2026 Schedule

Tue Jan 13, 2026 4:02 pm

The 2026 Schedule has been released: https://goleathernecks.com/news/2026/1/ ... edule.aspx
OOC games against Northwestern College (NAIA), Illinois State (defending FCS championship runner-up), at Wisconsin, back home against Morehead State, then on the road at North Alabama.

Three OOC home games, six total home games. Bye week is the middle of the season, October 10th. Homecoming is October 24th against UT Martin. Last game of the season is away (at Lindenwood).
I don't like that we're playing an NAIA team, but I'll take what we can get at this point, and otherwise the schedule looks pretty good.

NewNeck · Wed Jan 14, 2026 8:16 am

ST_Lawson wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 4:02 pm The 2026 Schedule has been released: https://goleathernecks.com/news/2026/1/ ... edule.aspx
OOC games against Northwestern College (NAIA), Illinois State (defending FCS championship runner-up), at Wisconsin, back home against Morehead State, then on the road at North Alabama.

Three OOC home games, six total home games. Bye week is the middle of the season, October 10th. Homecoming is October 24th against UT Martin. Last game of the season is away (at Lindenwood).
I don't like that we're playing an NAIA team, but I'll take what we can get at this point, and otherwise the schedule looks pretty good.

agreed. Probably as favorable a schedule as WIU has had in recent memory. With TSU being the conference opener, looks like starting 5-1 or 4-2 is a possibility. UW and ISU will be tough.

sealhall74 · Wed Jan 14, 2026 8:39 am

I for one am kind of looking forward to seeing that NAIA team on Hanson Field:

wiu712 · Wed Jan 14, 2026 11:02 am

Not starting the season with 2 Big Ten games will be an improvement over the 2025 schedule.

Northwestern College is a private Christian college in Orange City, Iowa. Orange City is in the northwestern corner of Iowa -- 40 miles northeast of Sioux City, Iowa.

We will be starting the 2026 season with a Thursday night home game.