Saint John’s (MN)

6-0

Minnesota · Clemens Stadium · 7,482 seats

Next game

at Carleton

Sat Oct 24 · 2 pm ET

Laird Stadium · series 4-0, won the last 4

Saint John's (MN) 95% to win · our ratings after 6 games

Last game · Sat Oct 17

W 33-23 vs Concordia (MN)

Our model gave Saint John's (MN) 67% before kickoff

The rest of the season

Every game left is at least 85%

Win out 81% · expect 3.8 of 4 more wins

Saint John's (MN)'s chance to win each game left, from our model: Carleton 95%, Gustavus Adolphus 85%, St. Scholastica >99%, St. Olaf >99%

Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetBetting line at Carleton · our model 95% Saint John's (MN)

Updated Sat Oct 24 · through week 7

Schedule and results

Saint John's (MN) · 2026 schedule and results6-0Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 50%.Our rank entering each game: #437 to #424
WkDateOur rankOpp rankLineOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5#437#430—Wisconsin La CrosseW 24-211-00-0
2Bye week
3Sep 19#436#656—HamlineW 77-02-01-0
4Sep 26#438#558—@AugsburgW 72-03-02-0
5Oct 3#435#438—Bethel (MN)W 42-164-03-0
6Oct 10#433#589—@MacalesterW 62-65-04-0
7Oct 17#424#453—Concordia (MN)W 33-236-05-0
8Oct 24#415#553@Carleton2 pm ET95% to win
9Oct 31#415#490Gustavus Adolphus2 pm ET85% to win
10Nov 7@St. Scholastica1 pm ET>99% to win
11Nov 14@St. Olaf7 pm ET
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Saint John's (MN), through 6 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 Saint John's (MN): 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

Sat Oct 24Next: Carletonat Carleton · on the road

Recent form · last 10 games

Saint John's (MN) has won six straight.

9-1 over the last 10, and won the last six.

Streak W6Last 5 · 5-0Last 10 · 9-1

Range of outcomes · Saint John's (MN) · 2026

Saint John’s (MN)’s most likely regular season is 10-0. 99% of outcomes land from 9-1 to 10-0.

Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above

9 wins 18%; 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 6 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 watchingGames average 63 combined points, even games

What it is like to watch them2026 · 6-0

Game feel63even gamescombined pts / game4th highest-scoring of 10 in the Minnesota
Heart rate1-0some dramain one-score games (1 of 6)4th most one-score games of 10 in the Minnesota
Margin+40.7comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 10 in the Minnesota

Measured from 6 games · ranks are among Minnesota teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind

The Johnnies of Collegeville, John Gagliardi's program — the winningest coach in college football history — with four national titles, two of them NCAA Division III crowns in 1976 and 2003.

Standard GapA national-champion program built by a legend, where the bar is a deep…

Saint John's won four national championships under the most successful coach the sport has ever produced, and skeptics keep asking whether the Johnnies can still be great without him.

Read the full program story ↓
Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

The Johnnies of Collegeville, John Gagliardi's program, the winningest coach in college football history, with four national titles, two of them NCAA Division III crowns in 1976 and 2003.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Saint John’s (MN) sits 1st in the Minnesota Conference and 11th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.

Minnesota · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Saint John's (MN)5-06-071.3
2Concordia (MN)4-15-161.6
3Bethel (MN)4-14-257.4
4Carleton4-14-256.7
5Gustavus Adolphus3-24-256.5
6Macalester2-33-348.4
7Augsburg2-32-441.8
8St. Olaf1-41-538.0
71.3 CFB Zeitgeist#11 of 245 D350.5 strength of schedule2 quality wins

Win the Minnesota 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 · 6-0
W 24-21 vs Wisconsin La Crosse · Wk 1+3WisconsiW 77-0 vs Hamline · Wk 3+77HamlineW 72-0 at Augsburg · Wk 4+72AugsburgW 42-16 vs Bethel (MN) · Wk 5+26Bethel (W 62-6 at Macalester · Wk 6+56MacalestW 33-23 vs Concordia (MN) · Wk 7+10Concordi

Signature win 77-0 over Hamline; toughest day 24-21 against Wisconsin La Crosse.

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 “Go Johnnies.”
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