University of La Verne

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So. Cal. · Ortmayer Stadium · 2,500

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Willamette · our model 51% University of La Verne · a number, not a pick

LastW 30–3 vs Azusa Pacific · Sat Sep 5

Nextat Willamette · Sat Sep 19 · 3 pm ET · McCulloch Stadium · series 0-4, lost the last 4

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 1

University of La Verne · 2026 schedule & results1-0
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 6#632#557Azusa PacificW 30–31-01-0
3Sep 19#621#655@Willamette
4Sep 27#620#479@Chapman
5Oct 4@Pomona Pitzer
6Oct 10Claremont Mudd Scripps
7Oct 18@Redlands
8Oct 24Cal Lutheran
9Nov 1@Azusa Pacific
10Nov 7Whittier

Game Week

4d 19h

until kickoff · at Willamette · Sat Sep 19 · 3 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

La Verne is a small liberal arts university in Southern California whose Leopards compete with scrappy pride in SCIAC — a program that knows it belongs among peers.

Title DroughtSince 2015 · 11 yrs

Fans here believe no chip — La Verne plays to win SCIAC, not to prove anything.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 1-8 · last season

Game feel40even gamescombined pts / game3rd highest-scoring of 6 in the So. Cal.
Heart rate0-3rarely closein one-score games (3 of 9)6th most one-score games of 6 in the So. Cal.
Margin-12.4outgunnedavg scoring margin6th best margin of 6 in the So. Cal.

✓ measured from 9 games · ranks are among So. Cal. teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

University of La Verne has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 2-8 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 2-8
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Willamette · away

Outcome band · University of La Verne · 2026

University of La Verne'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

La Verne is a small liberal arts university in Southern California whose Leopards compete with scrappy pride in SCIAC — a program that knows it belongs among peers.

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

University of La Verne sits 1st in the So. Cal. Conference and 79th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

So. Cal. · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1La Verne1-01-056.2
2Pomona Pitzer0-01-068.3
3Claremont Mudd Scripps0-01-055.4
4Chapman0-00-137.2
5Redlands0-00-133.8
6Azusa Pacific0-10-133.8
7Cal Lutheran0-00-129.4
8Whittier0-01-1
56.2 CFB Zeitgeist#79 of 229 D333.8 strength of schedule

Win the So. Cal. 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 Leopards.”
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