Record3-5through 8 games
Nextvs HendrixSat Nov 7 · 2 pm ET
The model#169 among Division III teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Lyon College · 2026 schedule and results3-5Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 43%.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5East Texas BaptistL 7-580-10-0
2Sep 12@Illinois CollegeW 21-141-10-0
3Sep 19GreenvilleL 32-331-20-0
4Sep 26@Westminster (MO)L 17-351-30-0
5Oct 3@Texas LutheranL 12-341-40-1
6Oct 10@AustinW 38-312-41-1
7Bye week
8Oct 24Texas LutheranL 3-482-51-2
9Oct 31@Centenary (LA)W 43-363-52-2
10Nov 7Hendrix2 pm ET31% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Lyon 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: Hendrixvs Hendrix · at home

Recent form · last 10 games

Lyon College has won two of its last five.

3-7 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 3-7

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Worth watchingGames average 58 combined points, even games

What it is like to watch them2026 · 3-5

Game feel58even gamescombined pts / game
Heart rate3-1white-knucklein one-score games (4 of 8)
Margin−14.5competitiveavg scoring margin

Measured from 8 games · ranks are among Southern Collegiate Athletic teams the same season

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

The Scots of Batesville, an Arkansas college that brought back football in 2013 after a 62-year hiatus and recently joined NCAA Division III in the SCAC, playing on the new on-campus Bad Boy Stadium.

Standard GapA reborn program writing a new chapter — the work is rebuilding from…
Read the full program story ↓
Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

The Scots of Batesville, an Arkansas college that brought back football in 2013 after a 62-year hiatus and recently joined NCAA Division III in the SCAC, playing on the new on-campus Bad Boy Stadium.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Lyon College sits 3rd in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and 163rd of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Southern Collegiate Athletic · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Texas Lutheran4-07-163.6
2Centenary (LA)2-12-538.4
3Lyon2-23-545.0
4Austin0-51-833.3
5Gallaudet0-00-524.4
45.0 CFB Zeitgeist#163 of 245 D348.1 strength of schedule

Win the Southern Collegiate Athletic 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 · 3-5
L 7-58 vs East Texas Baptist · Wk 1−51East TexW 21-14 at Illinois College · Wk 2+7IllinoisL 32-33 vs Greenville · Wk 3−1GreenvilL 17-35 at Westminster (MO) · Wk 4−18WestminsL 12-34 at Texas Lutheran · Wk 5−22Texas LuW 38-31 at Austin · Wk 6+7AustinL 3-48 vs Texas Lutheran · Wk 8−45Texas LuW 43-36 at Centenary (LA) · Wk 9+7Centenar

Signature win 21-14 over Illinois College; toughest day 7-58 against East Texas Baptist.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Scots.”
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