FARMINGTON, Minn. — The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) football season rolls on this weekend with five more league games.
This week's MIAC slate is headlined by a matchup between the No. 1 scoring defense in NCAA Division III (Concordia, 4.4 points allowed per game) and the No. 2 scoring offense in NCAA Division III (Saint John's, 55.4 points scored per game). The Johnnies (5-0, 4-0) will welcome the Cobbers (5-0, 4-0) to Collegeville for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff on Saturday.
The first MIAC game of the afternoon is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on Saturday in Minneapolis, where Augsburg (1-4, 1-3) will host Macalester (3-2, 2-2). Bethel (3-2, 3-1) will travel to St. Olaf (1-4, 1-3) and Gustavus (3-2, 2-2) will head to St. Scholastica (0-5, 0-4) for 1:00 p.m. kickoffs, while Hamline (1-4, 0-4) will host Carleton (3-2, 3-1) under the lights at 7:00 p.m.
Stat Pack
The latest MIAC Football Stat Pack can be viewed here.
In the Polls
National Notables
- Carleton senior wide receiver Tyler Dimond (Grafton, Mass. / Grafton) was named to the latest D3football.com Team of the Week. Dimond caught seven passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns in the Knights' 28-21 victory over St. Scholastica on 10/10. He now holds the Carleton record for total touchdowns (34) and points scored (204). His 214-yard performance is the seventh-largest single-game receiving total for a Knight.
- Concordia leads NCAA Division III in both total defense (171.4 YPG) and scoring defense (4.4 PPG). The Cobbers also rank third in D-III for rushing defense (41.4 YPG).
- Concordia junior quarterback Nick Walter (Annandale, Minn. / Annandale) has a passing efficiency mark of 204.4 this season, fifth-best in NCAA Division III. Walter's five touchdown passes against St. Scholastica on 10/3 are tied for the tenth-most in any D-III game this season.
- Concordia sophomore defensive end Troy Hansen (Sauk Centre, Minn. / Sauk Centre) has 7.5 sacks this season, tied for the second-most in Division III.
- Concordia sophomore cornerback Ezy Brown (Phoenix, Ariz. / Higley) has defended 10 passes this season, tied for the third-most in NCAA Division III.
- Macalester sophomore linebacker Asher Niemi (Meridian, Idaho / Rocky Mountain) blocked a punt and a field goal against St. Scholastica on 9/26, making him one of 16 NCAA Division III players to block multiple kicks in the same game this season. His 3.0 sacks in the game are tied for the sixth-most in any D-III contest this fall.
- Macalester senior linebacker Jason Weaver (Roselle Park, N.J. / Pingry) collected 13.0 solo tackles against Martin Luther on 9/5, tied for the second-most in any NCAA Division III game this season.
- Saint John's leads NCAA Division III in passing offense (427.8 YPG) and third-down conversion percentage (0.681) this season. The Johnnies are also second in D-III in total offense (539.8 YPG), scoring offense (55.4 PPG), and rushing defense (35.4 YPG), and fifth in total defense (198.8 YPG) and scoring defense (8.6 PPG).
- Saint John's senior quarterback Trey Feeney (Moorhead, Minn. / Moorhead) leads NCAA Division III and ranks second in all of the NCAA behind only Miami's Darien Mensah in completion percentage for the season with a clip of 0.804 (164-for-204). Feeney leads all levels of NCAA football with an average of 32.8 completions per game this year. He is tied for the D-III lead in passing touchdowns with 26 this season, and ranks third in passing yards with 1,794. His average of 358.8 passing yards per game leads Division III this season. His passer efficiency rating of 193.4 ranks seventh in D-III this season. Feeney's 38 completions against Bethel on 10/3 are the most in any D-III game this season, while his 37 completions against Macalester on 10/10 are tied for the second-most, and his 36 completions against UW-La Crosse on 9/5 are tied for the sixth-most. His seven touchdown passes against Macalester on 10/10 are the second-most in any D-III game this season; he has thrown for six touchdowns twice — against Bethel on 10/3 and Hamline on 9/19 — tying for the third-most in any D-III game this year. Feeney's 483 passing yards against Macalester on 10/10 are the fourth-most in any Division III game this fall. Feeney had a completion percentage of 0.884 (38-for-43) against Bethel on 10/3 and of 0.881 (37-for-42) against Macalester on 10/10, good for the sixth- and seventh-best marks in a D-III game this year.
- Saint John's senior wide receiver Thomas Jacobs (Lakeland, Minn. / Stillwater) has eight receiving touchdowns this season, tied for the fifth-most in Division III.
- Saint John's sophomore wide receiver Griffin Murray (Jordan, Minn. / Holy Family Catholic) is averaging 32.0 yards per kickoff return this season, good for the eighth-highest clip in NCAA Division III.
- Saint John's junior defensive end Charlie King (Faribault, Minn. / Bethlehem Academy) collected 3.0 sacks against Bethel on 10/3, tied for the sixth-most in any D-III game this season.
- St. Scholastica senior quarterback Eddie Dossantos' (Rockford, Minn. / Providence Academy) 94-yard pass to first-year wide receiver Jeremiah Jackson (Minneapolis, Minn. / Minneapolis North) against Macalester on 9/26 is the fifth-longest pass play in NCAA Division III this season.
- St. Scholastica sophomore punter Griffin Webb (Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada / Fort Frances) averaged 60.5 yards per punt (2-121) in the Saints' loss to Wisconsin Lutheran on 9/5, good for the second-highest single-game average in NCAA Division III this season.
Record Watch
- Bethel senior quarterback Cooper Drews (Princeton, Minn. / Princeton) passed for multiple touchdowns in a MIAC game for the 19th time in his career last week, tying former Augsburg quarterback Cade Sheehan for the fourth-most in MIAC history. Drews also moved up to seventh place in MIAC history last week with 750 career completions, passing former Augsburg quarterback Ayrton Scott (746) and landing four completions behind former Saint John's quarterback Jackson Erdmann (754) for sixth place all-time. Drew is tied with Scott for career passing touchdowns (97), making him three scoring strikes shy of becoming just the fourth passer in MIAC history to reach 100 career passing touchdowns. Drews has thrown 1099 passes in his collegiate career, three shy of cracking the all-time MIAC top 10. With 8,287 career passing yards, Drews is outside the all-time MIAC top 10 by 262 yards.
- Carleton senior wide receiver Tyler Dimond (Grafton, Mass. / Grafton) caught seven passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns in the Knights' 28-21 victory over St. Scholastica on 10/10 to become the program's new record-holder in both total touchdowns (34) and points scored (204), surpassing Jim Bradford's previous records of 32 and 196, respectively, recorded from 1988-91.
- Concordia quarterbacks Nick Walter (Annandale, Minn. / Annandale) and Jax Mattern (Horace, N.D. / Fargo Shanley) have combined to throw 19 passing touchdowns through five games this fall, matching the Cobbers' total for all of 2025. The program record for passing touchdowns in a single season is 25. Walter tied the single-game program record for passing touchdowns with five against St. Scholastica on 10/3.
- Saint John's passed for a program-record 557 yards against Macalester on 10/10. It was the first time in school history that the Johnnies eclipsed 500 passing yards in a single game.
- Saint John's senior quarterback Trey Feeney (Moorhead, Minn. / Moorhead) broke his own MIAC record for consecutive completions with 16 in a row to start the game against Macalester on 10/10. Feeney had set the mark at 15 just one week earlier against Bethel on 10/3. The previous MIAC record of 12 consecutive completions was set by Augsburg's Derrin Lamker in 1997 and equaled by fellow Auggie Paul Tetzloff in 1999. Feeney's seven passing touchdowns against the Scots tied the program record owned by Aaron Syverson (10/28/2023 vs. St. Scholastica) and Jackson Erdmann (11/10/2018 vs. Thomas More). His 483 passing yards were the third-most in an SJU game, behind Syverson's 498 against Concordia on 10/7/2023 and Erdmann's 496 at St. Olaf on 10/26/2019.
- Saint John's senior wide receiver Riley Schwellenbach (Woodbury, Minn. / East Ridge) became the 26th Johnnie in program history to eclipse 100 career receptions in the team's win over Bethel on 10/3.
Around the MIAC
- Augsburg senior linebacker Anselmo Marquez-Reagan Jr. (St. Anthony, Minn. / Irondale) collected a team-leading nine tackles and recorded an interception in the Auggies' loss to Bethel on 10/10. It was his second pick of the season and the third of his collegiate career.
- Bethel senior running back David Geebli (Coon Rapids, Minn. / Coon Rapids) ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns in the Royals' win over Augsburg on 10/10. He also scored on a 23-yard pass reception in the win. Geebli has found the end zone in every game this season and scored multiple times in three of his last four contests.
- Carleton first-year punter Matt Geivett (West Sacramento, Calif. / River City) averaged 46.7 yards per punt on six punts to help the Knights win the field position battle in their 28-21 victory over St. Scholastica on 10/10. Geivett landed four punts inside the 20-yard line, and two were downed inside the 10. He boomed two of the kicks longer than 50 yards (67 yards, 56 yards), and went 4-for-4 on PAT tries in the game.
- Concordia senior wide receiver Jed Klang (Baxter, Minn. / Brainerd) caught seven passes for 138 yards and a touchdown in the Cobbers' victory over Hamline on 10/10. It was his second time crossing the century mark this season.
- Gustavus junior running back Walker Hennen (Alexandria, Minn. / Alexandria) rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns — including a 60-yard sprint for a score on the Gusties' first play from scrimmage — in a 37-3 win over St. Olaf on 10/10. Hennen has scored five times in the last two weeks.
- Hamline junior wide receiver Tristan Falkowski (Plymouth, Minn. / Wayzata) snagged four passes for 80 yards and a touchdown in the Pipers' loss to Concordia on 10/10. It was his second straight game with at least 80 receiving yards and a score.
- Macalester junior wide receiver Paxton Boyd (Newton, Mass. / Newton South) caught nine passes for 110 yards in the Scots' loss to Saint John's on 10/10. Boyd has hauled in at least 110 receiving yards in three of his last four games.
- Saint John's senior quarterback Trey Feeney (Moorhead, Minn. / Moorhead) completed 37-of-42 throws for 483 yards and seven touchdowns in the Johnnies' victory at Macalester on 10/10. Feeney broke his own MIAC record for consecutive completions, connecting on each of his first 16 passing attempts in the game. His seven touchdown passes also tie the single-game MIAC record. The Johnnies threw for a program-record 557 yards in the win.
- St. Olaf junior linebacker Logan Bosch (Eden Prairie, Minn. / Eden Prairie) recorded a career-high 11 tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss, in the Oles' loss to Gustavus on 10/10. Bosch has collected at least one tackle behind the line of scrimmage in three of his last four games.
- St. Scholastica sophomore Stephan Jackson (Minneapolis, Minn. / Minneapolis, North) scored on two of his 12 carries against Carleton on 10/10. Jackson collected 31 rushing yards in the game, with both of his touchdowns coming from inside the five-yard line.
Up Next
Week 7 | Saturday, October 17, 2026
| Time |
Away |
Home |
Stadium |
Location |
Coverage |
| 12:00 PM |
Macalester |
Augsburg |
Edor Nelson Field |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
Stats / Stream |
| 1:00 PM |
No. 15/17 Bethel |
St. Olaf |
Klein Field at Manitou |
Northfield, Minn. |
Stats / Stream |
| 1:00 PM |
Gustavus |
St. Scholastica |
Walt Hunting Stadium |
Duluth, Minn. |
Stats / Stream |
| 1:00 PM |
Concordia |
No. 2/2 Saint John's |
Clemens Stadium |
Collegeville, Minn. |
Stats / Stream |
| 7:00 PM |
Carleton |
Hamline |
Klas Field |
St. Paul, Minn. |
Stats / Stream |
Stat Leaders
*2026 overall statistics
Passing
| # |
Player, School |
Stats |
| 1 |
Trey Feeney, Saint John's |
1794 YDS, 26 TD |
| 2 |
Cooper Drews, Bethel |
1155 YDS, 11 TD |
| 3 |
Jack Scully, Macalester |
1108 YDS, 12 TD |
Rushing
| # |
Player, School |
Stats |
| 1 |
Taye Manns, Bethel |
411 YDS, 4 TD |
| 2 |
Bryon Sauvy, St. Olaf |
401 YDS, 3 TD |
| 3 |
David Geebli, Bethel |
392 YDS, 7 TD |
Receiving
| # |
Player, School |
Stats |
| 1 |
Paxton Boyd, Macalester |
541 YDS, 4 TD |
| 2 |
Thomas Jacobs, Saint John's |
482 YDS, 8 TD |
| 3 |
Aiden Eckert, Bethel |
412 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| # |
Player, School |
Stats |
| -- |
RJ Chakolis, Augsburg |
50 TKLS |
| -- |
Troy Hansen, Concordia |
7.5 SACKS |
| -- |
9 tied |
2 INTS |