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

Eureka College

2-8 2025 final

The Red Devils of Eureka, the tiny Illinois college where a young Ronald Reagan played on the line, now grinding through Division III football in the NACC at Pete FioRito Stadium.

The Red Devils are patient.

Record

2-8

win% .200

Conference

8th of 9

NACC · 1-7

Index Rating

36.6

D3 #208 of 240

Playoff Path

Win the league

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-loss — diagnostic

The Long Wait·Offseason

The Red Devils of Eureka, the tiny Illinois college where a young Ronald Reagan played on the line, now grinding through Division III football in the NACC at Pete FioRito Stadium.

Standard GapA small college whose proudest football footnote is a future president o…

Climb out of the NACC's cellar and add to the program's handful of conference titles — give Eureka a winning season the whole small town can claim.

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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

Eureka College sits 8th in the NACC and 208th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

NACC · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	Concordia-Wisconsin	8-0	9-2	63.5
2	Aurora	6-2	8-3	60.0
3	Benedictine University	5-3	7-3	55.0
4	St. Norbert	5-3	5-5	49.8
5	Wisconsin-Lutheran	5-3	5-5	48.9
6	Lakeland	4-4	4-6	44.5
7	Concordia University Chicago	2-6	4-6	43.7
8	Eureka College	1-7	2-8	36.6

36.6 CFB Zeitgeist#208 of 240 D347.6 strength of schedule

Win the NACC 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 · 2-8

Signature win 40-20 over Rockford; toughest day 0-66 against Aurora.

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The Red Devils are patient.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

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

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Eureka College" — Eureka College 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 0-12

Base 2-10

Ceiling 5-7

floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.

base2-10Mid-table finish.

ceiling5-7Conference 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 · Eureka College · 2018-present

Above-Average

25% home win rate vs 15% on the road. margin runs -2.9 weaker at home.

Home5-15Away3-17

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Hibernating

Zero of five. Reset territory.

Streak L7Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 2-8

Schedule Strength · Eureka College · 2025

Balanced

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

Opp Win %0.477

Moment of the Year · Eureka College · 2025

Won 40-20 at Rockford

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

Decisive Margin

From the Archive — Eureka College

2024: Lost 0-42 vs Benedictine University

In 2024, the program lost 0-42 vs Benedictine University — a stinging home result, 42 points either way.

Go Red Devils.