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

John Carroll University

12-2 2025 final D3 TOP 25 #4

The Blue Streaks of University Heights, a Jesuit program with three perfect seasons in its history and multiple conference titles, long a top Division III name out of the Cleveland suburbs.

The Blue Streaks keep the faith.

Record

12-2

win% .857

Conference

1st of 10

Ohio · 1-0

Index Rating

74.2

TOP 25 #4 · D3 #4 of 240

Playoff Path

#4 seed

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-loss — diagnostic

The Long Wait·Offseason

The Blue Streaks of University Heights, a Jesuit program with three perfect seasons in its history and multiple conference titles, long a top Division III name out of the Cleveland suburbs.

Standard GapA tradition-rich Catholic program whose history sets a high bar — the ex…

Win the league outright and make a deep NCAA Division III playoff run — turn the perfect-season heritage into a modern national push.

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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

John Carroll University sits 1st in the Ohio Conference and 4th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.

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
8	Wilmington (OH)	1-7	3-7	43.2

74.2 CFB Zeitgeist#4 of 240 D357.5 strength of schedule6 quality wins

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 · 12-2

Signature win 63-0 over Oberlin; toughest day 21-41 against North Central College.

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The Blue Streaks keep the faith.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

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

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Blue Streaks." — John Carroll University 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 10-2

Base 12-0

Ceiling 12-0

floor10-2Competitive but likely outside bracket contention.

base12-0Conference title contender. Bracket bid realistic.

ceiling12-0Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.

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 · John Carroll University · 2018-present

Strong

90% home win rate vs 70% on the road. margin runs +12.3 better at home.

Home20-2Away17-7

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Warming

Four of five. The board favors this trend.

Streak L1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 9-1

Schedule Strength · John Carroll University · 2025

Hard

Average opponent win rate 59% across 14 finalized games. Strong conference slate — wins here carry full weight in Super Region selection.

Opp Win %0.594

Moment of the Year · John Carroll University · 2025

Postseason · Won 35-6 vs Randolph-Macon

Week 14 of 2025. Postseason win — the season-defining moment.

Decisive MarginPostseason

Postseason History

Recent postseason (2025): 1-1

Most recent: 2025 — loss 41-21 (away). Last 5 postseason: 1-1.

20252025

From the Archive — John Carroll University

2023: Lost 23-27 vs Wisconsin-Whitewater

In 2023, the program lost 23-27 vs Wisconsin-Whitewater — a close home result, 4 points either way.

Go Blue Streaks.