Lake Forest College
2-0Midwest · Farwell Field · 2,000
LastW 68–12 at Knox · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Grinnell · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Farwell Field · series 4-0, won the last 4
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #499 | #585 | — | Greenville | W 77–14 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #499 | #644 | — | @Knox | W 68–12 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #499 | #545 | Grinnell | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #498 | #517 | @Illinois College | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Lawrence | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Ripon | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Luther | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Beloit | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Cornell (IA) | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Chicago |
Game Week
4d 18h
until kickoff · vs Grinnell · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET
The Foresters of Lake Forest, a North Shore liberal-arts college playing football since 1882, who went a perfect 10-0 and won the Midwest Conference in 2024 to reach the Division III playoffs.
Lake Forest went 10-0 and won its conference, and a small North Shore college still gets treated as a playoff pushover after four straight first-round exits.
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
Lake Forest College has won five straight.
Hot. 9-1 over the last 10, and won the last nine.
Next Sep 19
vs Grinnell · at home
Outcome band · Lake Forest College · 2026
Outcome band · Lake Forest College · 2026Lake Forest College's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.
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 Foresters of Lake Forest, a North Shore liberal-arts college playing football since 1882, who went a perfect 10-0 and won the Midwest Conference in 2024 to reach the Division III playoffs.
Playoff path
Lake Forest College sits 1st in the Midwest Conference and 40th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.
| 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 |
| 8 | Grinnell | 0-0 | 1-1 | 37.5 |
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.