John Carroll University

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Ohio · Don Shula Stadium at Wasmer Field · 5,416

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Kenyon · our model 82% John Carroll University · a number, not a pick

LastW 44–7 at Ohio Wesleyan · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs Kenyon · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET · Don Shula Stadium at Wasmer Field · series 1-0

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

John Carroll University · 2026 schedule & results2-0
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#447#479@Carnegie MellonW 17–71-00-0
2Sep 12#447#549@Ohio WesleyanW 44–72-00-0
3Sep 19#448#604Kenyon
4Sep 26#448#495Wittenberg
5Oct 3@Washington St. Louis
7Oct 17Wabash
8Oct 24Wooster
9Oct 31@DePauw
10Nov 7@Oberlin
11Nov 14Denison

Game Week

4d 22h

until kickoff · vs Kenyon · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Blue Streaks of University Heights, a Jesuit program with three perfect seasons in its history and multiple conference titles, long a top Division III name out of the Cleveland suburbs.

Standard GapA tradition-rich Catholic program whose history sets a high bar — the ex…

John Carroll has three perfect seasons and a stack of conference titles, and the story always seems to circle back to Mount Union being in the way.

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The season in chapters

Weeks 1–22-0, all on the roadW 44–7 at Ohio Wesleyan · Sat Sep 12
Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: Kenyonvs Kenyon · at home

What it is like to watch them2025 · 12-2 · last season

Game feel54even gamescombined pts / game8th highest-scoring of 10 in the Ohio
Heart rate4-0some dramain one-score games (4 of 14)8th most one-score games of 10 in the Ohio
Margin+23.1comfortableavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 10 in the Ohio

✓ measured from 14 games · ranks are among Ohio teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

John Carroll University has won four of its last five.

Warming. 9-1 over the last 10, and won the last two.

Streak W2Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 9-1
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Kenyon · at home

Outcome band · John Carroll University · 2026

John Carroll University'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

The Blue Streaks of University Heights, a Jesuit program with three perfect seasons in its history and multiple conference titles, long a top Division III name out of the Cleveland suburbs.

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

John Carroll University sits 4th in the Ohio Conference and 4th 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
74.6 CFB Zeitgeist#4 of 229 D350.9 strength of schedule

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 Blue Streaks.”
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