Azusa Pacific

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So. Cal. · Citrus Stadium · 10,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Whittier · our model 41% Azusa Pacific · a number, not a pick

LastL 3–30 at La Verne · Sat Sep 5

Nextvs Whittier · Sat Sep 19 · 10 pm ET · Citrus Stadium

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 1

Azusa Pacific · 2026 schedule & results0-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 6#557#632@La VerneL 3–300-10-1
3Sep 20#576#445Whittier
5Oct 4Redlands
6Oct 11@Cal Lutheran
7Oct 18Chapman
8Oct 25@Pomona Pitzer
9Nov 1La Verne
10Nov 8@Claremont Mudd Scripps

Game Week

5d 2h

until kickoff · vs Whittier · Sat Sep 19 · 10 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

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, competing…

Fans here believe no chip — instead a clean slate. Azusa's story is about restoration, not resentment.

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: Whittiervs Whittier · at home
The forecast

Next Sep 20

vs Whittier · at home

Outcome band · Azusa Pacific · 2026

Azusa Pacific's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base0-12Mid-table finish.
Ceiling3-9Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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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.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Azusa Pacific sits 6th in the So. Cal. Conference and 197th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

So. Cal. · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1La Verne1-01-056.2
2Pomona Pitzer0-01-068.3
3Claremont Mudd Scripps0-01-055.4
4Chapman0-00-137.2
5Redlands0-00-133.8
6Azusa Pacific0-10-133.8
7Cal Lutheran0-00-129.4
8Whittier0-01-1
33.8 CFB Zeitgeist#197 of 229 D356.2 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
Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

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