Final polls are out.

North Central finishes at No. 2.

Wheaton checks in at No. 7.

Glad to see the pollsters - both coaches and media - finally come to their collective senses.

The Thunder spent most of the year between 17-20, behind such juggernauts as Hope, DePauw, Salisbury and others.

I dare say the at the end of the year, Wheaton was better than both John Carroll and Mount Union as well, but you can't argue with both of those teams finishing slightly ahead of the Thunder given the Week 1 result on the field.

Still, this team was the second to last team in the tournament, based on NPI and underrated all year. Glad they were able to make a run in the playoffs to remove all doubt about how good they really were.

Wheaton lost to #1, #2 and #6, with wins against #12/14 Wartburg and #14/13 DePauw.

The Thunder played 9 of 14 games on the road including all five games against ranked opponents.

Time to retool and get ready for Mount Union in September.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 05, 2026, 01:52:35 PMField was tough, for sure. Very surprised it wasn't better cared for. It snowed here on Thursday and never got above freezing after that. Also, the big south grandstand kept the field in shadows the whole time, not the the sun ever came out.

They ought to have tarped the field, clearly.

Another Northeast Ohio local here. We saw the sun for a few days in November. We will see it again in April.

Quote from: CCIWFan69 on January 05, 2026, 12:09:07 PMIs Wheaton playing Mount Union again and is NCC playing Oshkosh again?

Wheaton opens up at home against Mount Union. The Thunder travel to Michigan to play at Albion in Week 2.

Quote from: CarollFan on November 25, 2025, 07:17:43 PMLooks like low 30's into 20's and chance of snow for both games.

Looks like more than a chance.

Forecast calling for 3-5" of the white stuff.

Latest forecast for Saturday in Waverly:

28° | 3-5" of snow

Who does this favor?

Quote from: CarollFan on September 27, 2025, 06:21:01 PMI didn't catch why Wheaton's starting QB didn't play today. I'm guessing no issues as he was on the sideline, looked like ready to go. Maybe just resting for next week. I go into the game worried about WR's #4 and #11 and #18 has a career day (10 receptions, 125 yds).

Wheaton did have some turnovers, obviously want to avoid those next week.

You mean #18, the former All-American?

Yeah, he might have been worthy of some attention.

Quote from: Raider 68 on September 01, 2025, 12:59:06 PMRaider game on Saturday 1:00 PM or 1:30 PM, there are conflicting starting times?

Wheaton web site had it as 1:00 PM all summer; Mount Union web site had it as 1:30 PM.

Now Mount Union web site has switched to 1:00 PM as well, and the FloFootball web site shows a 1:00 PM stream start time. So it seems like the earlier time is the one.

Greetings OAC and specifically Mount Union fans. It's officially game week.

Wheaton fan here. Looking forward to the game this weekend.

Question: What's the deal with single game tickets? Looked at the Mount Union web site and it appears they are using the HomeTown Ticketing online platform, and I see options for football season tickets and other single-game options for other fall sports. But no single-game option for football?

Any insight here? I see you guys talking about about the limited info coming out of the Athletic Communication office in Alliance. Hoping you all can offer some assistance.

Quote from: Viking Mike on November 05, 2023, 07:21:52 PM
Congratulation to the Augustana Vikings football team that has grinded out a 8-1 campaign so far this year.  Despite their offense sputtering on Saturday, they were still able to play outstanding defense and take the win in Kenosha.  Unfortunately, I cannot remember when Augie last achieved 8 wins in a season.

Its has to be exciting for the team and fans to go into the last game of the season with so much on the line.  A CCIW championship and a berth in the NCAA playoffs for the victor. Obviously, like so many other opponents over recent years, we have not matched up well with the Cardinals in the past. 

Rare (first time?) poster here, but lurking for the last three years. On the way home from the Wheaton game yesterday - we've got a six hour drive each week - we were discussing what would happen in this exact scenario, calling it a "thought exercise" given a NCC win is almost a foregone conclusion. But should the "unthinkable" occur, as we described it, it would be a three-way tie atop the standings, assuming Wheaton takes care of business against North Park.

We found the CCIW Tiebreaker procedures here, which are:

     1. Head-to-head competition
     2. Best record by tied teams against the next best team or the next best tied teams in conference standings
     3. Point differential between tied teams in conference
     4. The fewest defensive yards given up versus tied teams in conference
     5. Random drawing by CCIW commissioner.

Based on the criteria above:

     1. All three teams would be 1-1 against the other
     2. All three teams are 1-0 vs. Wash U, which will finish as the "next best team" in the conference
     3. Point differential:
         a: Wheaton is "in the clubhouse" at minus-12 vs. NCC and Augie
         b: NCC is +19
         c: Augie is minus-7

Therefore, based on the above, if my calculations are correct, Wheaton is eliminated from the auto-bid. The Thunder cannot overcome the deficit and there is no scenario in which both Augie and NCC fall below minus-12.

In order for Augie to win the conference tiebreaker, they not only have to defeat North Central, but they must win by 14 points, which would put them at +7, and in turn, it would cause NCC to be +5. A 13-point victory would be a tie at +6, and would likely move the two teams to the fourth tie-breaker, I suppose.

As I said, a thought exercise. I expect NCC to win. Wheaton will be sweating it out for the third straight year, and Augie should be lining up trips to Culvers ... unless Wheaton ends up in Madison in Week 11.