Northwestern College (Minnesota)
0-2Upper Midwest · Reynolds Field · 1,800
LastL 27–51 vs Central College · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Loras · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Reynolds Field
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #564 | #524 | — | @Claremont Mudd Scripps | L 14–19 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #562 | #468 | — | Central College | L 27–51 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #570 | #575 | Loras | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Martin Luther | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Minnesota Morris | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Westminster (MO) | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Greenville | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Crown | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Martin Luther | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Minnesota Morris |
Game Week
4d 16h
until kickoff · vs Loras · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET
Evangelical Minnesota program (2001) that joined D3 in growth phase—a young institution building athletic identity in UMAC with modest but stable competitive presence.
Fans here believe nobody expected an evangelical college founded in 2001 to build real D3 football. Northwestern is building institutional identity from zero—no predecessors to prove anything.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-6 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Upper Midwest teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Northwestern College (Minnesota) has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 4-6 over the last 10, and lost the last three.
Next Sep 19
vs Loras · at home
Outcome band · Northwestern College (Minnesota) · 2026
Outcome band · Northwestern College (Minnesota) · 2026Northwestern College (Minnesota)'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
Evangelical Minnesota program (2001) that joined D3 in growth phase—a young institution building athletic identity in UMAC with modest but stable competitive presence.
Playoff path
Northwestern College (Minnesota) sits 6th in the Upper Midwest Conference and 207th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster (MO) | 0-0 | 1-1 | 47.4 |
| 2 | Martin Luther | 0-0 | 0-2 | 39.4 |
| 3 | Minnesota Morris | 0-0 | 0-2 | 37.5 |
| 4 | Greenville | 0-0 | 0-2 | 35.4 |
| 5 | Crown | 0-0 | 0-2 | 33.0 |
| 6 | Northwestern (MN) | 0-0 | 0-2 | 32.3 |
| 7 | Finlandia University | 0-0 | 0-0 | — |
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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.