Wheaton
2-0CCIW · McCully Stadium · 4,100
LastW 45–3 at Albion · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Millikin · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · McCully Stadium · 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 5 | #458 | #464 | — | Mount Union | W 24–23 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #457 | #571 | — | @Albion | W 45–3 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #457 | #635 | Millikin | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #457 | #536 | @Illinois Wesleyan | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | North Park | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @North Central College | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Carroll (WI) | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Augustana (IL) | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Elmhurst | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Carthage |
Game Week
4d 23h
until kickoff · vs Millikin · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET
The Thunder of Wheaton, Illinois, a CCIW power that has lived in the Division III Top 25 for years on end and reached the 2008 national semifinals — a Christian-college program that wins with quiet relentlessness.
Wheaton has been a Division III Top-25 fixture for over a decade and a national semifinalist, yet gets filed as just another small Christian college.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 11-3 · last season
✓ measured from 14 games · ranks are among CCIW teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Wheaton has won four of its last five.
Warming. 9-1 over the last 10, and won the last two.
Next Sep 19
vs Millikin · at home
Outcome band · Wheaton · 2026
Outcome band · Wheaton · 2026Wheaton's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.
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 Thunder of Wheaton, Illinois, a CCIW power that has lived in the Division III Top 25 for years on end and reached the 2008 national semifinals — a Christian-college program that wins with quiet relentlessness.
Playoff path
Wheaton sits 3rd in the CCIW and 34th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carthage | 0-0 | 1-0 | 68.2 |
| 2 | North Central College | 0-0 | 2-0 | 67.2 |
| 3 | Wheaton (IL) | 0-0 | 2-0 | 66.6 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan | 0-0 | 2-0 | 65.9 |
| 5 | Augustana (IL) | 0-0 | 1-1 | 51.9 |
| 6 | Carroll (WI) | 0-0 | 1-1 | 51.3 |
| 7 | Millikin | 0-0 | 1-1 | 49.7 |
| 8 | Elmhurst | 0-0 | 1-1 | 43.8 |
Win the CCIW 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.