June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

Cornell College (IA)

4-6 2025 final

The Rams of Mount Vernon, an Iowa liberal-arts college famous for its 'one course at a time' block plan, whose 1992 team went a perfect 10-0 and now plays Division III in the Midwest Conference.

Rams country waits.

Record

4-6

win% .400

Conference

6th of 10

Midwest · 4-5

Index Rating

45.7

D3 #153 of 240

Playoff Path

Win the league

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-win — basking

The Long Wait·Offseason

The Rams of Mount Vernon, an Iowa liberal-arts college famous for its 'one course at a time' block plan, whose 1992 team went a perfect 10-0 and now plays Division III in the Midwest Conference.

Standard GapA distinctive academic college where football is part of a small, close…

Climb the Midwest Conference and chase a season worthy of 1992 — make Ash Park a place opponents can't pencil in a win.

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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Cornell College (IA) sits 6th in the Midwest Conference and 153rd of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Midwest · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	Monmouth (IL)	9-0	9-2	63.2
2	Illinois College	7-2	8-3	56.7
3	Chicago	7-2	7-3	56.0
4	Lake Forest College	7-2	7-3	55.0
5	Ripon	5-4	5-5	47.3
6	Cornell College (IA)	4-5	4-6	45.7
7	Knox College	2-6	2-7	37.3
8	Grinnell	2-7	2-8	35.1

45.7 CFB Zeitgeist#153 of 240 D347.8 strength of schedule

Win the Midwest 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 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected

THE 2025 SEASON · 4-6

Signature win 35-14 over Knox College; toughest day 6-62 against Coe College.

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Rams country waits.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Cornell College (IA)" — Cornell College (IA) fanbase · recurring line

0 mentions · awaiting signal

Winning record—

The baseline for a successful season.

Conference title—

The primary goal and national bracket path.

32-team bracket qualifierLocked—

One of 32 national tournament entries.

Stagg BowlLocked—

The Division III national championship game.

Floor 2-10

Base 4-8

Ceiling 7-5

floor2-10Rebuild year. Below .500.

base4-8Mid-table finish.

ceiling7-5Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.

Act II

Who We Are

Home-Field Advantage · Cornell College (IA) · 2018-present

Reversed (worse at home)

35% home win rate vs 55% on the road. margin runs -4.0 weaker at home.

Home7-13Away11-9

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Cooling

Two of five. Schedule has caught up.

Streak W1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 4-6

Schedule Strength · Cornell College (IA) · 2025

Balanced

Average opponent win rate 47% across 10 finalized games. Balanced slate across the conference slate.

Opp Win %0.472

Moment of the Year · Cornell College (IA) · 2025

Won 20-0 at Lawrence University

Week 4 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.

Decisive Margin

From the Archive — Cornell College (IA)

2024: Lost 14-33 at Chicago

In 2024, the program lost 14-33 at Chicago — a one to file away road result, 19 points either way.

Go Rams.