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
Governors State’s 109–101 win over William Penn and IU South Bend’s 72–70 win over Bethel were notable verified results. Calumet beat IU Columbus 83–74. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods edged IU South Bend and then defeated Saint Francis, showing how narrow margins shaped this cross-conference week.
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
Calumet (IN)
Calumet beat Indiana University Columbus 83–74 on October 27. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Indiana South Bend (IN)
Indiana South Bend beat Bethel University 72–70 on October 27 before falling 64–63 to St. Mary-Woods on October 30 before falling 91–87 to Aquinas (Mich.) on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
IU Northwest
IU Northwest’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Judson (IL)
Judson fell 94–70 to Goshen College on October 28. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Governors State
Governors State beat William Penn (Iowa) 109–101 on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Olivet Nazarene (IL)
Olivet Nazarene’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Saint Xavier (IL)
Saint Xavier fell 86–76 to Harris-Stowe (MO) on October 30. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
St. Francis (IL)
St. Francis fell 77–69 to Aquinas (Mich.) on October 30 before falling 73–68 to St. Mary-Woods on October 31. Additional games, including exhibitions and non-NAIA opponents, remain unverified.
Holy Cross (Ind.)
Holy Cross’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Viterbo
Viterbo’s weekly results remain unverified; an idle week has not been confirmed.
Membership note
St. Ambrose is a Heart member for 2026–27 men’s basketball. The university’s February 16 announcement explicitly names basketball among the sports joining with full membership. Official university announcement. It is not included in the CCAC member count.
Game-by-game recap
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
2026-10-27: 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: Harris-Stowe (MO) 86, Saint Xavier (IL) 76. Harris-Stowe (MO) finished 10 points ahead. An official box-score link was not verified for this edition.
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: 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.
2026-10-31: Governors State 109, William Penn (Iowa) 101. Governors State finished 8 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: 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.
NHR Game of the Week
William Penn (Iowa) 101–109 Governors State (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 | 3–8 |
| Official NAIA Top 25 opponents | 0–1 |
| American Midwest Conference | 0–1 |
| Crossroads League | 1–2 |
| Heart of America Athletic Conference | 1–0 |
| River States Conference | 1–2 |
| Sun Conference | 0–1 |
| Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference | 0–2 |
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.
