Next game
vs Pacific Lutheran
Sat Oct 24 · 4 pm ET
Maxwell Field · series 4-0, won the last 4
Linfield College 96% to win · our ratings after 5 games
Linfield College
4-1Northwest · Maxwell Field · 4,000 seats
Last game · Sat Oct 17
W 32-19 at Whitworth
Our model gave Linfield College 76% before kickoff
The rest of the season
One real test left: Lewis & Clark 54%
Win out 49% · expect 3.5 of 4 more wins
Linfield College's chance to win each game left, from our model: Pacific Lutheran 96%, Lewis & Clark 54%, Puget Sound 96%, Willamette >99%Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetBetting line vs Pacific Lutheran · our model 96% Linfield College
Updated Sat Oct 24 · through week 7
Schedule and results
Linfield College · 2026 schedule and results4-1Our rank entering each game: #438 to #436
| Wk | Date | Our rank | Opp rank | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf | Top performers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #438 | #468 | — | @Wisconsin Oshkosh | W 41-15 | 1-0 | 0-0 | |
| 2 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 3 | Sep 19 | #437 | #477 | — | @Chapman | L 21-24 | 1-1 | 0-0 | |
| 4 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | #439 | #539 | — | George Fox | W 58-24 | 2-1 | 1-0 | |
| 6 | Oct 10 | #440 | #642 | — | @Pacific (OR) | W 42-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | |
| 7 | Oct 17 | #436 | #452 | — | @Whitworth | W 32-19 | 4-1 | 3-0 | |
| 8 | Oct 24 | #424 | #531 | Pacific Lutheran | 4 pm ET96% to win | ||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | #424 | #497 | @Lewis & Clark | 4 pm ET54% to win | ||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Puget Sound | 1 pm ET96% to win | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Willamette | 4 pm ET | ||||||
How to read this table
Win chances are our model for Linfield College, through 5 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 Linfield 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
Recent form · last 10 games
Linfield College has won four of its last five.
8-2 over the last 10, and won the last three.
Streak W3Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 8-2
Range of outcomes · Linfield College · 2026
Range of outcomes · Linfield College · 2026Linfield College’s most likely regular season is 8-1. 96% of outcomes land from 7-2 to 8-1.
Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above
6 wins 4%; 7 wins 47%; 8 wins 49%What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor8-4Competitive but likely outside bracket contention.
Base10-2Conference title contender. Bracket bid realistic.
Ceiling11-1Deep 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 5 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 · 4-1
Game feel56even gamescombined pts / game4th highest-scoring of 8 in the Northwest
Heart rate0-1some dramain one-score games (1 of 5)3rd most one-score games of 8 in the Northwest
Margin+21.8comfortableavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 8 in the Northwest
Measured from 5 games · ranks are among Northwest teams the same season
Team story
The weekly grind
The Wildcats of McMinnville, Oregon, who won the 2004 NCAA Division III national championship over Mary Hardin-Baylor and own one of the longest winning-season streaks in all of college football — the relentless king of the Northwest Conference.
Standard GapA national-champion dynasty whose own brutal standard is that anything…
Linfield has a Division III title, multiple NAIA championships, and the sport's longest winning-season streak, yet national coverage still treats the Northwest as flyover football.
Game day
The experience
The Wildcats of McMinnville, Oregon, who won the 2004 NCAA Division III national championship over Mary Hardin-Baylor and own one of the longest winning-season streaks in all of college football — the relentless king of the Northwest Conference.
Playoff path
Linfield College sits 2nd in the Northwest Conference and 28th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.
Northwest · 2026
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis & Clark | 4-0 | 5-0 | 68.6 |
| 2 | Linfield | 3-0 | 4-1 | 65.0 |
| 3 | Whitworth | 2-1 | 3-2 | 59.3 |
| 4 | Pacific Lutheran | 2-1 | 3-3 | 50.1 |
| 5 | Puget Sound | 2-2 | 2-3 | 50.2 |
| 6 | Willamette | 1-3 | 1-5 | 36.8 |
| 7 | George Fox | 0-3 | 2-3 | 52.0 |
| 8 | Pacific (OR) | 0-4 | 0-6 | 32.0 |
65.0 CFB Zeitgeist#28 of 245 D351.0 strength of schedule1 quality win
Win the Northwest 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 · 4-1
Signature win 42-3 over Pacific (OR); toughest day 21-24 against Chapman.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
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