Eureka College

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NACC · Pete FioRito Stadium at McKinzie Field · 2,500

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs St. Norbert · our model 51% Eureka College · a number, not a pick

LastL 0–41 vs Westminster (MO) · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs St. Norbert · Sat Sep 19 · 3 pm ET · Pete FioRito Stadium at McKinzie Field · series 1-3, lost the last 2

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Eureka College · 2026 schedule & results0-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#654#644KnoxL 0–160-10-0
2Sep 12#655#654Westminster (MO)L 0–410-20-0
3Sep 19#659#557St. Norbert
4Sep 26#659#538@Benedictine (IL)
5Oct 3@Wisconsin Lutheran
6Oct 10Concordia (WI)
8Oct 24@Lakeland
9Oct 31Concordia Chicago
10Nov 7Rockford
11Nov 14@Aurora

Game Week

4d 19h

until kickoff · vs St. Norbert · Sat Sep 19 · 3 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Red Devils of Eureka, the tiny Illinois college where a young Ronald Reagan played on the line, now grinding through Division III football in the NACC at Pete FioRito Stadium.

Standard GapA small college whose proudest football footnote is a future president o…

Eureka gave America a president who played its football, and the sport treats a tiny Illinois college like it has no story to tell.

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: St. Norbertvs St. Norbert · at home

What it is like to watch them2025 · 2-8 · last season

Game feel50even gamescombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 9 in the NACC
Heart rate1-0rarely closein one-score games (1 of 10)9th most one-score games of 9 in the NACC
Margin-29.0outgunnedavg scoring margin9th best margin of 9 in the NACC

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among NACC teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Eureka College has lost five straight.

Hibernating. 1-9 over the last 10, and lost the last nine.

Streak L9Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 1-9
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs St. Norbert · at home

Outcome band · Eureka College · 2026

Eureka 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 Red Devils of Eureka, the tiny Illinois college where a young Ronald Reagan played on the line, now grinding through Division III football in the NACC at Pete FioRito Stadium.

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

Eureka College sits 8th in the NACC and 219th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

NACC · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Benedictine (IL)0-02-070.1
2Concordia (WI)0-02-063.1
3Wisconsin Lutheran0-02-062.6
4Concordia Chicago0-02-062.5
5Lakeland0-01-153.7
6Aurora0-00-236.2
7St. Norbert0-00-233.4
8Eureka0-00-229.2
29.2 CFB Zeitgeist#219 of 229 D348.6 strength of schedule

Win the NACC 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 Red Devils.”
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