2026 Schedules

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Hamline

Hamline had a decent year last season in the MIAC, only losing 1-0 to Augsburg, St. Olaf, Saint John's and Gustavus Adolphus, and starting out the season going 7-0-1.  It will take something special to break through given the strength of their opposition, but they are laying the foundation for success.  This season, they drop Wisconsin-Platteville (their one non-conference tie), Lakeland, Lawrence and Bethany Lutheran and add St. Norbert, University of Northwestern (MN).  Perhaps they decided that 20 games was overkill and left them dragging late in conference play last season.

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Johns Hopkins

Hopkins had a down season by their standard last year, finishing 8-7-6, although they did make a run in the Centennial tournament before losing 4-0 to Dickinson in the finals.  Two big road trips to Tennessee and Ohio might have gotten the team off on the wrong foot.  They went 2-2 on the trip, but were winless for the next 6 games after returning.  This season, they mostly stay close to home to start the season.  They drop Rhodes, Sewanee, Kenyon, and Denison, and pick up York and Catholic away and a big set of games on the second weekend hosting Vassar and Washington & Lee.

Grinnell College

This is a school that feels like it should do better than it does, even though it has recently had a string of (barely) winning records.  Strong academics, huge endowment, good merit aid.  I suppose it only appeals to a certain type of student and that type of student is also interested in the strong academic liberal arts colleges in the Northeast.  In any event, they probably need a little push to get over the top, but the schedule changes this year won't do them any favors.  They drop Bethel and Buena Vista and add Wisconsin-River Falls, Gustavus Adolphus (which was on the schedule last season, but ended up being cancelled), and Luther as a new Midwest Conference opponent.

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Johns Hopkins

Hopkins had a down season by their standard last year, finishing 8-7-6, although they did make a run in the Centennial tournament before losing 4-0 to Dickinson in the finals.  Two big road trips to Tennessee and Ohio might have gotten the team off on the wrong foot.  They went 2-2 on the trip, but were winless for the next 6 games after returning.  This season, they mostly stay close to home to start the season.  They drop Rhodes, Sewanee, Kenyon, and Denison, and pick up York and Catholic away and a big set of games on the second weekend hosting Vassar and Washington & Lee.

True. I really think the first two Hop games (York and Catholic) are scrimmages as they are before Labor Day weekend and the schedule has 19 games. I think the NCAA allows teams to begin scheduling competitive games on Aug. 28.

Based on the schedule, I think Hop could go at least 5-1 before its Cent. Conf. schedule. That will be great.

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Johns Hopkins

Hopkins had a down season by their standard last year, finishing 8-7-6, although they did make a run in the Centennial tournament before losing 4-0 to Dickinson in the finals.  Two big road trips to Tennessee and Ohio might have gotten the team off on the wrong foot.  They went 2-2 on the trip, but were winless for the next 6 games after returning.  This season, they mostly stay close to home to start the season.  They drop Rhodes, Sewanee, Kenyon, and Denison, and pick up York and Catholic away and a big set of games on the second weekend hosting Vassar and Washington & Lee.

True. I really think the first two Hop games (York and Catholic) are scrimmages as they are before Labor Day weekend and the schedule has 19 games. I think the NCAA allows teams to begin scheduling competitive games on Aug. 28.

Based on the schedule, I think Hop could go at least 5-1 before its Cent. Conf. schedule. That will be great.

You are correct.  My mistake.  I read that schedule too quickly.  I think I automatically assumed York and Catholic were part of the schedule partly because they were dropping the first four opponents from last season and didn't list any scrimmages in 2025.  They replace them with Shenandoah, Vassar and W&L and drop from 18 games to 17 games this season.

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Beloit

Adds Dominican, North Central, Dubuque, Concordia Chicago, and Lakeland and drops Earlham, Anderson, St. Francis (ILL), Rockford, Wisconsin Eau Claire

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Alma

I don't normally see a team playing its first four regular season games against non-NCAA D3 opponents and 8 out of 11 non-conference opponents are not NCAA D3 teams.  I guess they are are considered a remote location, since they only have one NCAA D3 non-conference opponents willing to travel to Alma and they have to go to Indiana to get 2 of their 3 D3 non-conference foes.  At least they don't play Calvin twice this season.

Wisconsin-Stevens Point

In only the second year of its program's existence, Wisconsin-Stevens Point finished 13-4-4, losing in the WIAC finals 1-0 to Eau-Claire to miss out on the WIAC automatic bid.  Its best non-conference win was probably 1-0 over Edgewood last season and it looks like they've tried to increase their strength-of-schedule a little this season to give them a chance if they don't win the WIAC again this season.  They swap out Edgewood for Gustavus Adolphus and MSOE, but otherwise it's pretty similar to last season.

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Wisconsin-Whitewater

Wisconsin-Whitewater has become a powerhouse, winning the WIAC last season and losing on PKs to a tough Wash U team in the first round of the NCAA tournament.  With the WIAC small and only playing each other once, that means they have 5 conference games, plus the tournament, leaving plenty of room for a strong non-conference schedule.  Last year, their three loses were to Augsburg, North Park, and Loras.  This year, they replace Augsburg with Macalester, while continuing to play North Park, Loras, Lake Forest, and Wartburg.

Farmingdale State

Farmingdale is a decent Skyline team that doesn't shy away from playing stronger non-conference opponents even though it drags down the team's overall record.  This year, they add Western Connecticut in place of Haverford and CCNY in place of Lehman.