Wooster
1-1North Coast · John P. Papp Stadium · 4,500
LastW 26–19 at Kenyon · Sat Sep 12
Nextvs Denison · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · John P. Papp Stadium · series 0-4, lost the last 4
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 3 | #553 | #604 | — | Wilmington (OH) | L 19–22 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #563 | #604 | — | @Kenyon | W 26–19 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #568 | #506 | Denison | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #566 | #474 | @Wabash | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Ohio Wesleyan | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Oberlin | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @John Carroll | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Wittenberg | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | DePauw | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Washington St. Louis |
Game Week
4d 18h
until kickoff · vs Denison · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET
The Fighting Scots of Wooster, an Ohio liberal-arts college playing since 1889 and a charter North Coast Conference member — the team that beat Ohio State 64-0 in the Buckeyes' first-ever home game.
Wooster once beat Ohio State 64-0 and helped found its conference, and the football world treats a small Ohio college like it never had a moment worth remembering.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 5-5 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among North Coast teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Wooster has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 5-5 over the last 10, and won the last one.
Next Sep 19
vs Denison · at home
Outcome band · Wooster · 2026
Outcome band · Wooster · 2026Wooster's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
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 day
The Fighting Scots of Wooster, an Ohio liberal-arts college playing since 1889 and a charter North Coast Conference member — the team that beat Ohio State 64-0 in the Buckeyes' first-ever home game.
Playoff path
Wooster sits 3rd in the North Coast Conference and 96th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington St. Louis | 1-0 | 2-0 | 69.5 |
| 2 | Wabash | 1-0 | 2-0 | 61.2 |
| 3 | Wooster | 1-0 | 1-1 | 52.7 |
| 4 | Denison | 1-0 | 1-1 | 48.8 |
| 5 | DePauw | 0-1 | 1-1 | 57.7 |
| 6 | Ohio Wesleyan | 0-0 | 1-1 | 49.0 |
| 7 | Kenyon | 0-1 | 1-1 | 45.4 |
| 8 | Wittenberg | 0-1 | 0-2 | 38.5 |
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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.