Monmouth IL's series dominance over Ripon projected to continue

Monmouth IL has won eight straight meetings with Ripon and leads the series 12-2 in 14 games since 2007, and Ripon has not beaten them since November 2012. Versus's model expects that trend to hold, projecting Monmouth IL to win 39-13 as a 93 percent favorite in this Midwest Conference matchup.

Both teams enter at 1-2, but the gap between them widens everywhere else in the profile. Monmouth IL sits 79th in D3 in power rank, 80th in offense and 86th in defense, all graded B or better, and it is the No. 2 team in the Midwest Conference. Ripon ranks 182nd in power, 182nd in offense and 174th in defense, graded D+ or C- across the board.

Monmouth IL has also won 15 of its last 17 at home, and hosting this one only adds to what the model already favors. Ripon showed some life with a 30-7 win over Knox, its most lopsided victory since November 2025, but the model gives it just a 7 percent chance to finally end its long stretch without a win in this series.