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
Rio Grande edged preseason No. 22 Madonna 86–84, while Saint Mary-of-the-Woods won two close games against IU South Bend and Saint Francis. IU Kokomo opened its verified week with a 106–80 victory over Michigan-Dearborn. All ten members’ full league schedules were reviewed, but individual statistics and several box-score links remain incomplete.
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
IU Kokomo
IU Kokomo beat Michigan-Dearborn 106–80 on October 28. Complete official schedule.
Indiana Southeast
Indiana Southeast recorded two wins over Simmons on the official schedule: 99–77 on October 26 and 75–66 on October 31. Detailed boxes and counting/exhibition classification remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
IU Columbus
IU Columbus fell 83–74 to Calumet College of St. Joseph on October 27. Complete official schedule.
WVU Tech (WV)
WVU Tech fell 76–55 to Campbellsville University on October 27. Complete official schedule.
Brescia (KY)
Brescia fell 77–64 to Cumberland (Tenn.) on October 30. Complete official schedule.
Indiana East
Indiana East fell 90–71 to Rochester Christian (Mich.) on October 30 before falling 64–57 to Cleary (MI) on October 31. Complete official schedule.
Kentucky Christian
No games played
Rio Grande
Rio Grande beat Madonna (Mich.) 86–84 on October 30. Complete official schedule.
St. Mary-Woods
St. Mary-Woods beat Indiana South Bend (IN) 64–63 on October 30 and beat St. Francis (IL) 73–68 on October 31. Complete official schedule.
Midway
No games played
Game-by-game recap
2026-10-27: Campbellsville University 76, West Virginia University Tech. 55. Campbellsville University finished 21 points ahead. Official box score
2026-10-27: Calumet College of St. Joseph 83, Indiana University Columbus 74. Calumet College of St. Joseph finished 9 points ahead. Official box score
2026-10-28: Indiana University Kokomo 106, Michigan-Dearborn, University 80. Indiana University Kokomo finished 26 points ahead. Official box score
2026-10-30: Rio Grande 86, Madonna (Mich.) 84. Rio Grande finished 2 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-30: St. Mary-Woods 64, Indiana South Bend (IN) 63. St. Mary-Woods finished 1 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-30: Cumberland (Tenn.) 77, Brescia (KY) 64. Cumberland (Tenn.) finished 13 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-30: Rochester Christian (Mich.) 90, Indiana East 71. Rochester Christian (Mich.) finished 19 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-31: St. Mary-Woods 73, St. Francis (IL) 68. St. Mary-Woods finished 5 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
2026-10-31: Cleary (MI) 64, Indiana East 57. Cleary (MI) finished 7 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
Other schedule-reported results
Indiana Southeast, 2026-10-26, Simmons (Ky.): W 99-77. Official schedule. The official schedule reports this result; a detailed box score and counting/exhibition classification were not independently confirmed for this edition.
Indiana Southeast, 2026-10-31, at Simmons (Ky.): W 75-66. Official schedule. The official schedule reports this result; a detailed box score and counting/exhibition classification were not independently confirmed for this edition.
NHR Game of the Week
Madonna (Mich.) 84–86 Rio Grande (2026-10-30). 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 | 5–7 |
| Official NAIA Top 25 opponents | 1–0 |
| American Midwest Conference | 0–1 |
| Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 2–1 |
| Mid-South Conference | 1–2 |
| Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference | 2–3 |
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
The reviewed complete league schedules list no conference-versus-conference matchup in this next-week window. The fixtures below appear on official schedules. Unless explicitly stated, Central tip times and broadcast details remain unconfirmed; consult the linked schedule for updates.
2026-11-04: IU Kokomo — IU Northwest. A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-03: Indiana Southeast — at Marian (Ind.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-06: Indiana Southeast — vs. Cumberlands (Ky.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-07: Indiana Southeast — at Campbellsville University. A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-04: IU Columbus — Simmons (Ky.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-07: IU Columbus — IU South Bend. A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-03: WVU Tech (WV) — at Bluefield (Va.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-06: WVU Tech (WV) — at Pikeville (Ky.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-07: WVU Tech (WV) — vs. Johnson (Tenn.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-03: Brescia (KY) — at Missouri Baptist. A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-06: Indiana East — vs. Defiance (Ohio). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-07: Indiana East — vs. Milligan (Tenn.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-06: Kentucky Christian — at Bluefield (Va.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-06: Rio Grande — vs. Johnson (Tenn.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-07: Rio Grande — at Pikeville (Ky.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-03: St. Mary-Woods — at Northwestern Ohio. A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-06: St. Mary-Woods — at Bethel (Tenn.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-07: St. Mary-Woods — vs. Tennessee Southern. A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-03: Midway — Lindsey Wilson (Ky.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
2026-11-07: Midway — at Union Commonwealth (Ky.). A scheduled nonconference test in the reviewed league calendar. Central tip time and broadcast details remain unconfirmed. Official schedule.
Brescia at Missouri Baptist, November 3: Missouri Baptist’s official host schedule gives 7 p.m. Central at the Carl & Deloris Petty Sports and Recreation Complex in St. Louis. Brescia will look to respond to its verified 77–64 loss to Cumberland. Host schedule. No game-specific broadcast guarantee is made.
IU Kokomo’s own schedule separately labels November 2 at Evansville an exhibition, 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. Central), Ford Center in Evansville. This is separate from counting games. The same school schedule confirms IU Northwest November 4 at the Student Activities and Events Center; displayed 7p.m. lacks explicit zone on that row, so final Central tip confirmation remains pending. Source: https://iukcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2026-27 .
WVU Tech’s own schedule corroborates November 3 Bluefield, November 6 at Pikeville and November 7 versus Johnson in Pikeville, with displayed 7:30p.m.,8p.m. and4p.m.; explicit host-zone checks remain pending. Source: https://goldenbearathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule .
