Monmouth College
0-2Midwest · April Zorn Memorial Stadium · 2,600
LastL 19–31 at Hampden Sydney · Sat Sep 12
Nextat Cornell (IA) · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Van Metre Field at Ash Park · series 4-0, won the last 4
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 6 | #481 | #448 | — | Wartburg | L 21–36 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #481 | #466 | — | @Hampden Sydney | L 19–31 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #483 | #594 | @Cornell (IA) | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #484 | #591 | Ripon | ||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Luther | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Beloit | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Chicago | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Illinois College | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Grinnell | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Knox |
Game Week
4d 18h
until kickoff · at Cornell (IA) · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET
The Fighting Scots went 9–0 in 2025 and won the Midwest Conference championship — the perfect season that proves the small Illinois program belongs with the giants of the league.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 9-2 · last season
✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among Midwest teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Monmouth College has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 7-3 over the last 10, and lost the last three.
Next Sep 19
vs Cornell (IA) · away
Outcome band · Monmouth College · 2026
Outcome band · Monmouth College · 2026Monmouth College's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.
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 Fighting Scots went 9–0 in 2025 and won the Midwest Conference championship — the perfect season that proves the small Illinois program belongs with the giants of the league.
Playoff path
Monmouth College sits 9th in the Midwest Conference and 220th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Forest | 1-0 | 2-0 | 65.6 |
| 2 | Cornell (IA) | 1-0 | 1-1 | 46.0 |
| 3 | Luther | 1-0 | 1-1 | 42.0 |
| 4 | Illinois College | 0-0 | 1-1 | 49.9 |
| 5 | Knox | 0-1 | 1-1 | 49.8 |
| 6 | Beloit | 0-1 | 1-1 | 40.0 |
| 7 | Ripon | 0-0 | 0-2 | 37.7 |
| 9 | Monmouth (IL) | 0-0 | 0-2 | 28.9 |
Win the 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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.