GILAC Schedules 2026

[Gliac_fan10]

	FS	GV	SV	MTU	DU	NMU	RU	WSU
Week 0	@ Pitt State (Sat)	@ Charleston (Thu)	McKendree (Thu)	@ Bemidji (Thu)	Gannon (Sat)	Moorhead (Thu)	@ Chicago St (Sat)
Week 1	Bentley	West Tex (Thu)	Kingsville (Sat)	vs Mw St (Sat)	Truman (Sat)		@ Quincy (Sat)	Nwood (Thu)
Sept 12	@ C Wash	@ Ashland	@ Northwood	@ Emporia	UIndy	@ St Thomas	@ SW Baptist	@ Hillsdale
Sept 19	Bye	Judson	@ Kentucky St.	Upper Iowa	@ NMU*	vs DU*	Wisc Oshkosh	Wisc-La Crosse
Sept 26	Kent. Christian	Bye	Bye	Bye	Bye		Bye	@ Quincy
Oct 3	@ NMU	WSU	DU	@ Roosevelt	@ SV	FS	MTU	@ GV
Oct 10	SV	@ MTU	@ SV	vs GV	NMU	@ DU	@ WSU	Roosevelt
Oct 17	@ GV	FS	@ WSU	NMU	@ Roosevelt	@ MTU	DU	SV
Oct 24	Tech	@ SV	vs GV	@ FS	WSU	Roosevelt	@ NMU	@ DU
Oct 31	DU	@ RU	Tech	@ SV	@ FS	@ WSU	vs GV	NMU
Nov 7	@ WSU	NMU	@ Roosevelt	DU	@ MTU	@ GV	SV	FS
Nov 14	Roosevelt	@ DU	@ NMU	WSU	vs GV	SV	@ FS	@ MTU

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Shift all of Wayne States non-conference games up a week; their first game is on Week 1, not Week 0

[Gliac_fan10]

Shift all of Wayne States non-conference games up a week; their first game is on Week 1, not Week 0

Thanks, I didn't catch that

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

Emporia State posted their schedule and host Michigan Tech on 9/12. https://esuhornets.com/news/2026/2/1...-schedule.aspx

Midwestern State is also rumored to be playing at Michigan Tech.

[mtsax305]

Already planning our annual trip to see Wayne State play in Da Yoop. This will by far be the coldest one we’ve ever attended haha

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https://dupanthers.com/sports/football/schedule/2026

Davenport schedule is out

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Also, Ferris' mystery NAIA opponent is Kentucky Christian on 9/26, per KCU's schedule

[Brandon]

Also, Ferris' mystery NAIA opponent is Kentucky Christian on 9/26, per KCU's schedule

How did you find that?

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How did you find that?

https://www.kcuknights.com/sports/fb...26-27/schedule

[Tony Nicolette]

Tech published their schedule this week also, confirming the suspected Week 1 game against Midwestern State. At Bemidji, home for Midwestern, at Emporia, home for Upper Iowa is one bi***hin' noncon slate. Love to see it. Tech was traditionally a school that was totally fine playing only ten games and they have been OK even throwing D3's in there when necessary. Putting this line-up together no doubt took a ton of work and they deserve credit.

[Brandon]

no i meant how did you search for it to find it?I'm sure you didn't just search random naia school schedules to stumble upon that.

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no i meant how did you search for it to find it?I'm sure you didn't just search random naia school schedules to stumble upon that.

Ohhh I gotcha haha. Because there's so many D2-FCS games and D2-NAIA games each year, to track all the D2 non-conference games, I end up tracking a lot of the FCS and NAIA schedules by default as well (D3 too, but there's far less D2-D3 games, so I don't follow it nearly as closely).

Certain NAIA conferences schedule D2 games more often than others, so I keep an eye out for when those schools' schedules get released. The conference KCU is in, for example, is pretty weak and only has 7 members. As a result, they play a lot of non-conference buy games all over the place, including against D2 schools, so I check for their schedule releases pretty often.

[ctrabs74]

Tech published their schedule this week also, confirming the suspected Week 1 game against Midwestern State. At Bemidji, home for Midwestern, at Emporia, home for Upper Iowa is one bi***hin' noncon slate. Love to see it. Tech was traditionally a school that was totally fine playing only ten games and they have been OK even throwing D3's in there when necessary. Putting this line-up together no doubt took a ton of work and they deserve credit.

Having the "Week 0" option to allow for 11 games in 12 weeks probably helps Michigan Tech in that regard. Wasn't there some sort of academic related event at MTU that took place during their open date or am I misremembering?

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https://ksuthorobreds.com/sports/football/schedule

SVSU at Kentucky State Sept. 19