Coe College9-3D3 TOP 25 #25
Hope-Doping·Offseason

The Kohawks of Cedar Rapids, a winning Iowa program with 26 conference titles and a .600-plus all-time record, back in the Division III playoffs in three straight seasons.

Standard GapA historically winning small college where the bar is an American Rivers…

Coe has 26 conference titles and a .600 all-time mark, and the American Rivers spotlight keeps landing on Wartburg and Central instead of Cedar Rapids.

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The Kohawks bide their time.

Coe College · Next-Season Outcome Band

Floor / Base / Ceiling

floor7-5Competitive but likely outside bracket contention.
base9-3Conference title contender. Bracket bid realistic.
ceiling12-0Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.

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

Recent Form · last 10 games

Warming

Four of five. The board favors this trend.

Streak L1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 8-2
The forecast

Opens Sep 5

vs Cornell (IA) · at home

Game Week

11 days

until kickoff · vs Cornell (IA) · Sat Sep 5 · 18:00 UTC

The experience

The Kohawks of Cedar Rapids, a winning Iowa program with 26 conference titles and a .600-plus all-time record, back in the Division III playoffs in three straight seasons.

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Coe College sits 2nd in the American Rivers Conference and 18th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.

American Rivers · 2025
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Wartburg8-010-171.1
2Coe7-19-366.3
3Central College6-28-263.5
4Simpson College (IA)5-36-455.8
5Dubuque4-44-647.6
6Loras College3-53-744.5
7Buena Vista2-63-742.0
8Nebraska Wesleyan1-71-936.2
66.3 CFB Zeitgeist#18 of 240 D354.3 strength of schedule3 quality wins

Win the American Rivers 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 · 9-3
W 62-6 at Cornell (IA) · Wk 2+56Cornell L 47-59 at Wisconsin River Falls · Wk 3-12WisconsiW 62-14 vs Nebraska Wesleyan · Wk 4+48NebraskaL 7-17 at Wartburg · Wk 5-10WartburgW 37-10 vs Buena Vista · Wk 6+27Buena ViW 34-7 at Simpson College (IA) · Wk 7+27Simpson W 42-21 vs Luther · Wk 9+21LutherW 19-7 at Dubuque · Wk 10+12DubuqueW 63-7 vs Loras College · Wk 11+56Loras CoW 13-7 at Central College · Wk 12+6Central W 44-7 at Concordia-Wisconsin · Wk 13+37ConcordiL 26-51 at Bethel (MN) · Wk 14-25Bethel (

Signature win 62-6 over Cornell (IA); toughest day 26-51 against Bethel (MN).

Community pulse

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

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