Pioneer Stetson

Record1-8through 9 games
Nextat DavidsonSat Nov 7 · 1 pm ET

The rest of the season

Three real tests left: San Diego 10%, Valparaiso 16%, Davidson 50%

Win out 1% · expect 0.8 of 3 more wins

Stetson's chance to win each game left, from our model: Davidson 50%, Valparaiso 16%, San Diego 10%

Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.

LeadersPassing Tom von Grote 2,434 · Rushing Troy Flowers 419 · Receiving Wyatt Rogers 613 All player stats

The model#121 among FCS teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Stetson · 2026 schedule and results1-8Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 51% · 0 opponents played so far are in the AP top 25 now.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Aug 29@South Dakota StateL 7-70Stetson lost 7-70 at South Dakota State. Never had a real chance.0-10-0Pass Grote 95 · Rush Stephenson 69 · Rec Townsend 44
1Sep 5Webber InternationalW 45-101-10-0Pass Grote 318 · Rush Stephenson 113 · Rec Rogers 123
2Sep 12@Bethune-CookmanL 18-43Stetson lost 18-43 at Bethune-Cookman. Chance to win started at 12%, low under 1%, high 17%.1-20-0Pass Grote 192 · Rush Flowers 72 · Rec Farco 95
3Sep 19@UC DavisL 7-45Stetson lost 7-45 at UC Davis. Chance to win started at under 1%, low under 1%, high 1%.1-30-0Pass Grote 219 · Rush Grote 42 · Rec Benzija 70
4Bye week
5Oct 3MaristL 14-28Stetson lost 14-28 vs Marist. Chance to win started at 24%, low under 1%, high 50%.1-40-1Pass Grote 273 · Rush Howell 9 · Rec Rogers 103
6Oct 10@St. Thomas (MN)L 21-64Stetson lost 21-64 at St. Thomas (MN). Chance to win started at 5%, low under 1%, high 6%.1-50-2Pass Grote 296 · Rush Stephenson 74 · Rec Rogers 94
7Oct 17PresbyterianL 43-47Stetson lost 43-47 vs Presbyterian. Chance to win started at 31%, low under 1%, high 81%.1-60-3Pass Grote 345 · Rush Flowers 63 · Rec Flowers 120
8Oct 24@Morehead StateL 31-38Stetson lost 31-38 at Morehead State. Chance to win started at 36%, low under 1%, high 71%.1-70-4Pass Grote 350 · Rush Flowers 52 · Rec Farco 102
9Oct 31DaytonL 34-44Stetson lost 34-44 vs Dayton. Chance to win started at 13%, low 1%, high 48%.1-80-5Pass Grote 346 · Rush Stephenson 83 · Rec Jones 95
10Nov 7@Davidson1 pm ET50% to win
11Nov 14Valparaiso1 pm ET16% to win
12Nov 21@San Diego8 pm ET10% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Stetson, through 9 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

The small line beside each score is the team's win chance through the game, drawn on one scale for every game. The small number is total plays.

Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, big plays)▼
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Big plays (IsoPPP)Note
Oct 31DaytonL 34-44———+0.32646.6%1.44
Oct 24@Morehead StateL 31-38———+0.15837.1%1.67One-score loss
Oct 17PresbyterianL 43-47———+0.45745.6%1.67One-score loss
Oct 10@St. Thomas (MN)L 21-64———−0.07033.7%1.67Blowout loss
Oct 3MaristL 14-28———−0.05635.7%1.33
Sep 19@UC DavisL 7-45———−0.17731.9%1.16Blowout loss
Sep 12@Bethune-CookmanL 18-43———−0.23132.3%1.27Season-low EPA/play
Sep 5Webber InternationalW 45-10———+0.46746.7%1.83Season-high EPA/play
Aug 29@South Dakota StateL 7-70———−0.18235.7%0.83Defense's roughest night
Season average (9 games)——+0.07738.4%1.43

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Nov 7Next: Davidsonat Davidson · on the road

Recent form · last 10 games

Stetson has lost seven straight.

1-9 over the last 10, and lost the last seven.

Streak L7Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 1-9

Range of outcomes · Stetson · 2026

Stetson’s most common regular-season record in our model is 2-10. Most outcomes (99%) land from 1-11 to 3-9.

Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above

1 wins 38%; 2 wins 49%; 3 wins 12%
What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor1-11Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base1-11Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling4-8Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 9 games. Paler bars are the outer 10% at each end. The closed row comes from the season-path projection, which also plays out conference title games and the FCS playoff.

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Worth watchingGames average 68 combined points, shootouts

What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-8

Game feel68shootoutscombined pts / game3rd highest-scoring of 11 in the Pioneer
Heart rate0-2rarely closein one-score games (2 of 9)10th most one-score games of 11 in the Pioneer
Margin−18.8outgunnedavg scoring margin11th best margin of 11 in the Pioneer
Big plays1.43highlight reelexplosiveness (IsoPPP)1st most explosive of 11 in the Pioneer
Home crowd2,016avg attendance9th biggest crowds of 11 in the Pioneer

Measured from 9 games · ranks are among Pioneer teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind·Written June 2026

Stetson is the Florida pioneer — the oldest continuous college football in the state (first games 1894) — that dropped the sport in 1956 and revived it in 2013, now rebuilding to find the program it once was.

2026 Record1-8
Read the full program story ↓
Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Stetson is the Florida pioneer, the oldest continuous college football in the state (first games 1894), that dropped the sport in 1956 and revived it in 2013, now rebuilding to find the program it once was.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Hatters.”
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