Simpson College (IA)6-4The Storm of Indianola, Iowa, an American Rivers Conference program with a dozen league titles in its history, playing at Bill Buxton Stadium for a Methodist college that once counted George Washington Carver among its students.
Simpson has a dozen conference championships and a famous alumnus in George Washington Carver, yet its football lives quietly in the Iowa small-college ranks.
The Storm keep the faith.
Simpson College (IA) · Next-Season Outcome Band
Simpson College (IA) · Next-Season Outcome BandFloor / Base / Ceiling
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Warming
Four of five. The board favors this trend.
Opens Sep 6
vs Augustana (IL) · away
Game Week
10 days
until kickoff · at Augustana (IL) · Sun Sep 6 · 00:00 UTC
The Storm of Indianola, Iowa, an American Rivers Conference program with a dozen league titles in its history, playing at Bill Buxton Stadium for a Methodist college that once counted George Washington Carver among its students.
Simpson College (IA) sits 4th in the American Rivers Conference and 75th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wartburg | 7-0 | 10-1 | 71.1 |
| 2 | Coe | 6-1 | 9-3 | 66.3 |
| 3 | Central College | 5-2 | 8-2 | 63.5 |
| 4 | Simpson (IA) | 4-3 | 6-4 | 55.8 |
| 5 | Dubuque | 3-4 | 4-6 | 47.6 |
| 6 | Loras | 2-5 | 3-7 | 44.5 |
| 7 | Buena Vista | 1-6 | 3-7 | 42.0 |
| 8 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 0-7 | 1-9 | 36.2 |
Win the American Rivers 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 41-0 over Buena Vista; toughest day 7-34 against Coe.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Simpson College (IA)
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 6 | — | — | — | Augustana (IL) | L 41–42 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #577 | #634 | — | @Crown | W 45–7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #605 | #445 | — | Wartburg | L 13–27 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #591 | #636 | — | @Buena Vista | W 41–0 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #559 | #461 | — | Coe | L 7–34 | 2-3 | 1-2 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #567 | #665 | — | @Luther | W 36–3 | 3-3 | 1-2 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #561 | #524 | — | Dubuque | W 27–7 | 4-3 | 2-2 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #548 | #584 | — | @Loras | W 28–27 | 5-3 | 3-2 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #553 | #449 | — | Central College | L 10–35 | 5-4 | 3-3 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #561 | #608 | — | @Nebraska Wesleyan | W 23–22 | 6-4 | 4-3 |
Home-Field Advantage · Simpson College (IA) · 2018-present
Above-Average
36% home win rate vs 42% on the road. margin runs +4.4 better at home. Bill Buxton Stadium seats 5,000.
66°F average kickoff temp; 5% of games had measurable precipitation; 12 mph average wind.
Based on 19 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
22-73-3
since 1899 · 35 seasons · .224 win rate
Moment of the Year · Simpson College (IA) · 2025
Moment of the Year · Simpson College (IA) · 2025Won 45-7 at Crown
Week 3 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.