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
Northwestern Ohio defeated Saint Francis (Indiana) 66–45 and Goshen 81–75. Aquinas beat Saint Francis (Illinois) and IU South Bend, while Indiana Tech split games against Indiana Wesleyan and Spring Arbor. Madonna’s 86–84 loss to Rio Grande was a close result against a River States opponent.
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
Lawrence Tech
No games played
Northwestern Ohio
Northwestern Ohio beat Saint Francis, University 66–45 on October 27 and beat Goshen College 81–75 on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Madonna (Mich.)
Madonna fell 86–84 to Rio Grande on October 30. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Michigan-Dearborn
Michigan-Dearborn fell 106–80 to Indiana University Kokomo on October 28. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Aquinas (Mich.)
Aquinas beat St. Francis (IL) 77–69 on October 30 and beat Indiana South Bend (IN) 91–87 on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Defiance College (OH)
Defiance College’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Indiana Tech
Indiana Tech fell 90–66 to Indiana Wesleyan on October 30 and beat Spring Arbor (Mich.) 82–62 on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Rochester Christian (Mich.)
Rochester Christian beat Indiana East 90–71 on October 30. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Cleary (MI)
Cleary beat Indiana East 64–57 on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Cornerstone
Cornerstone beat Spring Arbor (Mich.) 86–69 on October 30 before falling 83–66 to Indiana Wesleyan on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
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.
2026-10-28: Indiana University Kokomo 106, Michigan-Dearborn, University 80. Indiana University Kokomo finished 26 points ahead. Official box score
2026-10-30: Aquinas (Mich.) 77, St. Francis (IL) 69. Aquinas (Mich.) finished 8 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
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: 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: 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: 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.
2026-10-31: Aquinas (Mich.) 91, Indiana South Bend (IN) 87. Aquinas (Mich.) finished 4 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.
NHR Game of the Week
Goshen College 75–81 Northwestern Ohio, University of (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 | 9–5 |
| Official NAIA Top 25 opponents | 0–2 |
| Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 2–0 |
| Crossroads League | 4–3 |
| River States Conference | 3–2 |
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.
Lawrence Tech: No games played in the coverage week, confirmed by its complete official schedule: October 23 is followed by November 6. Lawrence Tech is scheduled against Marian November 6 and Union November 7 at Alliance Catholic Credit Union Arena in Livonia. Source-listed times are 5 p.m. and 1 p.m. respectively; explicit host-time-zone verification remains pending, so no Central conversion is asserted. These neutral-site games are not Lawrence Tech home games. Official schedule.
Cleary: Its official schedule lists Saint Francis (Indiana) November 6 at 2:30 p.m. EST (1:30 p.m. Central) and Spring Arbor November 7 at 12:30 p.m. EST (11:30 a.m. Central), both neutral at Garth Pleasant Arena in Rochester Hills. These time conversions are based on the explicit EST labels, not guessed feed offsets; tournament-host confirmation remains pending. Official schedule · Listed video link. Cleary’s first listed conference game is November 21 against Lawrence Tech; it has no conference fixture November 2–8.
