University of Chicago
0-1Midwest · Amos Alonzo Stagg Field · 3,500
LastL 34–48 at Trine · Thu Sep 3
Nextvs Nebraska Wesleyan · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Amos Alonzo Stagg Field · first meeting on record
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 1
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 3 | #520 | #546 | — | @Trine | L 34–48 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #532 | #548 | Nebraska Wesleyan | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #531 | #642 | @Knox | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Beloit | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Cornell (IA) | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Illinois College | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Monmouth (IL) | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Ripon | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Lawrence | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Lake Forest |
Game Week
4d 18h
until kickoff · vs Nebraska Wesleyan · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET
The birthplace of American football coaching revived from a 61-year silence — Amos Alonzo Stagg's intellectual ghost reclaiming the Midway.
Fans here believe chicago had every claim to be a football blue blood — it invented coaching itself — then walked away and let others own the game. The wound is self-inflicted, and the return is recla…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 7-3 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Midwest teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
University of Chicago has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 7-3 over the last 10, and lost the last two.
Next Sep 19
vs Nebraska Wesleyan · at home
Outcome band · University of Chicago · 2026
Outcome band · University of Chicago · 2026University of Chicago's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.
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 birthplace of American football coaching revived from a 61-year silence — Amos Alonzo Stagg's intellectual ghost reclaiming the Midway.
Playoff path
University of Chicago sits 11th in the Midwest Conference and 223rd of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Forest | 1-0 | 2-0 | 65.6 |
| 2 | Cornell (IA) | 1-0 | 1-1 | 46.0 |
| 3 | Luther | 1-0 | 1-1 | 42.0 |
| 4 | Illinois College | 0-0 | 1-1 | 49.9 |
| 5 | Knox | 0-1 | 1-1 | 49.8 |
| 6 | Beloit | 0-1 | 1-1 | 40.0 |
| 7 | Ripon | 0-0 | 0-2 | 37.7 |
| 11 | Chicago | 0-0 | 0-1 | 27.9 |
Win the Midwest 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.