So. Cal. Azusa Pacific

Record2-5through 7 games
Nextat Claremont Mudd ScrippsSat Nov 7 · 8 pm ET
The model#195 among Division III teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Azusa Pacific · 2026 schedule and results2-5Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 47%.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5@La VerneL 3-300-10-1
2Bye week
3Sep 19WhittierW 35-171-11-1
4Bye week
5Oct 3RedlandsL 9-441-21-2
6Oct 10@Cal LutheranL 3-241-31-3
7Oct 17ChapmanL 3-261-41-4
8Oct 24@Pomona PitzerL 0-141-51-5
9Oct 31La VerneW 23-202-52-5
10Nov 7@Claremont Mudd Scripps8 pm ET6% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Azusa Pacific, through 7 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Nov 7Next: Claremont Mudd Scrippsat Claremont Mudd Scripps · on the road

Recent form · last 10 games

Azusa Pacific has won one of its last five.

3-7 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 3-7

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Worth watchingGames average 36 combined points, rock fights

What it is like to watch them2026 · 2-5

Game feel36rock fightscombined pts / game8th highest-scoring of 8 in the So. Cal.
Heart rate1-0some dramain one-score games (1 of 7)3rd most one-score games of 8 in the So. Cal.
Margin−14.1outgunnedavg scoring margin7th best margin of 8 in the So. Cal.

Measured from 7 games · ranks are among So. Cal. teams the same season

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

Azusa Pacific is a small Christian university in the foothills that's bringing football home again — returning to the field after years away, with the faith that it belongs.

Standard GapA mission-driven small school reclaiming an athletic identity…
Read the full program story ↓
Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Azusa Pacific is a small Christian university in the foothills that's bringing football home again — returning to the field after years away, with the faith that it belongs.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Azusa Pacific sits 6th in the So. Cal. Conference and 202nd of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

So. Cal. · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Chapman6-07-168.6
2Claremont Mudd Scripps5-16-260.6
3Pomona Pitzer4-25-354.0
4Cal Lutheran4-25-351.9
5Redlands3-33-546.1
6Azusa Pacific2-52-539.0
7La Verne1-62-639.8
8Whittier0-61-731.9
39.0 CFB Zeitgeist#202 of 245 D347.4 strength of schedule

Win the So. Cal. 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 · 2-5
L 3-30 at La Verne · Wk 1−27La VerneW 35-17 vs Whittier · Wk 3+18WhittierL 9-44 vs Redlands · Wk 5−35RedlandsL 3-24 at Cal Lutheran · Wk 6−21Cal LuthL 3-26 vs Chapman · Wk 7−23ChapmanL 0-14 at Pomona Pitzer · Wk 8−14Pomona PW 23-20 vs La Verne · Wk 9+3La Verne

Signature win 35-17 over Whittier; toughest day 9-44 against Redlands.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Azusa Pacific.”
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