Cornell College (IA)4-6The 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.
Cornell is a distinctive little Iowa college with a perfect season in its past, and the football world barely knows the Rams from the bigger Cornell out east.
Rams country waits.
Cornell College (IA) · Next-Season Outcome Band
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Recent Form · last 10 games
Cooling
Two of five. Schedule has caught up.
Opens Sep 5
vs Coe · away
Game Week
11 days
until kickoff · at Coe · Sat Sep 5 · 18:00 UTC
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.
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.
| 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 (IA) | 4-5 | 4-6 | 45.7 |
| 7 | Knox College | 2-6 | 2-7 | 37.3 |
| 8 | Grinnell | 2-7 | 2-8 | 35.1 |
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.
Signature win 35-14 over Knox College; toughest day 6-62 against Coe.
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What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
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| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 5 | — | — | — | Coe | L 6–62 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #520 | #493 | — | Chicago | L 12–28 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #558 | #643 | — | @Lawrence University | W 20–0 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #584 | #651 | — | @Beloit | W 26–19 | 2-2 | 2-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #585 | #599 | — | Ripon | L 14–22 | 2-3 | 2-2 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #593 | #471 | — | @Monmouth (IL) | L 3–45 | 2-4 | 2-3 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #593 | #499 | — | Lake Forest College | L 24–49 | 2-5 | 2-4 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #599 | #639 | — | @Knox College | W 35–14 | 3-5 | 3-4 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #589 | #511 | — | Illinois College | L 0–24 | 3-6 | 3-5 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #591 | #604 | — | @Grinnell | W 22–17 | 4-6 | 4-5 |
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. Van Metre Field at Ash Park seats 1,100.
69°F average kickoff temp; 5% of games had measurable precipitation; 13 mph average wind.
Based on 20 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
27-82-4
since 1899 · 43 seasons · .238 win rate
Moment of the Year · Cornell College (IA) · 2025
Moment of the Year · Cornell College (IA) · 2025Won 20-0 at Lawrence University
Week 4 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.