Denison University
1-1North Coast · Deeds Field-Piper Stadium · 3,000
LastW 50–0 vs Oberlin · Thu Sep 10
Nextat Wooster · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · John P. Papp Stadium · series 4-0, won the last 4
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #498 | #456 | — | Hope | L 14–28 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 10 | #498 | #653 | — | Oberlin | W 50–0 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #506 | #568 | @Wooster | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #506 | #553 | Ohio Wesleyan | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Wabash | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @DePauw | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Kenyon | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Washington St. Louis | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 8 | Wittenberg | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @John Carroll |
Game Week
4d 18h
until kickoff · at Wooster · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET
The Big Red of Granville, Ohio, a North Coast Athletic Conference charter member whose football history includes a perfect 1947 season under a young Woody Hayes — a selective liberal-arts school with deep Ohio roots.
Denison is a nationally respected liberal-arts college with real football history — including a young Woody Hayes — that almost no one outside Ohio remembers.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 6-4 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among North Coast teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Denison University has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 6-4 over the last 10, and won the last one.
Next Sep 19
vs Wooster · away
Outcome band · Denison University · 2026
Outcome band · Denison University · 2026Denison University's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
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 day
The Big Red of Granville, Ohio, a North Coast Athletic Conference charter member whose football history includes a perfect 1947 season under a young Woody Hayes — a selective liberal-arts school with deep Ohio roots.
Playoff path
Denison University sits 4th in the North Coast Conference and 122nd of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington St. Louis | 1-0 | 2-0 | 69.5 |
| 2 | Wabash | 1-0 | 2-0 | 61.2 |
| 3 | Wooster | 1-0 | 1-1 | 52.7 |
| 4 | Denison | 1-0 | 1-1 | 48.8 |
| 5 | DePauw | 0-1 | 1-1 | 57.7 |
| 6 | Ohio Wesleyan | 0-0 | 1-1 | 49.0 |
| 7 | Kenyon | 0-1 | 1-1 | 45.4 |
| 8 | Wittenberg | 0-1 | 0-2 | 38.5 |
Win the North Coast 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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.