Division III's greatest basketball rivalry, and perhaps D-III's best rivalry in any sport, will finally be coming to the gridiron, as Calvin University, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is adding football for a future season.
With the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference facing the potential loss of its automatic bid, the conference has turned to Finlandia. The program has won just two countable games in the past four seasons, including two winless seasons in the MIAA.
Eureka had a dramatic last-minute touchdown, while MIT and Kalamazoo lost for the first time and Central and Marietta fell for the second week in a row after unbeaten starts.
Kalamazoo was 1-9 a year ago, and that wasn’t particularly unusual. What is unusual is the Hornets' 7-0 start to the season, their best since the Kennedy administration. Brian Lester has more in a D3football.com feature.
Wartburg brought an end to Central's unbeaten run and threw the ARC title chase into a four-way tie, while Misericordia scored twice in the final 61 seconds to win and Grinnell's Ryan Slager set the record for career tackles in D-III history in Week 8 action. Meanwhile, Eureka and Kalamazoo continued their undefeated ways.