Loras College

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American Rivers · Rock Bowl · 10,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Northwestern (MN) · our model 51% Loras College · a number, not a pick

LastL 25–28 at Benedictine (IL) · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Northwestern (MN) · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Reynolds Field

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Loras College · 2026 schedule & results1-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 6#576#591St. OlafW 31–161-00-0
2Sep 12#577#537@Benedictine (IL)L 25–281-10-0
3Sep 19#575#570@Northwestern (MN)
5Oct 3@Coe
6Oct 10Simpson (IA)
7Oct 17Wartburg
8Oct 24@Nebraska Wesleyan
9Oct 31Central College
10Nov 7Buena Vista
11Nov 14@Dubuque

Game Week

4d 16h

until kickoff · at Northwestern (MN) · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Duhawks of Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa — a Catholic program that went a perfect 9-0 in 1947, playing in the American Rivers Conference at the storied Rock Bowl Stadium.

Title DroughtSince 1948 · 78 yrs

Loras went a perfect 9-0 in 1947 and plays in one of D3's great old stadiums — and the Duhawks get treated like a faceless small college in the American Rivers grind.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 3-7 · last season

Game feel57shootoutscombined pts / game1st highest-scoring of 9 in the American Rivers
Heart rate1-3white-knucklein one-score games (4 of 10)1st most one-score games of 9 in the American Rivers
Margin-12.1competitiveavg scoring margin6th best margin of 9 in the American Rivers

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

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Loras College has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 4-6 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 4-6
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Northwestern (MN) · away

Outcome band · Loras College · 2026

Loras College'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 Duhawks of Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa — a Catholic program that went a perfect 9-0 in 1947, playing in the American Rivers Conference at the storied Rock Bowl Stadium.

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

Loras College sits 5th in the American Rivers Conference and 118th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

American Rivers · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Central College0-01-152.5
2Buena Vista0-01-151.0
3Coe0-01-150.9
4Wartburg0-01-150.3
5Loras0-01-149.3
6Simpson (IA)0-01-144.1
7Dubuque0-00-237.8
8Nebraska Wesleyan0-00-236.5
49.3 CFB Zeitgeist#118 of 229 D351.6 strength of schedule

Win the American Rivers 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
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 Duhawks.”
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