Rhodes College
0-2Southern Athletic · Crain Field · 4,000
LastL 17–23 at Austin · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Maryville (TN) · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET · Crain Field · series 0-1
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 6 | #633 | #486 | — | Washington St. Louis | L 0–73 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #628 | #522 | — | @Austin | L 17–23 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #640 | #464 | Maryville (TN) | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Millsaps | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Berry | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Centre | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Southwestern U | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Hendrix | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Sewanee | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Trinity (TX) |
Game Week
11 days
until kickoff · vs Maryville (TN) · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET
The Lynx of Memphis, Tennessee, who have played football since 1896 under the old Southwestern name, stacked eleven conference championships, and broke a long title drought in 2013 — academics-first football in the Southern Athletic Association.
Rhodes has played football since 1896 and won eleven conference titles, yet its elite-academic Memphis program rarely gets mentioned nationally.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 1-9 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Southern Athletic teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Rhodes College has lost five straight.
Hibernating. 0-10 over the last 10, and lost the last ten.
Next Sep 26
vs Maryville (TN) · at home
Outcome band · Rhodes College · 2026
Outcome band · Rhodes College · 2026Rhodes 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 Lynx of Memphis, Tennessee, who have played football since 1896 under the old Southwestern name, stacked eleven conference championships, and broke a long title drought in 2013 — academics-first football in the Southern Athletic Association.
Playoff path
Rhodes College sits 4th in the Southern Athletic Conference and 168th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millsaps | 0-0 | 2-0 | 70.0 |
| 2 | Berry | 0-0 | 2-0 | 67.3 |
| 3 | Trinity (TX) | 0-0 | 2-0 | 65.4 |
| 4 | Rhodes | 0-0 | 0-2 | 39.0 |
| 5 | Centre | 0-0 | 0-1 | 37.5 |
| 6 | Sewanee | 0-0 | 0-2 | 32.3 |
| 7 | Hendrix | 0-0 | 0-1 | 30.5 |
| 8 | Southwestern U | 0-0 | 0-2 | 29.5 |
Win the Southern 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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.