Thiel

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Presidents' · Alumni Stadium (PA) · 1,400

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Bethany (WV) · our model 30% Thiel · a number, not a pick

LastL 7–48 vs Adrian · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Bethany (WV) · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Bison Stadium · series 3-1, last win 2024

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Thiel · 2026 schedule & results0-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#643#586@Alfred StateL 13–740-10-0
2Sep 12#643#470AdrianL 7–480-20-0
3Sep 19#641#648@Bethany (WV)
4Sep 26#641#623Hiram
5Oct 3Allegheny
6Oct 10@Saint Vincent
8Oct 24Washington & Jefferson
9Oct 31@Case Western Reserve
10Nov 7Westminster (PA)
11Nov 14@Grove City

Game Week

4d 18h

until kickoff · at Bethany (WV) · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

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 many.…

Fans here believe no chip — Thiel's identity is built on tradition, not grievance. The Tomcat name and the Victory Bell are the program's anchors.

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: Bethany (WV)at Bethany (WV) · on the road

What it is like to watch them2025 · 1-9 · last season

Game feel56even gamescombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 12 in the Presidents'
Heart rate0-1some dramain one-score games (1 of 10)6th most one-score games of 12 in the Presidents'
Margin-29.9outgunnedavg scoring margin11th best margin of 12 in the Presidents'

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Presidents' teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Thiel has won one of its last five.

Cold. 1-9 over the last 10, and lost the last four.

Streak L4Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 1-9
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Bethany (WV) · away

Outcome band · Thiel · 2026

Thiel'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

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.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Thiel sits 10th in the Presidents' Conference and 171st of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Presidents' · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Case Western Reserve0-01-079.5
2Hiram0-02-066.4
3Allegheny0-02-064.3
4Saint Vincent0-01-056.6
5Carnegie Mellon0-01-152.9
6Bethany (WV)0-01-152.5
7Washington & Jefferson0-01-152.3
10Thiel0-00-238.3
38.3 CFB Zeitgeist#171 of 229 D363.3 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
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 Tomcats.”
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