FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[CarollFan]

For those of you who know D3 football - If Calvin goes 9-1 with their only loss being to Hope, how likely is it that they would get an at-large bid to the playoffs?

I don't know if you're familiar with Logan Hansen. He does a bunch of analytics around D3 football. He has a tool that gives you odds. You can adjust losses manually to see the odds. The odds seem good for Calvin. You can adjust losses for multiple teams. I put Calvin with 1 loss and Hope going undefeated and it came back 99.9% chance Calvin makes it in.

https://hansenratings.com/simulation/2026/scenarios/

[The Third Division]

It's nearly 100 percent

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Big game on Saturday in GR.  Here is what the predicters are predicting and the metrics are saying:

Hansen Ratings
	Predicted Score	Win Percentage	Resume Rank	SOS (via NPI)	Playoff %
Hope	33	70	13	58.6	97.4
Calvin	25	30	15	55.3	79.5
Massey
	Predicted Score	Win Percentage	Resume Rank	SOS Ranking
Hope	31	68	11	81
Calvin	24	32	29	113
NPI - D3DataCast
	National Rank	Current NPI	SOS (Opp NPI)
Hope	11	71.733	51.988
Calvin	12	71.481	51.845

[calvin_grad]

Calvin 38, Hope 24. It only took 3 years. Amazing!! Go Knights!!

[oldknight]

In a closely contested rivalry matchup between Calvin and Hope, the Knights defeat Hope 38-24 to clinch the MIAA championship in Calvin's 3rd year of football program history. Amazing! The Knights really won the game early in the second quarter when Hope intercepted a pass deep in Calvin territory. On back-to-back 3rd and goal and 4th and goal plays from the one yard line, Calvin's defense was stout and prevented their Holland rivals from adding to their 10-7 lead. The Calvin offense then marched 99 yards to take a 14-10 lead. When that happened, a lot of air came out of the Hope balloon. The game was still tied at 24 entering the 4th quarter but the Knights dominated the final 15 minutes of play to clinch a championship and guarantee a post-season bid. The Calvin players are amazing but Coach Figg is really amazing. It would be nice if we could keep him around the Knollcrest campus a few years.

[D3 Poster]

Congrats Calvin, quite the ascent to the top of the MIAA in a short time!

[ziggy]

Calvin 38, Hope 24. It only took 3 years. Amazing!! Go Knights!!

If you told me in year one that Calvin would beat Hope in year three, I would have thought it would be as a plucky underdog that capitalized on some Hope mistakes to pull off a big upset. For this to happen in a game played between two teams ranked in the Top 25 and for Calvin to look every bit the part is truly remarkable.

[MaroonKnighty]

Well, well, well, what a fun surprise. Go Knights!  Congrats on an outstanding win today.

[The Third Division]

I've always known from one way or another that Calvin takes their athletics very seriously and am not surprised by their victory over hope. I am impressed but not surprised.

[BergAlum2]

Have to say, I've never watched a regular season MIAA game, unless they were playing an OAC school.  I know Calvin's program is new, but I was really Impressed with their Broadcast quality, better than any of the OAC school's even Mounts

[KnightSlappy]

Have to say, I've never watched a regular season MIAA game, unless they were playing an OAC school.  I know Calvin's program is new, but I was really Impressed with their Broadcast quality, better than any of the OAC school's even Mounts

Better price for the viewers as well.

[Grutte Dirk]

I've always known from one way or another that Calvin takes their athletics very seriously...

Some sports... only some.

I know Calvin's program is new, but I was really Impressed with their Broadcast quality, better than any of the OAC school's even Mounts

If you're willing to raise and spend the money, it's not that hard.