Muskingum University

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Ohio · Sherman Field at McConagha Stadium · 2,500

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Ohio Northern · our model 26% Muskingum University · a number, not a pick

LastL 0–34 at Mount St Joseph · Sat Sep 5

Nextat Ohio Northern · Sat Sep 19 · 1:30 pm ET · Dial-Roberson Stadium · series 2-2, last win 2024

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 1

Muskingum University · 2026 schedule & results0-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#572#514@Mount St JosephL 0–340-10-0
3Sep 19#583#512@Ohio Northern
4Sep 26#583#526@Heidelberg
5Oct 3Mount Union
6Oct 10Capital
7Oct 17@Wilmington (OH)
8Oct 24Marietta
9Oct 31@Franklin
10Nov 7Otterbein
11Nov 14@Baldwin Wallace

Game Week

4d 17h

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

Verdict Begins·Live

The Fighting Muskies of New Concord, John Glenn's hometown school, with four perfect seasons in its early history and an OAC football tradition that long predates the Mount Union era.

Standard GapA program whose perfect seasons came generations ago — the identity is a…

Muskingum has four perfect seasons in the books, and in the modern OAC the whole conversation is about getting past Mount Union just to matter.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-6 · last season

Game feel59even gamescombined pts / game6th highest-scoring of 10 in the Ohio
Heart rate3-3white-knucklein one-score games (6 of 10)1st most one-score games of 10 in the Ohio
Margin-7.0competitiveavg scoring margin7th 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

Muskingum University has won one of its last five.

Cold. 4-6 over the last 10, and lost the last two.

Streak L2Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 4-6
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Ohio Northern · away

Outcome band · Muskingum University · 2026

Muskingum University's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base0-12Mid-table finish.
Ceiling3-9Conference 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 Fighting Muskies of New Concord, John Glenn's hometown school, with four perfect seasons in its early history and an OAC football tradition that long predates the Mount Union era.

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

Muskingum University sits 9th in the Ohio Conference and 179th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

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
9Muskingum0-00-137.2
37.2 CFB Zeitgeist#179 of 229 D362.0 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 Muskies.”
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