University of the South

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Southern Athletic · Hardee-McGee Field · 3,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs North Carolina Wesleyan · our model 37% University of the South · a number, not a pick

LastL 14–39 at Brevard · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs North Carolina Wesleyan · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Hardee-McGee Field · series 1-0

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

University of the South · 2026 schedule & results0-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#628#651Bethany (WV)L 37–400-10-0
2Sep 12#633#449@BrevardL 14–390-20-0
3Sep 19#627#572North Carolina Wesleyan
5Oct 3Southwestern U
6Oct 10@Maryville (TN)
7Oct 17Millsaps
8Oct 24@Centre
9Oct 31@Trinity (TX)
10Nov 7Rhodes
11Nov 14@Berry

Game Week

4d 18h

until kickoff · vs North Carolina Wesleyan · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Sewanee is the Gothic mountaintop university that was once an SEC founding member, chose academics over football, and now plays D3 because the Oxford of the South values the mind before the game.

Standard GapA unique institution that walked away from big-time football on purpose…

No chip — the fanbase plays for the university and its students, not against anyone.

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: North Carolina Wesleyanvs North Carolina Wesleyan · at home

What fans said

Real posts from the day of the game, chosen by community score · usernames not shown

What it is like to watch them2025 · 3-7 · last season

Game feel44rock fightscombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 8 in the Southern Athletic
Heart rate0-1rarely closein one-score games (1 of 10)7th most one-score games of 8 in the Southern Athletic
Margin-7.5competitiveavg scoring margin6th best margin of 8 in the Southern Athletic

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Southern Athletic teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

University of the South has lost five straight.

Hibernating. 2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last five.

Streak L5Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 2-8
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs North Carolina Wesleyan · at home

Outcome band · University of the South · 2026

University of the South'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

Sewanee is the Gothic mountaintop university that was once an SEC founding member, chose academics over football, and now plays D3 because the Oxford of the South values the mind before the game.

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

University of the South sits 6th in the Southern Athletic Conference and 206th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Southern Athletic · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Millsaps0-02-070.0
2Berry0-02-067.3
3Trinity (TX)0-02-065.4
4Rhodes0-00-239.0
5Centre0-00-137.5
6Sewanee0-00-232.3
7Hendrix0-00-130.5
8Southwestern U0-00-229.5
32.3 CFB Zeitgeist#206 of 229 D354.0 strength of schedule

Win the Southern Athletic 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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