Crown College

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Upper Midwest · Old National Bank Stadium · 1,400

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Martin Luther · our model 59% Crown College · a number, not a pick

LastL 0–52 at Simpson (IA) · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs Martin Luther · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET · Old National Bank Stadium · series 3-3, won the last 2

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Crown College · 2026 schedule & results0-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#625#661HamlineL 21–310-10-0
2Sep 12#634#575@Simpson (IA)L 0–520-20-0
3Sep 20#639#623Martin Luther
5Oct 3@Minnesota Morris
6Oct 10Westminster (MO)
7Oct 17@Greenville
8Oct 24@Martin Luther
9Oct 31Northwestern (MN)
10Nov 7Minnesota Morris
11Nov 14@Westminster (MO)

Game Week

5d 0h

until kickoff · vs Martin Luther · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Polars of St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, an evangelical Christian college that broke through as 2025 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference champions — small-school football arriving in the Minnesota countryside.

Standard GapA small faith-based program that finally reached the top of its conferen…

Crown is a tiny Christian college in rural Minnesota that just won its conference and still has to prove every week that it belongs at the top.

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: Martin Luthervs Martin Luther · at home

What it is like to watch them2025 · 7-4 · last season

Game feel47shootoutscombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 6 in the Upper Midwest
Heart rate0-2rarely closein one-score games (2 of 11)6th most one-score games of 6 in the Upper Midwest
Margin-1.2competitiveavg scoring margin3rd best margin of 6 in the Upper Midwest

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

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Crown College has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 6-4 over the last 10, and lost the last three.

Streak L3Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 6-4
The forecast

Next Sep 20

vs Martin Luther · at home

Outcome band · Crown College · 2026

Crown 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

The Polars of St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, an evangelical Christian college that broke through as 2025 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference champions — small-school football arriving in the Minnesota countryside.

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

Crown College sits 5th in the Upper Midwest Conference and 204th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Upper Midwest · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Westminster (MO)0-01-147.4
2Martin Luther0-00-239.4
3Minnesota Morris0-00-237.5
4Greenville0-00-235.4
5Crown0-00-233.0
6Northwestern (MN)0-00-232.3
7Finlandia University0-00-0
33.0 CFB Zeitgeist#204 of 229 D354.0 strength of schedule

Win the Upper 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.

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 Polars.”
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