DePauw University

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North Coast · Blackstock Stadium · 3,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Ohio Wesleyan · our model 76% DePauw University · a number, not a pick

LastL 27–37 at Washington St. Louis · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs Ohio Wesleyan · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Blackstock Stadium · series 4-0, won the last 4

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

DePauw University · 2026 schedule & results1-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#446#574@Rose HulmanW 31–231-00-0
2Sep 12#450#488@Washington St. LouisL 27–371-10-1
3Sep 19#452#553Ohio Wesleyan
4Sep 26#452#606@Kenyon
5Oct 3Oberlin
7Oct 17Denison
8Oct 24@Wittenberg
9Oct 31John Carroll
10Nov 7@Wooster
11Nov 14Wabash (N)

Game Week

4d 17h

until kickoff · vs Ohio Wesleyan · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Tigers of Greencastle, current keepers of the Monon Bell after four straight wins over Wabash, and a NCAC standard-bearer turning one of college football's oldest rivalries into a playoff platform.

Standard GapFrom the smaller sibling in the Monon rivalry to the team holding the Be…

Wabash leans on the all-time lead; DePauw answers with the Bell on its sideline and the recent run that actually decided the last four rivalry days.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 10-2 · last season

Game feel54even gamescombined pts / game5th highest-scoring of 8 in the North Coast
Heart rate2-1some dramain one-score games (3 of 12)3rd most one-score games of 8 in the North Coast
Margin+23.0comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 8 in the North Coast

✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among North Coast teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

DePauw University has won three of its last five.

Mixed. 7-3 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 7-3
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Ohio Wesleyan · at home

Outcome band · DePauw University · 2026

DePauw University's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base1-11Mid-table finish.
Ceiling4-8Conference 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

The Tigers of Greencastle, current keepers of the Monon Bell after four straight wins over Wabash, and a NCAC standard-bearer turning one of college football's oldest rivalries into a playoff platform.

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

DePauw University sits 5th in the North Coast Conference and 70th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

North Coast · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Washington St. Louis1-02-069.5
2Wabash1-02-061.2
3Wooster1-01-152.7
4Denison1-01-148.8
5DePauw0-11-157.7
6Ohio Wesleyan0-01-149.0
7Kenyon0-11-145.4
8Wittenberg0-10-238.5
57.7 CFB Zeitgeist#70 of 229 D358.2 strength of schedule

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.

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 Tigers.”
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