June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

Oberlin College

0-10 2025 final

Oberlin is the program that John Heisman coached (7-0 in 1892), then disappeared into a lost century, a Yeomen rebuild that measures success not by records but by presence and persistence.

Quiet weeks in Yeomen country.

Record

0-10

win% .000

Conference

9th of 9

North Coast · 0-8

Index Rating

32.3

D3 #227 of 240

Playoff Path

Win the league

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-loss — diagnostic

The Long Wait·Offseason

Oberlin is the program that John Heisman coached (7-0 in 1892), then disappeared into a lost century, a Yeomen rebuild that measures success not by records but by presence and persistence.

Standard GapA historic D3 institution with a John Heisman-coached undefeated season…

Oberlin's 2025 season was catastrophic: the Yeomen lost 88-6 to Calvin (a brand-new program) in the opener and 57-2 to Kenyon, among other heavy defeats. The season record is estimated 0-10 or similar (specific final record unconf…

offseason · quiet

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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Oberlin College sits 9th in the North Coast Conference and 227th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

North Coast · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	Depauw	7-0	10-2	68.8
2	Hiram College	1-0	3-7	39.7
3	Wabash College	6-1	9-2	64.1
4	Denison University	5-2	6-4	56.5
5	Wooster	4-3	5-5	49.9
6	Wittenberg	3-4	4-6	48.4
7	Ohio Wesleyan	2-5	3-7	43.7
9	Oberlin	0-8	0-10	32.3

32.3 CFB Zeitgeist#227 of 240 D354.1 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 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected

THE 2025 SEASON · 0-10

Signature win 13-42 over Wabash College; toughest day 6-88 against Calvin University.

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Quiet weeks in Yeomen country.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Yeomen." — Oberlin College fanbase · recurring line

15 mentions · awaiting signal

Winning record—

The baseline for a successful season.

Conference title—

The primary goal and national bracket path.

32-team bracket qualifierLocked—

One of 32 national tournament entries.

Stagg BowlLocked—

The Division III national championship game.

Floor 0-12

Base 0-12

Ceiling 3-9

floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.

base0-12Mid-table finish.

ceiling3-9Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.

Act II

Who We Are

Home-Field Advantage · Oberlin College · 2018-present

Strong

10% home win rate vs 0% on the road. margin runs +13.5 better at home.

Home2-18Away0-19

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Hibernating

Zero of five. Reset territory.

Streak L10Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 0-10

Schedule Strength · Oberlin College · 2025

Balanced

Average opponent win rate 54% across 10 finalized games. Balanced slate across the conference slate.

Opp Win %0.541

From the Archive — Oberlin College

2024: Lost 21-46 vs Wooster

In 2024, the program lost 21-46 vs Wooster — a stinging home result, 25 points either way.

Go Yeomen.