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

Kean University

3-7 2025 final

A 20+ year era under Dan Garrett (since 2006) that has built Kean into an NJAC tournament regular — stable, dependable, and content in New Jersey football.

The Cougars survey the territory.

Record

3-7

win% .300

Conference

6th of 7

New Jersey · 1-5

Index Rating

43.1

D3 #176 of 240

Playoff Path

Win the league

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-loss — reckoning

The Long Wait·Offseason

A 20+ year era under Dan Garrett (since 2006) that has built Kean into an NJAC tournament regular — stable, dependable, and content in New Jersey football.

Title DroughtSince 2011 · 14 yrs

LIVE as of 2026-06: Kean competes in the NJAC under Head Coach Dan Garrett's 20+ year tenure (since 2006). The program is anchored by coaching stability and a 15+ tournament appearance tradition (since 1991). The 2011 NJAC champio…

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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

Kean University sits 6th in the New Jersey Conference and 176th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

New Jersey · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	Christopher Newport	6-0	10-1	71.2
2	Salisbury	5-1	10-2	68.2
3	Rowan	4-2	8-2	65.4
4	Montclair State	3-3	5-5	53.6
5	College Of New Jersey	2-4	6-4	55.5
6	Kean	1-5	3-7	43.1
7	William Paterson	0-6	2-8	40.3

43.1 CFB Zeitgeist#176 of 240 D353.0 strength of schedule

Win the New Jersey 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 17-7 over William Paterson; toughest day 0-49 against Christopher Newport.

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The Cougars survey the territory.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

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

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Kean" — Kean 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 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 · Kean University · 2018-present

Soft

15% home win rate vs 25% on the road. margin runs +0.1 better at home.

Home3-17Away5-15

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Cooling

Two of five. Schedule has caught up.

Streak L1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 3-7

Schedule Strength · Kean University · 2025

Balanced

Average opponent win rate 51% across 10 finalized games. Balanced slate across the conference slate.

Opp Win %0.518

From the Archive — Kean University

2024: Lost 21-32 vs Christopher Newport

In 2024, the program lost 21-32 vs Christopher Newport — a one to file away home result, 11 points either way.

Cougars own this peak.