June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

Augsburg University

4-6 2025 final

Augsburg is a program in transition—new leadership breaking ground, building a culture from the ground up, one season at a time.

Auggies country waits.

Record

4-6

win% .400

Conference

6th of 10

Minnesota · 4-5

Index Rating

49.3

D3 #128 of 240

Playoff Path

Win the league

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-win — basking

The Long Wait·Offseason

Augsburg is a program in transition—new leadership breaking ground, building a culture from the ground up, one season at a time.

Standard GapA young program stepping into its identity, hiring Black leadership for…

Augsburg went 4-6 (4-5 MIAC) in KiJuan Ware's first season, hiring a new head coach who represents the program's first African American leadership at the position. The 2026 challenge is clear: build a winning culture from the grou…

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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Augsburg University sits 6th in the Minnesota Conference and 128th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Minnesota · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	Bethel (MN)	9-0	12-1	73.6
2	Saint John's (MN)	8-1	10-2	66.0
3	Concordia Moorhead	6-3	7-3	58.6
4	Carleton	6-3	6-4	55.4
5	Gustavus Adolphus	5-4	5-5	52.3
6	Augsburg	4-5	4-6	49.3
7	St. Olaf	3-6	4-6	46.4
8	St. Scholastica	2-7	3-7	43.5

49.3 CFB Zeitgeist#128 of 240 D352.8 strength of schedule

Win the Minnesota 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 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected

THE 2025 SEASON · 4-6

Signature win 43-3 over Hamline University; toughest day 0-63 against Saint John's (MN).

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Auggies country waits.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Augsburg" — Augsburg University fanbase · recurring line

3 mentions · awaiting signal

Winning record—

The baseline for a successful season.

Conference title—

The primary goal and national bracket path.

32-team bracket qualifierLocked—

One of 32 national tournament entries.

Stagg BowlLocked—

The Division III national championship game.

Floor 2-10

Base 4-8

Ceiling 7-5

floor2-10Rebuild year. Below .500.

base4-8Mid-table finish.

ceiling7-5Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.

Act II

Who We Are

Home-Field Advantage · Augsburg University · 2018-present

Reversed (worse at home)

45% home win rate vs 61% on the road. margin runs +2.7 better at home.

Home9-11Away11-7

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Cooling

Two of five. Schedule has caught up.

Streak W1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 4-6

Schedule Strength · Augsburg University · 2025

Hard

Average opponent win rate 56% across 10 finalized games. Strong conference slate — wins here carry full weight in Super Region selection.

Opp Win %0.566

Moment of the Year · Augsburg University · 2025

Won 44-13 vs St. Olaf

Week 6 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.

Decisive Margin

Postseason History

Recent postseason (2023): 0-1

Most recent: 2023 — loss 25-41 (home). Last 5 postseason: 0-1.

2023

From the Archive — Augsburg University

2024: Lost 0-28 vs Gustavus Adolphus

In 2024, the program lost 0-28 vs Gustavus Adolphus — a stinging home result, 28 points either way.

Go Auggies.