Capital

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Ohio · Bernlohr Stadium · 3,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Marietta · our model 50% Capital · a number, not a pick

LastW 44–19 vs Wilmington (OH) · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Marietta · Sat Sep 19 · 1:30 pm ET · Don Drumm Stadium · series 0-4, lost the last 4

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Capital · 2026 schedule & results2-0
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#608#589@WaynesburgW 35–121-00-0
2Sep 12#606#605Wilmington (OH)W 44–192-01-0
3Sep 19#600#522@Marietta
4Sep 26#598#511@Baldwin Wallace
6Oct 10@Muskingum
7Oct 17Mount Union
8Oct 24Anderson (IN)
9Oct 31@Otterbein
10Nov 7Heidelberg
11Nov 14Ohio Northern

Game Week

4d 17h

until kickoff · at Marietta · Sat Sep 19 · 1:30 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Capital is the OAC rebuilder trying to snap a 15-year winning drought — 1-9 in 2024, but Head Coach Brian Foos is betting 2025 and beyond are the turnaround years.

Standard GapA small Columbus university that fell to 1-9 in 2024 vs the belief that…

Fans here believe no chip. Capital is climbing out of a hole of its own making and focused on the next step.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 3-7 · last season

Game feel53rock fightscombined pts / game9th highest-scoring of 10 in the Ohio
Heart rate1-4some dramain one-score games (5 of 10)3rd most one-score games of 10 in the Ohio
Margin-11.0outgunnedavg scoring margin9th best margin of 10 in the Ohio

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Ohio teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Capital has won three of its last five.

Mixed. 4-6 over the last 10, and won the last three.

Streak W3Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 4-6
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Marietta · away

Outcome band · Capital · 2026

Capital's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base2-10Mid-table finish.
Ceiling5-7Conference 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

Capital is the OAC rebuilder trying to snap a 15-year winning drought — 1-9 in 2024, but Head Coach Brian Foos is betting 2025 and beyond are the turnaround years.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Capital sits 1st in the Ohio Conference and 7th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.

Ohio · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Capital1-02-071.4
2Heidelberg1-02-062.4
3Ohio Northern1-01-156.6
4John Carroll0-02-074.6
5Baldwin Wallace0-01-067.5
6Wilmington (OH)0-11-160.1
7Mount Union0-01-149.0
8Marietta0-11-143.9
71.4 CFB Zeitgeist#7 of 229 D351.0 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 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.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Crusaders.”
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