Partial weekly recap — results verified through November 1, 2026, 3 p.m. Central (CST). Sunday games without a verified final are not treated as complete. Coverage gaps are identified by team; this is not a complete national or conference game inventory.
League summary
Indiana Wesleyan defeated Indiana Tech 90–66 and Cornerstone 83–66. Grace rebounded from an 83–68 loss to Morningside by beating Briar Cliff 95–73. Huntington also beat Briar Cliff. Bethel’s 72–70 loss at the hands of IU South Bend was one of the week’s closest verified finishes.
Rankings mentioned here are the official October 21, 2026 NAIA preseason Coaches’ Poll, not NHR rankings. Ranked-win reporting is limited to the results verified for this edition; omitted results are not a claim that no other ranked wins occurred.
Around the league
Goshen (IN)
Goshen beat Judson University 94–70 on October 28 before falling 81–75 to Northwestern Ohio on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Spring Arbor (Mich.)
Spring Arbor fell 86–69 to Cornerstone on October 30 before falling 82–62 to Indiana Tech on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Grace (Ind.)
Grace fell 83–68 to Morningside (Iowa) on October 30 and beat Briar Cliff (IA) 95–73 on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Bethel (IN)
Bethel fell 72–70 to Indiana South Bend (IN) on October 27. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Taylor (IN)
Taylor’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Saint Francis (IN)
Saint Francis fell 66–45 to Northwestern Ohio on October 27. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Huntington (IN)
Huntington beat Briar Cliff (IA) 82–70 on October 30. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Indiana Wesleyan
Indiana Wesleyan beat Indiana Tech 90–66 on October 30 and beat Cornerstone 83–66 on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Marian
No games played
Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH)
Mount Vernon Nazarene’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Game-by-game recap
2026-10-27: Northwestern Ohio, University of 66, Saint Francis, University 45. Northwestern Ohio, University of finished 21 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-27: Indiana South Bend (IN) 72, Bethel University 70. Indiana South Bend (IN) finished 2 points ahead. Official box score Official box score
2026-10-28: Goshen College 94, Judson University 70. Goshen College finished 24 points ahead. Official box score Official box score
2026-10-30: Morningside (Iowa) 83, Grace (Ind.) 68. Morningside (Iowa) finished 15 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-30: Indiana Wesleyan 90, Indiana Tech 66. Indiana Wesleyan finished 24 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-30: Cornerstone 86, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 69. Cornerstone finished 17 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-30: Huntington (IN) 82, Briar Cliff (IA) 70. Huntington (IN) finished 12 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-31: Grace (Ind.) 95, Briar Cliff (IA) 73. Grace (Ind.) finished 22 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-31: Northwestern Ohio, University of 81, Goshen College 75. Northwestern Ohio, University of finished 6 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-31: Indiana Tech 82, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 62. Indiana Tech finished 20 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-31: Indiana Wesleyan 83, Cornerstone 66. Indiana Wesleyan finished 17 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
NHR Game of the Week
Indiana Wesleyan 83–66 Cornerstone (2026-10-31). Our selection from the games verified for this edition: the close nonconference contest offered an early test against an opponent from another league. Other games remain outside the verified coverage of this edition.
Individual performances
Individual performance selections are unavailable for this edition: the player-level box scores have not been fully verified. We are not presenting an incomplete sample as the league’s top performers.
Conference results snapshot
Season-to-date observed results, not just this week. Record cutoff: November 1, 2026, 3:53 p.m. CST; the weekly recap above uses a separate 3:00 p.m. CST cutoff. The underlying incomplete inventory covers 176 verified NAIA-versus-NAIA counting games dated October 22–31: 175 between conferences and one within a conference. This is not a complete season or national inventory.
| Opponent group | Observed W–L |
|---|---|
| All other NAIA conferences | 8–9 |
| Official NAIA Top 25 opponents | 0–3 |
| Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 2–1 |
| Great Plains Athletic Conference | 2–1 |
| Great Southwest Athletic Conference | 1–1 |
| Mid-South Conference | 0–1 |
| Sun Conference | 0–1 |
| Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference | 3–4 |
W–L is from this conference’s perspective. Only opponent conferences with observed games are listed; omitted matchups and a middle dot (·) mean no game observed in this inventory, not a verified 0–0 record. The Top 25 row uses the official October 21, 2026 NAIA preseason poll, excludes receiving-votes teams and includes same-conference opponents. It overlaps the opponent rows and should not be added to them. Non-NAIA opponents are outside this chart.
Look ahead: November 2–8
Next-week coverage is partial. A complete list of conference matchups, host-confirmed Central tip times and broadcast links could not be verified; omitted games should not be read as an empty schedule.
Marian: No games played in the coverage week, verified from the complete official schedule (October 24 followed by November 3). Marian hosts IU Southeast November 3 at the Physical Education Center in Indianapolis; the source displays 6:30 p.m., but an explicit host-time-zone check is pending before publishing a Central conversion. Marian meets Lawrence Tech November 6 at Alliance Catholic Credit Union Arena in Livonia, with source-listed 5 p.m., then Madonna November 7 with source-listed 3 p.m. Official Marian schedule.
Bethel (Indiana): Its complete official schedule confirms the 72–70 October 27 loss to IU South Bend. Next it visits Aquinas November 3 at Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center, source-listed 7:30 p.m., and Cornerstone November 7 at Mol Arena, source-listed 3 p.m. These are useful nonconference tests after a narrow opening loss. Explicit host-zone confirmation remains pending; these times are not represented as Central. Official Bethel schedule.
Saint Francis / Spring Arbor watchlist: Cleary’s opponent schedule explicitly lists Saint Francis–Cleary November 6 at 2:30p.m. EST (1:30p.m. Central), and Spring Arbor–Cleary November 7 at 12:30p.m. EST (11:30a.m. Central), at Garth Pleasant Arena, Rochester Hills. Tournament-host confirmation remains pending. Cleary schedule.
The university calendar confirms Goshen at Campbellsville November 6, source timestamp 18:00 UTC−05:00 (5 p.m. Central), and a neutral game versus Cumberlands in Campbellsville November 7 at 12:00 UTC−05:00 (11 a.m. Central). Host confirmation remains pending. It also lists a November 3 home game at Ruth Gunden Gymnasium at 19:00 UTC−05:00 (6 p.m. Central), but the opponent text is malformed as “Holy Coro”; the opponent remains unconfirmed. Official university calendar.
