Alma

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Michigan · Bahlke Field · 4,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Baldwin Wallace · our model 35% Alma · a number, not a pick

LastL 21–23 vs Wisconsin Oshkosh · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Baldwin Wallace · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · George Finnie Stadium · first meeting on record

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Alma · 2026 schedule & results0-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#451#600@Wisconsin Eau ClaireL 15–230-10-0
2Sep 12#454#469Wisconsin OshkoshL 21–230-20-0
3Sep 19#458#513@Baldwin Wallace
4Sep 26#459#472Adrian
5Oct 3@Trine
7Oct 17Olivet
8Oct 24Hope
9Oct 31@Albion
10Nov 7@Kalamazoo
11Nov 14Calvin

Game Week

4d 16h

until kickoff · at Baldwin Wallace · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Scots of Alma College in central Michigan — back-to-back MIAA champions in 2022 and 2023 who reached the Division III quarterfinals, carrying tartan-clad Scottish heritage into a resurgent program.

Standard GapA program that surged to consecutive league titles and a quarterfinal ru…

Alma won back-to-back MIAA titles and reached the D3 quarterfinals — and the national crowd still treats the Scots like a small Michigan college that got lucky.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 8-3 · last season

Game feel63even gamescombined pts / game4th highest-scoring of 8 in the Michigan
Heart rate2-1rarely closein one-score games (3 of 11)7th most one-score games of 8 in the Michigan
Margin+15.1competitiveavg scoring margin3rd best margin of 8 in the Michigan

✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among Michigan teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Alma has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 7-3 over the last 10, and lost the last three.

Streak L3Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 7-3
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Baldwin Wallace · away

Outcome band · Alma · 2026

Alma'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

The Scots of Alma College in central Michigan — back-to-back MIAA champions in 2022 and 2023 who reached the Division III quarterfinals, carrying tartan-clad Scottish heritage into a resurgent program.

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

Alma sits 7th in the Michigan Conference and 184th 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
36.3 CFB Zeitgeist#184 of 229 D361.0 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 Scots.”
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