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

Centre College Kentucky

5-5 2025 final

The Colonels of Danville, the 'Praying Colonels' who shocked undefeated Harvard 6-0 in 1921 — the 'C6H0' upset, one of the greatest in football history — and now play Division III in the SAA.

Quiet weeks in Colonels country.

Record

5-5

win% .500

Conference

3rd of 9

Southern Athletic · 4-2

Index Rating

55.0

D3 #87 of 240

Playoff Path

Win the league

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-win — basking

The Long Wait·Offseason

The Colonels of Danville, the 'Praying Colonels' who shocked undefeated Harvard 6-0 in 1921 — the 'C6H0' upset, one of the greatest in football history — and now play Division III in the SAA.

Standard GapAn elite little liberal-arts college whose proudest football currency is…

Win the Southern Athletic Association and remind the country that Centre football is more than one ancient upset — that Danville can still play.

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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

Centre College Kentucky sits 3rd in the Southern Athletic Conference and 87th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Southern Athletic · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	Berry College	7-0	11-2	71.0
2	Trinity University TX	5-2	10-2	67.5
3	Centre College Kentucky	4-2	5-5	55.0
4	Millsaps	4-3	6-4	55.2
5	Hendrix College	1-1	6-4	50.2
6	Southwestern University	2-4	4-6	47.7
7	Sewanee	1-5	3-7	44.4
8	Rhodes College	0-7	1-9	36.2

55.0 CFB Zeitgeist#87 of 240 D358.1 strength of schedule2 quality wins

Win the Southern Athletic 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 · 5-5

Signature win 28-0 over Sewanee; toughest day 14-35 against Depauw.

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Quiet weeks in Colonels country.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

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

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Centre College Kentucky" — Centre College Kentucky fanbase · recurring line

0 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 3-9

Base 5-7

Ceiling 8-4

floor3-9Rebuild year. Below .500.

base5-7Mid-table finish.

ceiling8-4Conference 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 · Centre College Kentucky · 2018-present

Above-Average

70% home win rate vs 52% on the road. margin runs +6.2 better at home.

Home14-6Away11-10

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Mixed

Three of five. Trending up, not yet hot.

Streak W2Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 5-5

Schedule Strength · Centre College Kentucky · 2025

Hard

Average opponent win rate 61% across 10 finalized games. Strong conference slate — wins here carry full weight in Super Region selection.

Opp Win %0.620

Moment of the Year · Centre College Kentucky · 2025

Won 28-0 at Sewanee

Week 11 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.

Decisive Margin

From the Archive — Centre College Kentucky

2025: Won 23-15 vs Hanover College

In 2025, the program won 23-15 vs Hanover College — a tight home result that left the 8-point margin on the books.

Go Colonels.