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#5: Mount Mercy opened its new Busse Football Center this weekend, which includes a new weight room, locker room, coaches’ offices and more. AD Paul Gavin to the AP’s Eric Olson on the addition of football: “There’s no doubt if football is done right, if you stay within budgets and financial constraints and scholarship limitations, it’s a cash cow from a tuition revenue and then from auxiliary income from housing and meal plans, not to mention philanthropy. If you do it right, people will come. If you don’t, you can have the adverse aspect. I don’t want to think about that or have to deal with that.” (link, link) 

#4: Rochester Christian names Women’s Volleyball HC Samantha Mangum and Baseball HC Scott Kunert as Co-ADs, starting November 1. Assoc. VP for Intercollegiate Athletics and Strategic Enrollment Jaime Cuellar, who has been serving as Interim AD: “The co-athletic director model lets our ADs keep coaching while gaining a unique view of how we can improve, and it develops leaders from within. We’re excited for Coach Kunert and Coach Mangum to help lead RCU as co-athletic directors.” (link)

#3: Speaking of the football national selection committee, the first NSC poll was released, headlined by St. Thomas. College of Idaho, Benedictine (KS), Montana Tech and Morningside round out the top five. Full top 15. (link); You can also find the first football ARC ratings here. (link)

#2: Olivet Nazarene has forfeited its football game against Saint Francis (IN) from earlier this season. (link)

#1: Providence will close at the end of the 2026-27 academic year. The decision comes after a number of changes including restructuring, expense cuts, new enrollment strategies and exploring potential partnerships, mergers and acquisitions. “These actions eased immediate pressures but did not produce a viable long-term operating model.” Providence Ministries President Mary Anne Sladich-Lantz: “The Sisters of Providence founded this University because they saw a need. They believed every person deserved the chance to learn, to serve and to make a difference. Because of this ministry, thousands served in hospitals, classrooms, businesses, and communities throughout Montana and beyond. But times change. The path forward for many small, private universities across the country is uncertain. Financial sustainability is no longer feasible.” (link)

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