KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.
Featured games in BOLD type.
Editor's Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all games listed will be played on Saturday, September 19, 2026.
FCS
Rhode Island (2-1) at Stony Brook (1-2)
Monmouth (N.J.) (1-2) at Albany (N.Y.) (2-1)
NCAA Division II
Northern State (3-0) at Minnesota State-Mankato (3-0)
(The Mavericks match-up against the Wolves in an early-season showdown between two unbeaten NSIC squads!)
North Greenville (2-0) at West Alabama (3-0)
(The Tigers take on the defending Conference Carolinas champion Trailblazers in another clash of undefeated teams!)
California (Pa.) (2-0) at Shepherd (2-0)
Fayetteville State (2-1) at Johnson C. Smith (2-1)
Frostburg State (1-1) at West Liberty (2-1)
Hillsdale (2-0) at Northwood (2-0)
Valdosta State (3-0) at UNC Pembroke (2-1)
Upper Iowa (1-1) at Michigan Tech (2-1)
Saginaw Valley State (2-1) at Kentucky State (2-1)
Ouachita Baptist (1-1) at Arkansas Tech (2-0)
Southern Arkansas (1-1) at Harding (2-0)
Mars Hill (2-0) at Lenoir-Rhyne (2-1)
Minnesota State-Moorhead (2-1) at Augustana (S.D.) (2-1)
Newberry (1-1) at Wingate (1-2)
Pittsburg State (Kan.) (0-3) at Fort Hays State (1-1)
Western Oregon (2-0) at Central Washington (0-2)
NCAA Division III
Wisconsin-Platteville (2-0) at Springfield (2-0)
(The Pride hosts the Pioneers in this rare but premier non-conference clash between two unbeaten teams in Massachusetts!)
Wisconsin-River Falls (2-0) at Wartburg (1-1)
(The defending national champion Falcons travel to Iowa to battle the Knights in a huge Top 10 showdown! UWRF is ranked #4, while Wartburg is #6 in the latest d3football.com poll!)
Susquehanna (2-0) at Johns Hopkins (1-1)
(The Blue Jays hope to bounce back from an upset loss to Randolph-Macon when they return home to host the undefeated River Hawks!)
Adrian (2-0) at Mount St. Joseph (2-0)
(The Bulldogs from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association travel south to Cincinnati, Ohio, to face the Lions from the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in another battle of unbeatens!)
Endicott (2-0) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (2-0)
Finally, from Belton, Texas, the American Southwest Conference Crusaders clash with the Gulls from Beverly, Massachusetts, in yet another showdown of undefeated squads!)
Shenandoah (2-0) at Case Western Reserve (1-0)
Hope (2-0) at Hanover (2-0)
Ohio Wesleyan (1-1) at DePauw (1-1)
Hobart (2-0) at Utica (2-0)
Pacific (Ore.) (0-2) at Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1-1)
NAIA
Benedictine (Kan.) (2-1) at Grand View (3-0)
(The two-time defending national champion Vikings host the Ravens in a Top 10 match-up! The home team is currently ranked #1, and the visiting team is ranked #9 in the latest NAIA Coaches Poll!)
Lindsey Wilson (3-0) at St. Thomas (Fla.) (3-0)
(The #5 Blue Raiders from Columbia, Kentucky, head south to Miami Gardens, Florida, to face the #14 Bobcats in a battle of unbeaten teams!)
Morningside (2-1) at Dordt (2-1)
(The #7-ranked Mustangs go on the road to face a Defenders squad that's currently tied for 11th with Marian!)
Evangel (3-0) at McPherson (3-0)
(The #18 Bulldogs battle the #17 Valor in Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference action!)
Ottawa (Kan.) (3-0) at Southwestern (Kan.) (2-1)
Midland (3-0) at Northwestern (Iowa) (2-1)
Southern Oregon (1-1) at Montana Tech (3-0)
Missouri Baptist (1-1) at William Penn (2-1)
Bonus Predictions
Wisconsin-Stout (NCAA Division III) (2-0) at Roosevelt (NCAA Division II) (3-0)
Wisconsin-La Crosse (NCAA Division III) (0-2) at Wayne State (Mich.) (NCAA Division II) (0-2)
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