2026 NSIC Schedules

[AU guy]

2026 Augustana schedule:
8/29 (27) @ Missouri Western
9/5 @ Duluth
9/12 Minot
9/19 Moorhead
9/26 @ Winona
10/3 USF
10/10 @ CSP
10/17 BYE
10/24 SMSU
10/31 @ Northern
11/7 @ Mankato
11/14 Wayne

Obviously subject to change but this is what was handed out at the team banquet this past weekend.

[MrMustang]

most of the tough games away. hard schedule

[Tundra_Man]

2026 Augustana schedule:
8/29 (27) @ Missouri Western
9/5 @ Duluth
9/12 Minot
9/19 Moorhead
9/26 @ Winona
10/3 USF
10/10 @ CSP
10/17 BYE
10/24 SMSU
10/31 @ Northern
11/7 @ Mankato
11/14 Wayne

Obviously subject to change but this is what was handed out at the team banquet this past weekend.

Looks like it should give Augie a better SOS come playoff time vs this last season.

[vikingfaithful]

MoWest, poor season killed Vikings SOS in 2025.

[Tundra_Man]

MoWest, poor season killed Vikings SOS in 2025.

Having Jamestown and Mary on the schedule didn't help either.

[Stanger86]

Having Jamestown and Mary on the schedule didn't help either.

But Southwest did? ha

[vikingfaithful]

Having Jamestown and Mary on the schedule didn't help either.

true dat

[vikingfaithful]

But Southwest did? ha

Southwest is a legacy member of the league.....I don't know where l'm going with this. If Mustangs can be great at basketball, why not football?

[Tundra_Man]

But Southwest did? ha

Southwest is on Augie's schedule again for 2026 (along with CSP). Not playing Jamestown and Mary this coming season and replacing those games with historically better teams should improve the VIking's SOS.

[SW_Mustang]

Southwest is a legacy member of the league.....I don't know where l'm going with this. If Mustangs can be great at basketball, why not football?

Money, as is true with most things in society. On the field, we haven't had a real QB since Boyer Bouman (maybe Marcus Martin and the one-game-wonder Tomele Staples). Off the field gets a little more complicated, but I'm starting to think the focus of the coaching staff will be developing FBS/FCS talent for the next 10+ years. Maybe that's a little bit of a "doomsday" philosophy.

As for basketball - that's a cheaper sport to run and isn't as prone to serious injury. I also think SMSU has a better pool of in-region talent to pull from (as does most of the NSIC, not just SMSU).

[MrMustang]

Southwest is a legacy member of the league.....I don't know where l'm going with this. If Mustangs can be great at basketball, why not football?

Yep. traditionally the administration has not supported it. # 1 reason