St. Olaf College
0-2Minnesota · Klein Field at Manitou · 3,500
LastL 0–51 at Concordia (MN) · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Carleton · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET · Klein Field at Manitou · series 1-3, last win 2024
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 6 | #591 | #576 | — | @Loras | L 16–31 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 13 | #593 | #483 | — | @Concordia (MN) | L 0–51 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #596 | #516 | Carleton | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Augsburg | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Gustavus Adolphus | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Bethel (MN) | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @St. Scholastica | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Macalester | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Hamline | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 15 | Saint John's (MN) |
Game Week
11 days
until kickoff · vs Carleton · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET
St. Olaf is a program defined by one rivalry—the Goat Trophy against Carleton is everything, and the 2025 loss of it still stings.
Fans here believe st. Olaf's identity is entirely wrapped in Carleton. The rivalry is not a secondary competition; it IS the season. Everything else is preseason.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-6 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Minnesota teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
St. Olaf College has won one of its last five.
Cold. 2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last three.
Next Sep 26
vs Carleton · at home
Outcome band · St. Olaf College · 2026
Outcome band · St. Olaf College · 2026St. Olaf 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
St. Olaf is a program defined by one rivalry—the Goat Trophy against Carleton is everything, and the 2025 loss of it still stings.
Playoff path
St. Olaf College sits 9th in the Minnesota Conference and 202nd of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concordia (MN) | 1-0 | 2-0 | 60.9 |
| 2 | Macalester | 0-0 | 1-0 | 67.6 |
| 3 | Gustavus Adolphus | 0-0 | 1-0 | 67.5 |
| 4 | Hamline | 0-0 | 1-0 | 63.8 |
| 5 | Saint John's (MN) | 0-0 | 1-0 | 57.6 |
| 6 | Bethel (MN) | 0-0 | 0-1 | 40.3 |
| 7 | St. Scholastica | 0-0 | 0-1 | 37.5 |
| 9 | St. Olaf | 0-1 | 0-2 | 33.0 |
Win the Minnesota 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.