RFC Summer Semester--Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC)--(NCAA Division III)

Looking back: In one of rare those seasons, Wartburg finished at the top of the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference heap in 2010.  The Knights finished the regular season undefeated at 10-0 overall, 8-0 in IIAC play.   Coe finished a close second in the IIAC, at 9-1 overall, and 7-1 in conference games.  Despite continuing its impressive streak of non-losing season, Central missed out on the NCAA Division III playoffs at 8-2 overall, 6-2 in the IIAC.  


Wartburg and Coe both represented the IIAC in the D-III playoffs.  Both respective squads, though, lost in the first round.  Wartburg was upset by Bethel (Minn.), 28-20, while Coe fell to Wheaton, 31-21.

Looking ahead: Will Wartburg, Coe, and Central continue to battle each other for the IIAC crown in 2011?  Or could any of the other six squads in the conference step up, and break that three-way strangehold?  


Website: http://www.iowaconference.com/


Predicted order of finish (2010 overall record in parentheses)

1. Central (8-2):  The Dutch hope to win their second conference title in three years after losing to Coe and Wartburg last season.  Also, the program hopes to extend its streak of non-losing seasons to 51 this season.  If that wasn't enough, Central hopes to maintain one of the highest winning percentages of games in the nation, dating back to the 1975 season.  The Dutch have a winning percentage of .808 entering the 2011 campaign.  Only Mount Union (.854) has had a higher winning percentage over the last 36 years.



2. Wartburg (10-1):  The Knights hope for an encore in 2011 after falling victim to the "one-and-done" syndrome in 2010.

3. Coe (9-2):  The Kohawks will get tested on the road to start 2011, as they fly south to Texas to face Hardin-Simmons.  


4. Loras (5-5):  Four of the Duhawks wins in 2010 came by 14 points or less.


5. Luther (5-5):  The Norse hope to snap a four-year streak of exactly five wins and five losses this season.


6.  Dubuque (4-6):  If the Spartans want to move up in the IIAC standings, they must learn how to win on the road.  They were winless in away games last season at 0-5. 


7. Simpson (2-8):  Both Storm wins in 2010 came by a combined total of 15 points: a 14-7 low-scoring victory over Loras on September 18, followed by a 21-13 triumph over Cornell on October 30.


8. Buena Vista (3-7):  The Beavers hope to put an abysmal 2010 season behind them.


9. Cornell (Iowa)--(0-10):  The Rams last win came on November 7, 2009.