Rockford

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NACC · Sam Greeley Field · 1,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Aurora · our model 45% Rockford · a number, not a pick

LastL 20–46 at Concordia Chicago · Sat Sep 19

Nextvs Aurora · Sat Sep 26 · 3 pm ET · Sam Greeley Field · series 0-4, lost the last 4

Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3

Rockford · 2026 schedule & results0-3
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 4#639#649@BeloitL 12–140-10-0
2Sep 12#641#629ElmhurstL 14–280-20-0
3Sep 19#644#609@Concordia ChicagoL 20–460-30-1
4Sep 26#649#484Aurora
5Oct 3#649#552St. Norbert
7Oct 17Concordia (WI)
8Oct 24@Wisconsin Lutheran
9Oct 31Benedictine (IL)
10Nov 7@Eureka
11Nov 14@Lakeland

Game Week

4d 19h

until kickoff · vs Aurora · Sat Sep 26 · 3 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Regents of Rockford, a small private university in northern Illinois playing Division III football at Sam Greeley Field in the NACC.

Standard GapA small-city program where competing in the NACC, not contending for…

Rockford is a small university in a mid-sized Illinois city, and outside the NACC almost nobody knows the Regents field a team at all.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 1-9 · last season

Game feel52even gamescombined pts / game6th highest-scoring of 9 in the NACC
Heart rate1-1some dramain one-score games (2 of 10)7th most one-score games of 9 in the NACC
Margin-27.1outgunnedavg scoring margin8th best margin of 9 in the NACC

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among NACC teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Rockford has lost five straight.

Hibernating. 0-10 over the last 10, and lost the last ten.

Streak L10Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 0-10
The forecast

Next Sep 26

vs Aurora · at home

Outcome band · Rockford · 2026

Rockford's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base0-12Mid-table finish.
Ceiling3-9Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

The Regents of Rockford, a small private university in northern Illinois playing Division III football at Sam Greeley Field in the NACC.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Rockford sits 8th in the NACC and 240th of 241 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

NACC · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Lakeland1-02-162.6
2Concordia Chicago1-03-061.6
3Concordia (WI)1-03-060.9
4St. Norbert1-01-246.0
5Benedictine (IL)0-02-069.7
6Wisconsin Lutheran0-12-153.2
7Aurora0-10-338.6
8Rockford0-10-327.5
27.5 CFB Zeitgeist#240 of 241 D346.2 strength of schedule

Win the NACC 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 · 0-3
L 12-14 at Beloit · Wk 1-2BeloitL 14-28 vs Elmhurst · Wk 2-14ElmhurstL 20-46 at Concordia Chicago · Wk 3-26Concordi

Signature win 12-14 over Beloit; toughest day 20-46 against Concordia Chicago.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

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

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Regents.”
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