Denison University6-4The Big Red of Granville, Ohio, a North Coast Athletic Conference charter member whose football history includes a perfect 1947 season under a young Woody Hayes — a selective liberal-arts school with deep Ohio roots.
Denison is a nationally respected liberal-arts college with real football history — including a young Woody Hayes — that almost no one outside Ohio remembers.
Big Red country waits.
Denison University · Next-Season Outcome Band
Denison University · Next-Season Outcome BandFloor / Base / Ceiling
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Mixed
Three of five. Trending up, not yet hot.
Opens Sep 5
vs Hope · at home
Game Week
11 days
until kickoff · vs Hope · Sat Sep 5 · 17:00 UTC
The Big Red of Granville, Ohio, a North Coast Athletic Conference charter member whose football history includes a perfect 1947 season under a young Woody Hayes — a selective liberal-arts school with deep Ohio roots.
Denison University sits 3rd in the North Coast Conference and 71st of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Depauw | 7-0 | 10-2 | 68.8 |
| 2 | Wabash | 6-1 | 9-2 | 64.1 |
| 3 | Denison | 5-2 | 6-4 | 56.5 |
| 4 | Wooster | 4-3 | 5-5 | 49.9 |
| 5 | Wittenberg | 3-4 | 4-6 | 48.4 |
| 6 | Ohio Wesleyan | 2-5 | 3-7 | 43.7 |
| 7 | Kenyon | 1-6 | 1-9 | 36.3 |
| 8 | Oberlin | 0-7 | 0-10 | 32.3 |
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.
Signature win 62-9 over Oberlin; toughest day 0-36 against Wabash.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Denison University
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 6 | — | — | — | @Allegheny | W 35–24 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #494 | #432 | — | @Alma | L 27–53 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #490 | #468 | — | @Wabash | L 0–36 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #503 | #557 | — | Ohio Wesleyan | W 35–20 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #507 | #566 | — | @Wooster | W 28–7 | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #499 | #505 | — | @Wittenberg | W 43–40 | 4-2 | 3-1 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #498 | #456 | — | Depauw | L 28–35 | 4-3 | 3-2 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #494 | #651 | — | Oberlin | W 62–9 | 5-3 | 4-2 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #500 | #621 | — | @Kenyon | W 33–18 | 6-3 | 5-2 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #507 | #453 | — | John Carroll | L 21–48 | 6-4 | 5-2 |
Home-Field Advantage · Denison University · 2018-present
Above-Average
63% home win rate vs 70% on the road. margin runs +4.4 better at home. Deeds Field-Piper Stadium seats 3,000.
70°F average kickoff temp; 32% of games had measurable precipitation; 7 mph average wind.
Based on 19 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
27-23
since 1904 · 14 seasons · .540 win rate
Moment of the Year · Denison University · 2025
Moment of the Year · Denison University · 2025Won 35-20 vs Ohio Wesleyan
Week 6 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.