UW-River Falls

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Wisconsin · David Smith Stadium at Ramer Field · 2,300

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Wartburg · our model 61% UW-River Falls · a number, not a pick

LastW 38–6 at Coe · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Wartburg · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Walston-Hoover Stadium

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

UW-River Falls · 2026 schedule & results2-0
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 3#430#603Southern VirginiaW 73–71-00-0
2Sep 12#430#464@CoeW 38–62-00-0
3Sep 19#431#447@Wartburg
5Oct 3@Wisconsin Whitewater
6Oct 10Wisconsin Oshkosh
7Oct 17@Wisconsin Platteville
8Oct 24Wisconsin Eau Claire
9Oct 31Wisconsin Stout
10Nov 7@Wisconsin La Crosse
11Nov 14Wisconsin Stevens Point

Game Week

4d 18h

until kickoff · at Wartburg · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The sleeping giant that woke up in 2025: first playoff run since 1996 became a national championship — River Falls is proof that the standard is attainable.

Title DroughtSince 1985 · 41 yrs

Fans believe they proved something in 2025: the hunger to matter nationally, and River Falls satisfied it.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 14-1 · last season

Game feel65shootoutscombined pts / game1st highest-scoring of 8 in the Wisconsin
Heart rate1-1rarely closein one-score games (2 of 15)8th most one-score games of 8 in the Wisconsin
Margin+26.3comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 8 in the Wisconsin

✓ measured from 15 games · ranks are among Wisconsin teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

UW-River Falls has won five straight.

Hot. 10-0 over the last 10, and won the last ten.

Streak W10Last 5 · 5-0Last 10 · 10-0
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Wartburg · away

Outcome band · UW-River Falls · 2026

UW-River Falls' most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base2-10Mid-table finish.
Ceiling5-7Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

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 dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

The sleeping giant that woke up in 2025: first playoff run since 1996 became a national championship — River Falls is proof that the standard is attainable.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

UW-River Falls sits 3rd in the Wisconsin Conference and 38th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.

Wisconsin · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Wisconsin Stout0-02-066.9
2Wisconsin Eau Claire0-02-066.3
3Wisconsin River Falls0-02-065.8
4Wisconsin Platteville0-02-058.2
5Wisconsin Whitewater0-02-056.2
6Wisconsin Oshkosh0-01-155.8
7Wisconsin Stevens Point0-01-147.5
8Wisconsin La Crosse0-00-236.0
65.8 CFB Zeitgeist#38 of 229 D342.9 strength of schedule

Win the Wisconsin 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.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Falcons.”
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