Macalester College
1-0Minnesota · Macalester Stadium · 4,000
LastW 34–21 at Martin Luther · Sat Sep 5
Nextvs Carleton · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET · Macalester Stadium · series 0-2, lost the last 2
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 1
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #616 | #610 | — | @Martin Luther | W 34–21 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 20 | #617 | #515 | Carleton | ||||
| 4 | Sep 27 | #616 | #625 | St. Scholastica | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Hamline | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Saint John's (MN) | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Augsburg | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 25 | Bethel (MN) | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @St. Olaf | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Concordia (MN) | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Gustavus Adolphus |
Game Week
5d 0h
until kickoff · vs Carleton · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET
Macalester is a historic MIAC institution playing at small-school scale—a liberal-arts commitment to football as part of a broader educational mission, not the mission itself.
Fans here believe macalester's identity is not about what it lacks—it's about what it prioritizes: a balanced approach to college athletics, where academics and community come first, and football is a…
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W 34–21 at Martin Luther
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What it is like to watch them2025 · 3-7 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Minnesota teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Macalester College has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 3-7 over the last 10, and won the last one.
Next Sep 20
vs Carleton · at home
Outcome band · Macalester College · 2026
Outcome band · Macalester College · 2026Macalester 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
Macalester is a historic MIAC institution playing at small-school scale—a liberal-arts commitment to football as part of a broader educational mission, not the mission itself.
Playoff path
Macalester College sits 2nd in the Minnesota Conference and 25th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concordia (MN) | 1-0 | 2-0 | 60.9 |
| 2 | Macalester | 0-0 | 1-0 | 67.6 |
| 3 | Gustavus Adolphus | 0-0 | 1-0 | 67.5 |
| 4 | Hamline | 0-0 | 1-0 | 63.8 |
| 5 | Saint John's (MN) | 0-0 | 1-0 | 57.6 |
| 6 | Bethel (MN) | 0-0 | 0-1 | 40.3 |
| 7 | St. Scholastica | 0-0 | 0-1 | 37.5 |
| 8 | Carleton | 0-0 | 0-1 | 33.8 |
Win the Minnesota 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.