University of Minnesota Morris

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Upper Midwest · Big Cat Stadium · 1,400

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Buena Vista · our model 59% University of Minnesota Morris · a number, not a pick

LastL 13–39 at Mayville State · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs Buena Vista · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Big Cat Stadium · first meeting on record

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

University of Minnesota Morris · 2026 schedule & results0-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#605#647Concordia ChicagoL 19–520-10-0
2Sep 12#618@Mayville StateL 13–390-20-0
3Sep 19#574#638Buena Vista
5Oct 3Crown
6Oct 10@Northwestern (MN)
7Oct 17Martin Luther
8Oct 24@Westminster (MO)
9Oct 31Greenville
10Nov 7@Crown
11Nov 14Northwestern (MN)

Game Week

4d 17h

until kickoff · vs Buena Vista · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Rural Minnesota public liberal-arts institution with stable UMAC presence—a regional player balancing academic mission with Division III athletic development.

Title DroughtSince 2003 · 23 yrs

Fans here believe morris doesn't define itself by football. The program serves the institutional mission as part of a larger UMN system identity.

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: Buena Vistavs Buena Vista · at home

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

Game feel44even gamescombined pts / game4th highest-scoring of 6 in the Upper Midwest
Heart rate3-2white-knucklein one-score games (5 of 10)1st most one-score games of 6 in the Upper Midwest
Margin-10.9outgunnedavg scoring margin5th best margin of 6 in the Upper Midwest

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Upper Midwest teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

University of Minnesota Morris has won one of its last five.

Cold. 3-7 over the last 10, and lost the last three.

Streak L3Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 3-7
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Buena Vista · at home

Outcome band · University of Minnesota Morris · 2026

University of Minnesota Morris' most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base0-12Mid-table finish.
Ceiling3-9Conference 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

Rural Minnesota public liberal-arts institution with stable UMAC presence—a regional player balancing academic mission with Division III athletic development.

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

University of Minnesota Morris sits 3rd in the Upper Midwest Conference and 175th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Upper Midwest · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Westminster (MO)0-01-147.4
2Martin Luther0-00-239.4
3Minnesota Morris0-00-237.5
4Greenville0-00-235.4
5Crown0-00-233.0
6Northwestern (MN)0-00-232.3
7Finlandia University0-00-0
37.5 CFB Zeitgeist#175 of 229 D362.5 strength of schedule

Win the Upper Midwest 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 Cougars.”
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