June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

Capital

3-7 2025 final

Capital is the OAC rebuilder trying to snap a 15-year winning drought — 1-9 in 2024, but Head Coach Brian Foos is betting 2025 and beyond are the turnaround years.

The Crusaders hold the line.

Record

3-7

win% .300

Conference

9th of 10

Ohio · 1-7

Index Rating

42.0

D3 #182 of 240

Playoff Path

Win the league

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-win — basking

The Long Wait·Offseason

Capital is the OAC rebuilder trying to snap a 15-year winning drought — 1-9 in 2024, but Head Coach Brian Foos is betting 2025 and beyond are the turnaround years.

Standard GapA small Columbus university that fell to 1-9 in 2024 vs the belief that…

Capital University is in the midst of a rebuild under sixth-year Head Coach Brian Foos. After a 1-9 2024 season, Foos has recruited 35 transfers from the portal and is banking on a core of growing veterans to deliver the program's…

offseason · quiet

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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Capital sits 9th in the Ohio Conference and 182nd of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Ohio · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	John Carroll University	1-0	12-2	74.2
2	University of Mount Union	8-1	11-1	74.0
3	Ohio Northern	7-1	8-3	60.5
4	Baldwin Wallace	6-2	8-2	62.2
5	Heidelberg	5-3	6-4	54.2
6	Muskingum University	4-4	4-6	47.7
7	Marietta	3-5	5-5	51.8
9	Capital	1-7	3-7	42.0

42.0 CFB Zeitgeist#182 of 240 D350.1 strength of schedule

Win the Ohio 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 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected

THE 2025 SEASON · 3-7

Signature win 52-27 over Manchester; toughest day 0-56 against Ohio Northern.

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The Crusaders hold the line.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Crusaders." — Capital fanbase · recurring line

6 mentions · awaiting signal

Winning record—

The baseline for a successful season.

Conference title—

The primary goal and national bracket path.

32-team bracket qualifierLocked—

One of 32 national tournament entries.

Stagg BowlLocked—

The Division III national championship game.

Floor 1-11

Base 3-9

Ceiling 6-6

floor1-11Rebuild year. Below .500.

base3-9Mid-table finish.

ceiling6-6Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.

Act II

Who We Are

Home-Field Advantage · Capital · 2018-present

Strong

15% home win rate vs 10% on the road. margin runs +10.6 better at home.

Home3-17Away2-18

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Cold

One of five. The film room is busy this week.

Streak W1Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 3-7

Schedule Strength · Capital · 2025

Balanced

Average opponent win rate 46% across 10 finalized games. Balanced slate across the conference slate.

Opp Win %0.464

Moment of the Year · Capital · 2025

Won 36-20 vs Catholic

Week 3 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.

Decisive Margin

From the Archive — Capital

2024: Lost 10-39 at Otterbein

In 2024, the program lost 10-39 at Otterbein — a stinging road result, 29 points either way.

Go Crusaders.