Simpson College (IA)
1-1American Rivers · Bill Buxton Stadium · 5,000
LastW 52–0 vs Crown · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Howard Payne · Sat Sep 26 · 4 pm ET · Bill Buxton Stadium · first meeting on record
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #569 | #530 | — | @Augustana (IL) | L 14–42 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #575 | #634 | — | Crown | W 52–0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #576 | #460 | Howard Payne | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Buena Vista | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Loras | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Dubuque | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Coe | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Wartburg | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Nebraska Wesleyan | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Central College |
Game Week
11 days
until kickoff · vs Howard Payne · Sat Sep 26 · 4 pm ET
The Storm of Indianola, Iowa, an American Rivers Conference program with a dozen league titles in its history, playing at Bill Buxton Stadium for a Methodist college that once counted George Washington Carver among its students.
Simpson has a dozen conference championships and a famous alumnus in George Washington Carver, yet its football lives quietly in the Iowa small-college ranks.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 6-4 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among American Rivers teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Simpson College (IA) has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 6-4 over the last 10, and won the last one.
Next Sep 26
vs Howard Payne · at home
Outcome band · Simpson College (IA) · 2026
Outcome band · Simpson College (IA) · 2026Simpson College (IA)'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
The Storm of Indianola, Iowa, an American Rivers Conference program with a dozen league titles in its history, playing at Bill Buxton Stadium for a Methodist college that once counted George Washington Carver among its students.
Playoff path
Simpson College (IA) sits 6th in the American Rivers Conference and 141st of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central College | 0-0 | 1-1 | 52.5 |
| 2 | Buena Vista | 0-0 | 1-1 | 51.0 |
| 3 | Coe | 0-0 | 1-1 | 50.9 |
| 4 | Wartburg | 0-0 | 1-1 | 50.3 |
| 5 | Loras | 0-0 | 1-1 | 49.3 |
| 6 | Simpson (IA) | 0-0 | 1-1 | 44.1 |
| 7 | Dubuque | 0-0 | 0-2 | 37.8 |
| 8 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 0-0 | 0-2 | 36.5 |
Win the American Rivers 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.