Adrian College

2-4

Michigan · Docking Stadium · 3,000 seats

Next game

vs Trine

Sat Oct 24 · 1 pm ET

Docking Stadium · series 1-3

Adrian College 35% to win · our ratings after 6 games

Last game · Sat Oct 17

L 22-24 at Hope

Our model gave Adrian College 11% before kickoff

The rest of the season

One real test left: Trine 35%

Win out 25% · expect 3.0 of 4 more wins

Adrian College's chance to win each game left, from our model: Trine 35%, Olivet 84%, Albion 90%, Kalamazoo 93%

Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetBetting line vs Trine · our model 35% Adrian College

Updated Sat Oct 24 · through week 7

Schedule and results

Adrian College · 2026 schedule and results2-4Hard slateAverage opponent win rate 63%.Our rank entering each game: #467 to #489
WkDateOur rankOpp rankLineOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5#467#511—Ohio NorthernW 17-101-00-0
2Sep 12#469#642—@ThielW 48-72-00-0
3Sep 19#468#497—@Mount St JosephL 24-352-10-0
4Sep 26#473#460—@AlmaL 24-272-20-1
5Oct 3#475#482—CalvinL 12-172-30-2
6Bye week
7Oct 17#489#454—@HopeL 22-242-40-3
8Oct 24#480#471Trine1 pm ET35% to win
9Oct 31#480#619@Olivet12 pm ET84% to win
10Nov 7@Albion1 pm ET90% to win
11Nov 14Kalamazoo1 pm ET
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Adrian College, through 6 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

Line is the closing point spread for Adrian College: a minus number means favored. A green check means the team covered it, by the number beside it. A red cross means it fell short by that much.

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Oct 24Next: Trinevs Trine · at home

Recent form · last 10 games

Adrian College has won one of its last five.

4-6 over the last 10, and lost the last four.

Streak L4Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 4-6

Range of outcomes · Adrian College · 2026

Adrian College’s most likely regular season is 5-5. 98% of outcomes land from 4-6 to 6-4.

Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above

3 wins 2%; 4 wins 18%; 5 wins 55%; 6 wins 25%
What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor2-10Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base4-8Mid-table finish.
Ceiling7-5Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 6 games. Paler bars are the outer 10% at each end. The closed row comes from the season-path projection, which also plays out conference title games and the CFP.

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Worth watchingGames average 44 combined points, rock fights

What it is like to watch them2026 · 2-4

Game feel44rock fightscombined pts / game8th highest-scoring of 8 in the Michigan
Heart rate1-3white-knucklein one-score games (4 of 6)1st most one-score games of 8 in the Michigan
Margin+4.5competitiveavg scoring margin4th best margin of 8 in the Michigan

Measured from 6 games · ranks are among Michigan teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind

Adrian is the historic Bulldog program with 18 conference titles, now building back under Joe Palka after two strong seasons—the Bulldogs insist that MIAA relevance is not nostalgia but the near future.

Title DroughtSince 2014 · 12 yrs

Fans here believe the chip is internal. Adrian's identity is built on 18 conference titles, and the program wants to add to that number.

Read the full program story ↓
Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Adrian is the historic Bulldog program with 18 conference titles, now building back under Joe Palka after two strong seasons—the Bulldogs insist that MIAA relevance is not nostalgia but the near future.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Adrian College sits 7th in the Michigan Conference and 137th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Michigan · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Hope3-06-073.5
2Calvin3-06-070.1
3Trine3-05-162.9
4Alma2-12-446.7
5Kalamazoo1-22-444.7
6Olivet0-33-351.3
7Adrian0-32-447.7
8Albion0-30-637.3
47.7 CFB Zeitgeist#137 of 245 D356.4 strength of schedule1 quality win

Win the Michigan 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
The 2026 season · 2-4
W 17-10 vs Ohio Northern · Wk 1+7Ohio NorW 48-7 at Thiel · Wk 2+41ThielL 24-35 at Mount St Joseph · Wk 3-11Mount StL 24-27 at Alma · Wk 4-3AlmaL 12-17 vs Calvin · Wk 5-5CalvinL 22-24 at Hope · Wk 7-2Hope

Signature win 48-7 over Thiel; toughest day 24-35 against Mount St Joseph.

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 “Go Bulldogs.”
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