Linfield College
1-0Northwest · Maxwell Field · 4,000
LastW 41–15 at Wisconsin Oshkosh · Sat Sep 5
Nextat Chapman · Sat Sep 19 · 10 pm ET · Ernie Chapman Stadium · series 1-0
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 1
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #439 | #469 | — | @Wisconsin Oshkosh | W 41–15 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 20 | #440 | #480 | @Chapman | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | George Fox | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Pacific (OR) | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Whitworth | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Pacific Lutheran | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Lewis & Clark | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Puget Sound | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Willamette |
Game Week
5d 2h
until kickoff · at Chapman · Sat Sep 19 · 10 pm ET
The Wildcats of McMinnville, Oregon, who won the 2004 NCAA Division III national championship over Mary Hardin-Baylor and own one of the longest winning-season streaks in all of college football — the relentless king of the Northwest Conference.
Linfield has a Division III title, multiple NAIA championships, and the sport's longest winning-season streak, yet national coverage still treats the Northwest as flyover football.
The season in chapters
What fans said
W 41–15 at Wisconsin Oshkosh
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What it is like to watch them2025 · 7-2 · last season
✓ measured from 9 games · ranks are among Northwest teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Linfield College has won five straight.
Hot. 8-2 over the last 10, and won the last five.
Next Sep 20
vs Chapman · away
Outcome band · Linfield College · 2026
Outcome band · Linfield College · 2026Linfield College's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
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 Wildcats of McMinnville, Oregon, who won the 2004 NCAA Division III national championship over Mary Hardin-Baylor and own one of the longest winning-season streaks in all of college football — the relentless king of the Northwest Conference.
Playoff path
Linfield College sits 3rd in the Northwest Conference and 2nd of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis & Clark | 1-0 | 1-0 | 68.8 |
| 2 | Willamette | 1-0 | 1-1 | 53.9 |
| 3 | Linfield | 0-0 | 1-0 | 77.9 |
| 4 | George Fox | 0-0 | 1-0 | 56.2 |
| 5 | Pacific Lutheran | 0-0 | 1-1 | 49.0 |
| 6 | Puget Sound | 0-1 | 0-1 | 41.2 |
| 7 | Pacific (OR) | 0-1 | 0-2 | 35.8 |
| 8 | Whitworth | 0-0 | 0-1 | — |
Win the Northwest 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.