Next game
at Beloit
Sat Oct 31 · 1 pm ET
Strong Stadium · series 5-2, won the last 4
Lake Forest College 99% to win · our ratings after 7 games
Lake Forest College
7-0Midwest · Farwell Field · 2,000 seats
Last game · Sat Oct 17
W 57-3 vs Luther
Our model gave Lake Forest College 95% before kickoff
The rest of the season
Every game left is at least 80%
Win out 81% · expect 2.8 of 3 more wins
Lake Forest College's chance to win each game left, from our model: Beloit 99%, Cornell (IA) 99%, Chicago 82%Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetBetting line at Beloit · our model 99% Lake Forest College
Updated Sat Oct 24 · through week 7
Schedule and results
Lake Forest College · 2026 schedule and results7-0Soft slateAverage opponent win rate 34%.Our rank entering each game: #498 to #449
| Wk | Date | Our rank | Opp rank | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf | Top performers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #498 | #584 | — | Greenville | W 77-14 | 1-0 | 0-0 | |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #497 | #643 | — | @Knox | W 68-12 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #495 | #630 | — | Grinnell | W 63-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #477 | #516 | — | @Illinois College | W 55-21 | 4-0 | 3-0 | |
| 5 | Oct 3 | #461 | #661 | — | Lawrence | W 72-13 | 5-0 | 4-0 | |
| 6 | Oct 10 | #461 | #590 | — | @Ripon | W 45-14 | 6-0 | 5-0 | |
| 7 | Oct 17 | #449 | #632 | — | Luther | W 57-3 | 7-0 | 6-0 | |
| 8 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | #442 | #660 | @Beloit | 1 pm ET99% to win | ||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Cornell (IA) | 1 pm ET99% to win | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Chicago | 2 pm ET82% to win | ||||||
How to read this table
Win chances are our model for Lake Forest College, through 7 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 Lake Forest 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.
What’s ahead
Off this week
7 days
until kickoff · at Beloit · Sat Oct 31 · 1 pm ET
The forecast
The games that decide the season
The games that decide the season
Recent form · last 10 games
Lake Forest College has won ten straight.
10-0 over the last 10, and won the last ten.
Streak W10Last 5 · 5-0Last 10 · 10-0
Range of outcomes · Lake Forest College · 2026
Range of outcomes · Lake Forest College · 2026Lake Forest College’s most likely regular season is 10-0. 100% of outcomes land from 9-1 to 10-0.
Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above
9 wins 19%; 10 wins 81%What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor10-2Competitive but likely outside bracket contention.
Base12-0Conference title contender. Bracket bid realistic.
Ceiling12-0Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.
Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 7 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 watching
What it is like to watch them2026 · 7-0
Game feel73shootoutscombined pts / game1st highest-scoring of 11 in the Midwest
Heart rate0-0rarely closein one-score games (0 of 7)9th most one-score games of 11 in the Midwest
Margin+51.4comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 11 in the Midwest
Measured from 7 games · ranks are among Midwest teams the same season
Team story
The weekly grind
The Foresters of Lake Forest, a North Shore liberal-arts college playing football since 1882, who went a perfect 10-0 and won the Midwest Conference in 2024 to reach the Division III playoffs.
Standard GapA selective old college on a fresh upswing — a 2024 perfect season…
Lake Forest went 10-0 and won its conference, and a small North Shore college still gets treated as a playoff pushover after four straight first-round exits.
Game day
The experience
The Foresters of Lake Forest, a North Shore liberal-arts college playing football since 1882, who went a perfect 10-0 and won the Midwest Conference in 2024 to reach the Division III playoffs.
Playoff path
Lake Forest College sits 1st in the Midwest Conference and 20th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.
Midwest · 2026
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Forest | 6-0 | 7-0 | 67.1 |
| 2 | Chicago | 4-0 | 5-1 | 59.4 |
| 3 | Monmouth (IL) | 4-0 | 4-2 | 55.9 |
| 4 | Luther | 4-2 | 4-3 | 50.6 |
| 5 | Grinnell | 3-2 | 4-3 | 47.0 |
| 6 | Cornell (IA) | 3-3 | 3-4 | 44.3 |
| 7 | Illinois College | 2-3 | 3-4 | 46.2 |
| 8 | Ripon | 1-3 | 1-5 | 38.1 |
67.1 CFB Zeitgeist#20 of 245 D342.0 strength of schedule
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.
Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
The 2026 season · 7-0
Signature win 77-14 over Greenville; toughest day 45-14 against Ripon.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
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