Midwest
11 current members, three former. Our membership records under this name start in 2014.
2026 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | Next | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest | 6–0 | 7–0 | 1235 | WWWWW | at Beloit Oct 31 | ||
| Chicago | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1133 | WWWWW | at Monmouth (IL) Oct 24 | ||
| Monmouth (IL) | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1185 | LWWWW | vs. Chicago Oct 24 | ||
| Luther | 4–2 | 4–3 | 878 | WWWLL | vs. Ripon Oct 24 | ||
| Grinnell | 3–2 | 4–3 | 939 | LWWLW | vs. Cornell (IA) Oct 24 | ||
| Cornell (IA) | 3–3 | 3–4 | 946 | LLWLW | at Grinnell Oct 24 | ||
| Illinois College | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1057 | WLLWL | vs. Monmouth (IL) Oct 31 | ||
| Ripon | 1–3 | 1–5 | 935 | LWLLL | at Luther Oct 24 | ||
| Beloit | 1–5 | 2–5 | 804 | LLLWL | vs. Lake Forest Oct 31 | ||
| Knox | 0–5 | 1–5 | 828 | LLLLL | vs. Lawrence Oct 24 | ||
| Lawrence | 0–5 | 0–6 | 704 | LLLLL | at Knox Oct 24 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, week 7. Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2026
Midwest teams are 6–10 outside the conference so far.
- NACC2–3
- American Rivers Conference1–3
- CCIW1–1
- Michigan Conference0–1
- Old Dominion Conference0–1
- Others1–0
- Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference0–1
- Upper Midwest Conference1–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
Members
Every school and its years (14)
Members now
- Beloit 2014 on
- Cornell (IA) 2014 on
- Grinnell 2014 on
- Illinois College 2014 on
- Knox 2014 on
- Lake Forest 2014 on
- Lawrence 2014 on
- Monmouth (IL) 2014 on
- Ripon 2014 on
- Chicago 2017 on
- Luther 2026 on
Former members
- Carroll (WI) 2014–2016, 2022
- Macalester 2014–2016
- St. Norbert 2014–2016
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 138 team-seasons from 2014. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.