DIII CONFERENCE · 2026 SEASON

Centennial

#48 overall#6 in DIIIRR50 -13.6Upper strength -12.37 teamsTop 25 teams 0

VERDICT BEGINS · 2026

Muhlenberg's Mid-Atlantic Era

The Centennial Conference is a Mid-Atlantic liberal arts league — Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Ursinus, McDaniel, Stevenson, Juniata — competing in the Pennsylvania and Maryland corridor that produces some of DIII's most competitive academic and athletic programs. Muhlenberg won the DIII national championship in 2011 and 2018, appearing in four title games in fifteen years. The Centennial does not offer athletic scholarships, draws from the mid-Atlantic prep and public school pipeline, and produces NFL draft picks at a rate that reflects how seriously these programs develop players.

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Centennial · 2026 Season

Three Things to Watch

The ChampionMuhlenberg: Allentown's National Championship Program

Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania won the DIII national championship in 2011 and 2018, appearing in four title games. Their Mules draw from the Lehigh Valley and Delaware Valley corridors — a pipeline that produces the linemen and linebackers that the Centennial's physical style demands. Mike Donnelly's program develops players at a rate that consistently produces NFL combine invitees and scouts' attention at a non-scholarship level.

The RivalGettysburg and the Civil War Battlefield Standard

Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania has won Centennial titles and appeared in the DIII bracket with a program that draws from the Baltimore-Washington corridor and south-central Pennsylvania. Their Bullets compete with a physical style that matches the mid-Atlantic's football tradition, and their campus — on the site of the Civil War's most consequential battle — gives them a recruiting story that few DIII programs can match for cultural resonance.

Wild CardFranklin and Marshall: Lancaster's Academic Giant

Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania recruits from one of the East Coast's most productive prep school and public high school corridors. Their Diplomats compete in the Centennial with a roster that includes players who chose F&M's academic profile over scholarship offers at DII and FCS programs. When their offensive system is running efficiently, F&M is the Centennial's most dangerous bracket upset candidate.

Conference Standings · Centennial · 2026

Standings

# Team Conf Overall Pwr Last 5
1Franklin & Marshall0–02–0-13.0
2Ursinus0–02–0-13.3
3Johns Hopkins0–01–1-11.5
4Dickinson0–01–1-12.4
5Muhlenberg0–01–1-13.1
6Gettysburg0–01–1-15.4
7McDaniel0–01–1-15.4

Conference record determines standing. Power = neutral-field pts vs. all-level average. Last 5 = most recent game results.

Projected Standings · Centennial · 2026

Win Projection

Odds of winning at least N conference games from current power ratings — full slate played out, not locked to results. AVG = expected wins; W–L = most-likely record.

# Team W–L PWR AVG ≥6≥5≥4≥3≥2≥1
Favorites
1Johns Hopkins3–3+1.93.331644759399
Challengers
2Dickinson3–3+1.13.221440719299
3Franklin & Marshall3–3+0.53.121237689199
4Muhlenberg3–3+0.43.121236689099
The Field
5Ursinus3–3+0.13.021135668999
6Gettysburg3–3-2.02.71625558497
Rebuilding
7McDaniel3–3-2.02.71725558397

Conference Power · Division III

Where We Stand

# Conference Avg Power vs Focal Top Team
1Wisconsin
-12.1
—Wisconsin Whitewater
2American Southwest
-12.3
—Hardin Simmons
3USA South
-13.3
—LaGrange
4Old Dominion
-13.4
1–2Randolph Macon
5Southern Athletic
-13.6
—Berry
6CentennialYou are here
-13.6
—Johns Hopkins
7American Rivers
-13.6
—Wartburg
8Northwest
-13.6
—Whitworth
9Minnesota
-13.7
—Bethel (MN)
10Presidents'
-13.7
2–0Saint Francis
11Commonwealth Coast
-13.7
0–1Endicott
12North Coast
-13.7
—DePauw
13CCIW
-13.7
—North Central College
14NEWMAC
-13.8
—Springfield
15Michigan
-13.8
—Hope
16So. Cal.
-13.8
—Whittier
17Ohio
-13.8
—John Carroll
18Liberty League
-13.9
1–0Ithaca
19Empire 8
-14.1
—SUNY Cortland
20Landmark Conference
-14.1
3–0Susquehanna
21Southern Collegiate Athletic
-14.2
—Texas Lutheran
22New Jersey
-14.2
0–1Salisbury
23Heartland
-14.2
—Hanover
24Mid Atlantic
-14.2
2–0Delaware Valley
25NACC
-14.2
—Aurora
26NESCAC
-14.3
—Trinity (CT)
27MSCAC
-14.4
—Plymouth State
28Midwest
-14.5
—Monmouth (IL)
29Upper Midwest
-14.6
—Northwestern (MN)

Round-robin power = strength of schedule-adjusted conference average, points vs. all-level average team. Record = Centennial's record vs. that conference across all games this season.

The Centennial Conference is a Mid-Atlantic liberal arts league — Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Ursinus, McDaniel, Stevenson, Juniata — competing in the Pennsylvania and Maryland corridor that produces some of DIII's most competitive academic and athletic programs. Muhlenberg won the DIII national championship in 2011 and 2018, appearing in four title games in fifteen years. The Centennial does not offer athletic scholarships, draws from the mid-Atlantic prep and public school pipeline, and produces NFL draft picks at a rate that reflects how seriously these programs develop players.

Conference Snapshot

RR50-13.6
Upper Strength-12.3
Median Power-13.4
Resume Pulse57.1
Avg ATS--
Wins vs Market+0.00
Top-to-Middle Gap1.5
Combined Record9-5

`RR50`, `Upper Strength`, and `Median Power` are shown on the same public power scale as the rest of the site: points on a neutral field versus the average all-level NCAA team. Very small affiliations are gently regressed toward their subdivision baseline so a one-team outlier does not hijack the entire conference board.

Centennial Team Board

The league stack, sorted by predictive strength. Power is shown as neutral-field points versus the all-level average team, while resume is shown on a 0-100 season score.

Rank Team Record Power Resume ATS Wins vs Market Recent Form
#454 Johns Hopkins 1-1 -11.5 40 -- +0.00 1-1 over the last 2 (W1 L2)
#475 Dickinson 1-1 -12.4 77 -- +0.00 1-1 over the last 2 (W1 L2)
#492 Franklin & Marshall 2-0 -13.0 88 -- +0.00 2-0 over the last 2 (W1 W2)
#497 Muhlenberg 1-1 -13.1 38 -- +0.00 1-1 over the last 2 (W1 L2)
#509 Ursinus 2-0 -13.3 76 -- +0.00 2-0 over the last 2 (W1 W2)
#626 Gettysburg 1-1 -15.4 60 -- +0.00 1-1 over the last 2 (W1 L2)
#627 McDaniel 1-1 -15.4 21 -- +0.00 1-1 over the last 2 (W1 L2)