Lakeland

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NACC · Taylor Field · 1,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Wisconsin Lutheran · our model 40% Lakeland · a number, not a pick

LastW 41–20 at Greenville · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Wisconsin Lutheran · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Warrior Field at Raabe Stadium · series 0-4, lost the last 4

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Lakeland · 2026 schedule & results1-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#552#587@CarthageL 14–230-10-0
2Sep 12#559#585@GreenvilleW 41–201-10-0
3Sep 19#559#554@Wisconsin Lutheran
4Sep 26#557#528Concordia (WI)
5Oct 4Benedictine (IL)
6Oct 10@St. Norbert
7Oct 17@Concordia Chicago
8Oct 24Eureka
9Oct 31@Aurora
11Nov 14Rockford

Game Week

4d 18h

until kickoff · at Wisconsin Lutheran · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Muskies of Plymouth, Wisconsin, a small NACC program rooted in the old Mission House College, who once ran the table at 10-0 to win a 1997 conference title and still play for pride in the Wisconsin small-college ranks.

Standard GapA modest NACC program whose best football is measured in the occasional…

Lakeland is a tiny Wisconsin university with deep Mission House roots, easy to overlook in a conference full of bigger names.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-6 · last season

Game feel66shootoutscombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 9 in the NACC
Heart rate0-4some dramain one-score games (4 of 10)3rd most one-score games of 9 in the NACC
Margin+4.7competitiveavg scoring margin5th 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

Lakeland has won four of its last five.

Warming. 5-5 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 5-5
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Wisconsin Lutheran · away

Outcome band · Lakeland · 2026

Lakeland's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base1-11Mid-table finish.
Ceiling4-8Conference 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 Muskies of Plymouth, Wisconsin, a small NACC program rooted in the old Mission House College, who once ran the table at 10-0 to win a 1997 conference title and still play for pride in the Wisconsin small-college ranks.

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

Lakeland sits 5th in the NACC and 90th 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
53.7 CFB Zeitgeist#90 of 229 D351.8 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 Muskies.”
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