Central College
1-1American Rivers · Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium · 1,000
LastW 51–27 at Northwestern (MN) · Sat Sep 12
Nextat Belhaven · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Belhaven Bowl Stadium
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #465 | #495 | — | @Gustavus Adolphus | L 3–29 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #468 | #562 | — | @Northwestern (MN) | W 51–27 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #470 | #503 | @Belhaven | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Dubuque | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Coe | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Nebraska Wesleyan | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Buena Vista | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Loras | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Wartburg | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Simpson (IA) |
Game Week
4d 16h
until kickoff · at Belhaven · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET
The Dutch of Pella, Iowa, who won the 1974 NCAA Division III national championship under legendary coach Ron Schipper and stacked Iowa Conference titles at Schipper Stadium — one of the Midwest's proudest small-college programs.
Central won a national championship and built an Iowa-Conference dynasty, yet the program rarely gets named among Division III's historic powers.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 8-2 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among American Rivers teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Central College has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 7-3 over the last 10, and won the last one.
Next Sep 19
vs Belhaven · away
Outcome band · Central College · 2026
Outcome band · Central College · 2026Central College's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
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 day
The Dutch of Pella, Iowa, who won the 1974 NCAA Division III national championship under legendary coach Ron Schipper and stacked Iowa Conference titles at Schipper Stadium — one of the Midwest's proudest small-college programs.
Playoff path
Central College sits 1st in the American Rivers Conference and 100th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central College | 0-0 | 1-1 | 52.5 |
| 2 | Buena Vista | 0-0 | 1-1 | 51.0 |
| 3 | Coe | 0-0 | 1-1 | 50.9 |
| 4 | Wartburg | 0-0 | 1-1 | 50.3 |
| 5 | Loras | 0-0 | 1-1 | 49.3 |
| 6 | Simpson (IA) | 0-0 | 1-1 | 44.1 |
| 7 | Dubuque | 0-0 | 0-2 | 37.8 |
| 8 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 0-0 | 0-2 | 36.5 |
Win the American Rivers 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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.