DIII CONFERENCE · 2026 SEASON

Centennial

#50 overall#8 in DIIIRR50 −13.7Upper strength −11.37 teamsTop 25 teams 0

The weekly grind · 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. 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.

Division III7 teamsRace: DIII BracketLeader: Dickinson

Centennial · 2026 season

Three things to watch

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 & Marshall4-17-1-10.9
2Ursinus4-17-1-12.9
3Dickinson3-16-2-10.4
4Muhlenberg2-24-4-13.1
5Johns Hopkins2-23-5-12.4
6Gettysburg0-42-6-16.8
7McDaniel0-41-7-18.5

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
1Dickinson4-2+3.13.5420518095✓
Challengers
2Franklin & Marshall3-3+2.73.431948789599
3Johns Hopkins3-3+1.23.221440729299
4Ursinus3-3+0.73.121338699199
The field
5Muhlenberg3-3+0.53.121136689199
6Gettysburg2-4−3.22.5419497996
Rebuilding
7McDaniel2-4−4.92.2314397294

Conference power · Division III

Where we stand

# Conference Avg power Record Top team
1American Southwest
-10.6
—Hardin Simmons
2Wisconsin
-11.2
—Wisconsin Whitewater
3Michigan
-13.5
—Calvin
4Presidents'
-13.5
3-4Washington & Jefferson
5Southern Athletic
-13.6
—Berry
6Old Dominion
-13.6
1-2Randolph Macon
7USA South
-13.7
—LaGrange
8CentennialYou are here
-13.7
—Dickinson
9CCIW
-13.7
—North Central College
10Minnesota
-13.7
—Saint John's (MN)
11Ohio
-13.7
—Mount Union
12North Coast
-13.7
—DePauw
13Commonwealth Coast
-13.7
0-1Endicott
14American Rivers
-13.8
—Wartburg
15Northwest
-13.8
—Linfield
16NEWMAC
-13.8
—Springfield
17New Jersey
-13.9
0-1Salisbury
18Liberty League
-14.0
1-0Ithaca
19Empire 8
-14.1
—SUNY Cortland
20Mid Atlantic
-14.3
2-0Delaware Valley
21So. Cal.
-14.3
—Chapman
22NESCAC
-14.4
—Trinity (CT)
23Landmark Conference
-14.4
8-2Susquehanna
24NACC
-14.4
—Aurora
25MSCAC
-14.6
—Bridgewater State
26Heartland
-14.8
—Mount St Joseph
27Midwest
-15.0
—Lake Forest
28Southern Collegiate Athletic
-15.2
—Texas Lutheran
29Upper Midwest
-15.5
—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. 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

RR50−13.7
Upper Strength−11.3
Median Power−13.3
Resume Pulse42.8
Avg ATS--
Wins vs Market+0.00
Top-to-Middle Gap2.4
Combined Record30-26

`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
#443 Dickinson 6-2 −10.4 82 -- +0.00 3-1 over the last 4 (W6 L7 W8 W9)
#457 Franklin & Marshall 7-1 −10.9 84 -- +0.00 3-1 over the last 4 (L6 W7 W8 W9)
#501 Johns Hopkins 3-5 −12.4 14 -- +0.00 2-2 over the last 4 (L6 L7 W8 W9)
#517 Ursinus 7-1 −12.9 67 -- +0.00 3-1 over the last 4 (W6 W7 L8 W9)
#523 Muhlenberg 4-4 −13.1 34 -- +0.00 2-2 over the last 4 (W6 W7 L8 L9)
#625 Gettysburg 2-6 −16.8 16 -- +0.00 0-4 over the last 4 (L6 L7 L8 L9)
#654 McDaniel 1-7 −18.5 2 -- +0.00 0-4 over the last 4 (L6 L7 L8 L9)