9
2Adrian0-02-068.8
3Olivet0-02-061.6
4Calvin0-02-061.1
5Trine0-01-146.5
6Albion0-00-239.8
7Alma0-00-236.3
8Kalamazoo0-00-227.7
68.8 CFB Zeitgeist#15 of 229 D347.4 strength of schedule1 quality win

Win the Michigan Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Bulldogs.”
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