Independent DIII Apprentice School

The model#178 among Division III teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 7

Schedule and results

Apprentice School · 2026 schedule and results1-3
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5@Christopher NewportL 14-430-10-0
2Sep 12@North Carolina WesleyanL 0-420-20-0
3Bye week
4Sep 26MethodistL 22-270-30-0
5Bye week
6Bye week
7Oct 17@KeystoneW 10-71-31-0

Ahead

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season opener, nationally · Fri Aug 21 · 8 pm ET

The games that decide the season

Season so far

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Apprentice School has won one of its last five.

2-8 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 2-8

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Worth watchingGames average 41 combined points, even games

What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-3

Game feel41even gamescombined pts / game
Heart rate1-1some dramain one-score games (2 of 4)
Margin−18.2competitiveavg scoring margin

Measured from 4 games · ranks are among Independent DIII teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind

Apprentice School is 1-3 in 2026.

Standard GapA vocational school whose roster clocks into Newport News Shipbuilding…
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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Apprentice School is 1-3 in 2026.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Apprentice School sits 1st in the Independent DIII Conference and 192nd of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Independent DIII · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Apprentice School1-01-340.9
2Keystone0-11-640.8
3Wesley College0-00-0—
40.9 CFB Zeitgeist#192 of 245 D350.5 strength of schedule

Win the Independent DIII Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
The 2026 season · 1-3
L 14-43 at Christopher Newport · Wk 1−29ChristopL 0-42 at North Carolina Wesleyan · Wk 2−42North CaL 22-27 vs Methodist · Wk 4−5MethodisW 10-7 at Keystone · Wk 7+3Keystone

Signature win 10-7 over Keystone; toughest day 0-42 against North Carolina Wesleyan.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Builders.”
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