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

Westminster College (MO)

4-6 2025 final

The Blue Jays of Fulton, a small Missouri liberal-arts college — the campus where Churchill gave his 'Iron Curtain' speech — playing Division III football in the Upper Midwest Conference.

Quiet weeks in Blue Jays country.

Record
4-6
win% .400
Conference
6th of 7
Upper Midwest · 2-5
Index Rating
41.5
D3 #184 of 240
Playoff Path
Win the league
Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-win — basking
The Long Wait·Offseason

The Blue Jays of Fulton, a small Missouri liberal-arts college — the campus where Churchill gave his 'Iron Curtain' speech — playing Division III football in the Upper Midwest Conference.

Standard GapA historic little college whose campus fame is a 1946 Churchill speech…

Put together a winning Upper Midwest Conference season and give Fulton a football team to match its outsized place in history.

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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

Westminster College (MO) sits 6th in the Upper Midwest Conference and 184th of 240 in the CFB Index — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Upper Midwest · 2025
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Crown College7-17-453.6
2Northwestern (MN)4-34-646.8
3Greenville3-44-545.8
4Martin Luther3-45-545.5
5Minnesota Morris3-53-740.9
6Westminster College (MO)2-54-641.5
7Finlandia University0-00-0
41.5 CFB Index#184 of 240 D342.2 strength of schedule

Win the Upper 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 Index — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
THE 2025 SEASON · 4-6
W 21-14 at Manchester · Wk 2+7ManchestW 29-6 vs Eureka College · Wk 3+23Eureka CL 24-38 at LYONCOLL · Wk 5-14LYONCOLLL 24-38 at Greenville · Wk 6-14GreenvilL 27-30 vs Minnesota Morris · Wk 7-3MinnesotL 6-19 at Crown College · Wk 8-13Crown CoL 28-38 vs Martin Luther · Wk 9-10Martin LW 24-7 vs Greenville · Wk 10+17GreenvilL 7-14 at Minnesota Morris · Wk 11-7MinnesotW 15-6 at Northwestern (MN) · Wk 12+9Northwes

Signature win 29-6 over Eureka College; toughest day 24-38 against LYONCOLL.

The Pulse on Westminster College (MO)

Quiet · dead period heritage · signal ramps back in camp
Quiet weeks in Blue Jays country.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window
Camp Fall camp ~40 days out
"Go Blue Jays." — Westminster College (MO) fanbase · recurring line
0 mentions · awaiting signal

Aspiration Ladder

Brief Part III §33.4 · Westminster College (MO)

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.

Westminster College (MO) · Next-Season Outcome Band

Floor / Base / Ceiling

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 · Westminster College (MO) · 2018-present

Strong

21% home win rate vs 11% on the road. margin runs +10.1 better at home.

Home4-15Away2-16
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 · Westminster College (MO) · 2025

Soft

Average opponent win rate 33% across 8 finalized games. Lighter schedule — the committee weighs wins against strength of field.

Opp Win %0.338

Moment of the Year · Westminster College (MO) · 2025

Won 29-6 vs Eureka College

Week 3 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.

Decisive Margin

From the Archive — Westminster College (MO)

2024: Lost 35-50 vs William Woods

In 2024, the program lost 35-50 vs William Woods — a one to file away home result, 15 points either way.

Go Blue Jays.