Azusa Pacific

1-4

So. Cal. · Citrus Stadium · 10,000 seats

Next game

at Pomona Pitzer

Sat Oct 24 · 10 pm ET

Merritt Field

Azusa Pacific 6% to win · our ratings after 5 games

Last game · Sat Oct 17

L 3-26 vs Chapman

Our model gave Azusa Pacific 4% before kickoff

The rest of the season

Three real tests left: Claremont Mudd Scripps 6%, Pomona Pitzer 6%, La Verne 36%

Win out <1% · expect 0.5 of 3 more wins

Azusa Pacific's chance to win each game left, from our model: Pomona Pitzer 6%, La Verne 36%, Claremont Mudd Scripps 6%

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

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetBetting line at Pomona Pitzer · our model 6% Azusa Pacific

Updated Sat Oct 24 · through week 7

Schedule and results

Azusa Pacific · 2026 schedule and results1-4Our rank entering each game: #556 to #627
WkDateOur rankOpp rankLineOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 5#556#631—@La VerneL 3-300-10-1
2Bye week
3Sep 19#569#531—WhittierW 35-171-11-1
4Bye week
5Oct 3#566#609—RedlandsL 9-441-21-2
6Oct 10#615#550—@Cal LutheranL 3-241-31-3
7Oct 17#627#448—ChapmanL 3-261-41-4
8Oct 24#629#529@Pomona Pitzer10 pm ET6% to win
9Oct 31#629#606La Verne9 pm ET36% to win
10Nov 7@Claremont Mudd Scripps8 pm ET6% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Azusa Pacific, through 5 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

Line is the closing point spread for Azusa Pacific: a minus number means favored. A green check means the team covered it, by the number beside it. A red cross means it fell short by that much.

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Oct 24Next: Pomona Pitzerat Pomona Pitzer · on the road

Recent form · last 10 games

Azusa Pacific has won one of its last five.

2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last three.

Streak L3Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 2-8

Range of outcomes · Azusa Pacific · 2026

Azusa Pacific’s most likely regular season is 1-7. 96% of outcomes land from 1-7 to 2-6.

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

1 wins 57%; 2 wins 39%; 3 wins 4%
What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor1-11Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base2-10Mid-table finish.
Ceiling5-7Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 5 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 CFP.

More in this tab

Worth watchingGames average 39 combined points, rock fights

What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-4

Game feel39rock fightscombined pts / game8th highest-scoring of 8 in the So. Cal.
Heart rate0-0some dramain one-score games (0 of 5)6th most one-score games of 8 in the So. Cal.
Margin-17.6outgunnedavg scoring margin7th best margin of 8 in the So. Cal.

Measured from 5 games · ranks are among So. Cal. teams the same season

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

Azusa Pacific is a small Christian university in the foothills that's bringing football home again — returning to the field after years away, with the faith that it belongs.

Standard GapA mission-driven small school reclaiming an athletic identity…

Fans here believe no chip — instead a clean slate. Azusa's story is about restoration, not resentment.

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

Azusa Pacific is a small Christian university in the foothills that's bringing football home again — returning to the field after years away, with the faith that it belongs.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Azusa Pacific sits 7th in the So. Cal. Conference and 220th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

So. Cal. · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Chapman4-05-162.6
2Claremont Mudd Scripps4-05-160.0
3Pomona Pitzer3-14-255.4
4Cal Lutheran2-23-347.6
5Redlands2-22-443.5
6La Verne1-42-443.0
7Azusa Pacific1-41-434.8
8Whittier0-41-532.0
34.8 CFB Zeitgeist#220 of 245 D345.7 strength of schedule

Win the So. Cal. 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 · 1-4
L 3-30 at La Verne · Wk 1-27La VerneW 35-17 vs Whittier · Wk 3+18WhittierL 9-44 vs Redlands · Wk 5-35RedlandsL 3-24 at Cal Lutheran · Wk 6-21Cal LuthL 3-26 vs Chapman · Wk 7-23Chapman

Signature win 35-17 over Whittier; toughest day 9-44 against Redlands.

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 “Go Azusa Pacific.”
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