George Fox University4-6
Verdict Begins·Offseason

The Bruins of Newberg, Oregon — George Fox University — a Quaker-founded school that brought football back in 2014 after nearly fifty years away, now building in the Northwest Conference at Stoffer Family Stadium.

Standard GapA revived program at a faith-based school, measured against the establis…

George Fox only brought football back in 2014, so the Bruins still have to prove they belong in a Northwest Conference full of older, deeper programs.

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Quiet weeks in Bruins country.

George Fox University · Next-Season Outcome Band

Floor / Base / Ceiling

floor2-10Rebuild year. Below .500.
base4-8Mid-table finish.
ceiling7-5Conference 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.

Recent Form · last 10 games

Warming

Four of five. The board favors this trend.

Streak L1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 4-6
The forecast

Opens Sep 6

vs Redlands · at home

Game Week

10 days

until kickoff · vs Redlands · Sun Sep 6 · 02:05 UTC

The experience

The Bruins of Newberg, Oregon — George Fox University — a Quaker-founded school that brought football back in 2014 after nearly fifty years away, now building in the Northwest Conference at Stoffer Family Stadium.

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

George Fox University sits 5th in the Northwest Conference and 161st of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Northwest · 2025
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Whitworth7-08-361.2
2Linfield6-17-259.9
3Pacific Lutheran5-26-451.6
4Lewis & Clark5-46-452.0
5George Fox4-44-644.8
6Pacific (OR)3-53-740.6
7Puget Sound1-71-933.5
8Willamette0-81-932.7
44.8 CFB Zeitgeist#161 of 240 D349.0 strength of schedule

Win the Northwest 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 · 4-6
L 7-10 at Redlands · Wk 2-3RedlandsL 10-38 at Lewis & Clark · Wk 3-28Lewis & L 21-28 vs Claremont Mudd Scripps · Wk 4-7ClaremonL 17-35 vs Linfield · Wk 6-18LinfieldL 16-40 at Whitworth · Wk 7-24WhitwortW 42-28 vs Lewis & Clark · Wk 8+14Lewis & W 48-23 vs Puget Sound · Wk 9+25Puget SoW 31-9 at Willamette · Wk 10+22WillametW 27-21 vs Pacific (OR) · Wk 11+6Pacific L 21-55 at Pacific Lutheran · Wk 12-34Pacific

Signature win 48-23 over Puget Sound; toughest day 21-55 against Pacific Lutheran.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

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