June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

Baldwin Wallace

8-2 2025 final

Baldwin Wallace is the OAC power trying to dethrone Mount Union — a Yellow Jackets program that finished third last season and is hungry for the championship that keeps slipping away.

Quiet weeks in Yellow Jackets country.

Record

8-2

win% .800

Conference

4th of 10

Ohio · 6-2

Index Rating

62.2

D3 #38 of 240

Playoff Path

In the field

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-win — basking

The Long Wait·Offseason

Baldwin Wallace is the OAC power trying to dethrone Mount Union — a Yellow Jackets program that finished third last season and is hungry for the championship that keeps slipping away.

Title DroughtSince 2016 · 9 yrs

Baldwin Wallace finished 8-2 in 2025 with a 6-2 OAC record, good for second place and a second-straight strong season. Returning quarterback Charlie Bubonics and running backs George Linberger and Tyrone Singleton are the core of…

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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Baldwin Wallace sits 4th in the Ohio Conference and 38th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.

Ohio · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	John Carroll University	1-0	12-2	74.2
2	University of Mount Union	8-1	11-1	74.0
3	Ohio Northern	7-1	8-3	60.5
4	Baldwin Wallace	6-2	8-2	62.2
5	Heidelberg	5-3	6-4	54.2
6	Muskingum University	4-4	4-6	47.7
7	Marietta	3-5	5-5	51.8
8	Wilmington (OH)	1-7	3-7	43.2

62.2 CFB Zeitgeist#38 of 240 D350.1 strength of schedule1 quality win

Win the Ohio 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 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected

THE 2025 SEASON · 8-2

Signature win 63-21 over Wilmington (OH); toughest day 23-42 against University of Mount Union.

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Quiet weeks in Yellow Jackets country.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Yellow Jackets." — Baldwin Wallace fanbase · recurring line

0 mentions · awaiting signal

Winning record—

The baseline for a successful season.

Conference title—

The primary goal and national bracket path.

32-team bracket qualifierLocked—

One of 32 national tournament entries.

Stagg BowlLocked—

The Division III national championship game.

Floor 6-6

Base 8-4

Ceiling 11-1

floor6-6Competitive but likely outside bracket contention.

base8-4Conference title contender. Bracket bid realistic.

ceiling11-1Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.

Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.

Act II

Who We Are

Home-Field Advantage · Baldwin Wallace · 2018-present

Average

70% home win rate vs 70% on the road. margin runs -0.2 weaker at home.

Home14-6Away14-6

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Warming

Four of five. The board favors this trend.

Streak W1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 8-2

Schedule Strength · Baldwin Wallace · 2025

Balanced

Average opponent win rate 45% across 10 finalized games. Balanced slate across the conference slate.

Opp Win %0.454

Moment of the Year · Baldwin Wallace · 2025

Won 31-13 at Wittenberg

Week 2 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.

Decisive Margin

From the Archive — Baldwin Wallace

2024: Lost 7-47 at Marietta

In 2024, the program lost 7-47 at Marietta — a stinging road result, 40 points either way.

Go Yellow Jackets.