Midwest Lake Forest College

Record8-0through 8 games
Nextvs Cornell (IA)Sat Nov 7 · 1 pm ET
The model#29 among Division III teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Lake Forest College · 2026 schedule and results8-0Soft slateAverage opponent win rate 33%.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5GreenvilleW 77-141-00-0
2Sep 12@KnoxW 68-122-01-0
3Sep 19GrinnellW 63-03-02-0
4Sep 26@Illinois CollegeW 55-214-03-0
5Oct 3LawrenceW 72-135-04-0
6Oct 10@RiponW 45-146-05-0
7Oct 17LutherW 57-37-06-0
8Bye week
9Oct 31@BeloitW 55-78-07-0
10Nov 7Cornell (IA)1 pm ET98% to win
11Nov 14@Chicago2 pm ET76% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Lake Forest College, through 8 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Nov 7Next: Cornell (IA)vs Cornell (IA) · at home

Recent form · last 10 games

Lake Forest College has won ten straight.

10-0 over the last 10, and won the last ten.

Streak W10Last 5 · 5-0Last 10 · 10-0

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Worth watchingGames average 72 combined points, shootouts

What it is like to watch them2026 · 8-0

Game feel72shootoutscombined pts / game1st highest-scoring of 11 in the Midwest
Heart rate0-0rarely closein one-score games (0 of 8)11th most one-score games of 11 in the Midwest
Margin+51.0comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 11 in the Midwest

Measured from 8 games · ranks are among Midwest teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind

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.

2026 Season8-0 · Undefeated
Read the full program story ↓
Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

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 pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Lake Forest College sits 1st in the Midwest Conference and 28th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.

Midwest · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Lake Forest7-08-067.8
2Monmouth (IL)6-06-260.9
3Chicago5-16-256.7
4Luther6-26-352.9
5Grinnell4-25-349.7
6Cornell (IA)4-44-544.5
7Illinois College2-43-545.5
8Ripon1-51-737.3
67.8 CFB Zeitgeist#28 of 245 D341.9 strength of schedule

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.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
The 2026 season · 8-0
W 77-14 vs Greenville · Wk 1+63GreenvilW 68-12 at Knox · Wk 2+56KnoxW 63-0 vs Grinnell · Wk 3+63GrinnellW 55-21 at Illinois College · Wk 4+34IllinoisW 72-13 vs Lawrence · Wk 5+59LawrenceW 45-14 at Ripon · Wk 6+31RiponW 57-3 vs Luther · Wk 7+54LutherW 55-7 at Beloit · Wk 9+48Beloit

Signature win 77-14 over Greenville; toughest day 45-14 against Ripon.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Foresters.”
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