Albion College

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Michigan · Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium · 4,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Rose Hulman · our model 22% Albion College · a number, not a pick

LastL 3–45 vs Wheaton (IL) · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Rose Hulman · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Cook Stadium · series 3-0, won the last 3

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Albion College · 2026 schedule & results0-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#566#535Illinois WesleyanL 10–240-10-0
2Sep 12#571#457Wheaton (IL)L 3–450-20-0
3Sep 19#581#564@Rose Hulman
4Sep 26#584#458@Hope
5Oct 3Kalamazoo
7Oct 15@Trine
8Oct 24@Calvin
9Oct 31Alma
10Nov 7Adrian
11Nov 14@Olivet

Game Week

4d 17h

until kickoff · at Rose Hulman · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Albion is the program that won a national championship in 1994 (defeating Washington & Jefferson to go 13-0), then disappeared—now rebuilding under a familiar name to restore dignity to Briton football.

Title DroughtSince 1994 · 32 yrs

The chip is against history. Albion has one shining championship (1994) and 31 years of struggle to follow it. The fanbase wants to prove it was not lightning in a bottle.

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The season in chapters

Weeks 1–20-2, all at homeL 3–45 vs Wheaton (IL) · Sat Sep 12
Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: Rose Hulmanat Rose Hulman · on the road

What it is like to watch them2025 · 3-7 · last season

Game feel65shootoutscombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 8 in the Michigan
Heart rate2-3white-knucklein one-score games (5 of 10)1st most one-score games of 8 in the Michigan
Margin-11.7outgunnedavg scoring margin7th 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

Albion College has won one of its last five.

Cold. 2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last three.

Streak L3Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 2-8
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Rose Hulman · away

Outcome band · Albion College · 2026

Albion College's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base0-12Mid-table finish.
Ceiling3-9Conference 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

Albion is the program that won a national championship in 1994 (defeating Washington & Jefferson to go 13-0), then disappeared—now rebuilding under a familiar name to restore dignity to Briton football.

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

Albion College sits 6th in the Michigan Conference and 163rd of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

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
39.8 CFB Zeitgeist#163 of 229 D366.2 strength of schedule

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 Britons.”
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