Record0-8through 8 games
Nextvs Westminster (PA)Sat Nov 7 · 1 pm ET
The model#220 among Division III teams

Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Thiel · 2026 schedule and results0-8Hard slateAverage opponent win rate 63%.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5@Alfred StateL 13-740-10-0
2Sep 12AdrianL 7-480-20-0
3Sep 19@Bethany (WV)L 3-520-30-1
4Sep 26HiramL 19-320-40-2
5Oct 3AlleghenyL 10-410-50-3
6Oct 10@Saint VincentL 20-620-60-4
7Bye week
8Oct 24Washington & JeffersonL 7-650-70-5
9Oct 31@Case Western ReserveL 7-510-80-6
10Nov 7Westminster (PA)1 pm ET5% to win
11Nov 14@Grove City1 pm ET<1% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Thiel, through 8 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Nov 7Next: Westminster (PA)vs Westminster (PA) · at home

Recent form · last 10 games

Thiel has lost ten straight.

0-10 over the last 10, and lost the last ten.

Streak L10Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 0-10

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Worth watchingGames average 64 combined points, shootouts

What it is like to watch them2026 · 0-8

Game feel64shootoutscombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 13 in the Presidents'
Heart rate0-0rarely closein one-score games (0 of 8)13th most one-score games of 13 in the Presidents'
Margin−42.4outgunnedavg scoring margin13th best margin of 13 in the Presidents'

Measured from 8 games · ranks are among Presidents' teams the same season

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

Thiel College is the Presidents' Athletic Conference program where tradition runs deep through the Tomcat mascot (named by a visiting coach in 1924) and the Victory Bell rivalry tradition, a small Pennsylvania school playing with quiet pride.

Standard GapA small liberal-arts college where football is one tradition among…
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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Thiel College is the Presidents' Athletic Conference program where tradition runs deep through the Tomcat mascot (named by a visiting coach in 1924) and the Victory Bell rivalry tradition, a small Pennsylvania school playing with quiet pride.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Thiel sits 12th in the Presidents’ Conference and 233rd of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Presidents' · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Washington & Jefferson6-07-169.4
2Case Western Reserve5-17-164.9
3Allegheny5-17-164.1
4Grove City5-15-358.0
5Westminster (PA)4-24-451.9
6Saint Vincent3-34-347.3
7Bethany (WV)2-43-546.3
12Thiel0-60-833.3
33.3 CFB Zeitgeist#233 of 245 D355.3 strength of schedule

Win the Presidents' 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
The 2026 season · 0-8
L 13-74 at Alfred State · Wk 1−61Alfred SL 7-48 vs Adrian · Wk 2−41AdrianL 3-52 at Bethany (WV) · Wk 3−49Bethany L 19-32 vs Hiram · Wk 4−13HiramL 10-41 vs Allegheny · Wk 5−31AlleghenL 20-62 at Saint Vincent · Wk 6−42Saint ViL 7-65 vs Washington & Jefferson · Wk 8−58WashingtL 7-51 at Case Western Reserve · Wk 9−44Case Wes

Signature win 19-32 over Hiram; toughest day 13-74 against Alfred State.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Tomcats.”
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