American Rivers
Eight current members, one former. Our membership records under this name start in 2014; its titles go back further. 1928 champion: Northern Iowa.
2024 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wartburg | 8–0 | 10–2 | 1308 | WWWWL | ||
| Coe | 7–1 | 9–2 | 1227 | WLWWL | ||
| Central College | 6–2 | 8–2 | 1232 | LWWWW | ||
| Dubuque | 5–3 | 5–5 | 1090 | WLWLW | ||
| Simpson (IA) | 4–4 | 5–5 | 981 | WLWLW | ||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 2–6 | 3–7 | 923 | LWLLL | ||
| Buena Vista | 2–6 | 2–8 | 852 | LLLWL | ||
| Loras | 2–6 | 2–8 | 945 | WLLWL | ||
| Luther | 0–8 | 1–9 | 734 | LLLLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, final (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2024
American Rivers teams are 9–12 outside the conference.
- Minnesota Conference0–4
- NACC0–4
- Wisconsin Conference2–1
- CCIW1–1
- Midwest Conference2–0
- Others1–1
- Heartland Conference1–0
- Michigan Conference0–1
- So. Cal.1–0
- Upper Midwest Conference1–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Northern Iowa | 2 | last 1928 |
By year
| 1928 | Northern Iowa |
| 1927 | Northern Iowa |
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Members
Every school and its years (9)
Members now
- Buena Vista 2014 on
- Central College 2014 on
- Coe 2014 on
- Dubuque 2014 on
- Loras 2014 on
- Nebraska Wesleyan 2014 on
- Simpson (IA) 2014 on
- Wartburg 2014 on
Former members
- Luther 2014–2025
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 2014; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 116 team-seasons from 2014. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.