Linfield College7-2The 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.
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.
The Wildcats are on the prowl.
Linfield College · Next-Season Outcome Band
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Recent Form · last 10 games
Warming
Four of five. The board favors this trend.
Opens Sep 5
vs Wisconsin Oshkosh · away
Game Week
11 days
until kickoff · at Wisconsin Oshkosh · Sat Sep 5 · 18:00 UTC
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.
Linfield College sits 2nd in the Northwest Conference and 55th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — on the at-large bubble — the conference title is the surer route.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitworth | 7-0 | 8-3 | 61.2 |
| 2 | Linfield | 6-1 | 7-2 | 59.9 |
| 3 | Pacific Lutheran | 5-2 | 6-4 | 51.6 |
| 4 | Lewis & Clark | 5-4 | 6-4 | 52.0 |
| 5 | NEWBERG | 4-4 | 4-6 | 44.8 |
| 6 | Pacific (OR) | 3-5 | 3-7 | 40.6 |
| 7 | Puget Sound | 1-7 | 1-9 | 33.5 |
| 8 | Willamette | 0-8 | 1-9 | 32.7 |
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.
Signature win 77-14 over Puget Sound; toughest day 14-31 against Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Community pulse
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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 6 | — | — | — | Wisconsin Oshkosh | L 14–31 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #436 | #455 | — | Chapman | W 28–13 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #441 | #570 | — | @NEWBERG | W 35–17 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #439 | #569 | — | Pacific (OR) | W 23–6 | 3-1 | 2-0 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #440 | #436 | — | Whitworth | L 20–30 | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #444 | #472 | — | @Pacific Lutheran | W 31–15 | 4-2 | 3-1 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #432 | #504 | — | Lewis & Clark | W 29–21 | 5-2 | 4-1 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #431 | #650 | — | @Puget Sound | W 77–14 | 6-2 | 5-1 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #430 | #659 | — | Willamette | W 65–19 | 7-2 | 6-1 |
Home-Field Advantage · Linfield College · 2018-present
Soft
82% home win rate vs 89% on the road. margin runs -0.1 weaker at home. Maxwell Field seats 4,000.
62°F average kickoff temp; 9% of games had measurable precipitation; 6 mph average wind.
Based on 23 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
36-12
since 1927 · 11 seasons · .750 win rate
Moment of the Year · Linfield College · 2025
Moment of the Year · Linfield College · 2025Won 28-13 vs Chapman
Week 4 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.