Ohio Wesleyan3-7The Battling Bishops of Delaware, Ohio, who have played football since 1875 and now compete in the North Coast Athletic Conference — a liberal-arts program whose tradition reaches back to the sport's earliest decades.
Ohio Wesleyan has played football since 1875 — among the oldest programs anywhere — and almost no one outside the NCAC remembers it.
Quiet weeks in Battling Bishops country.
Ohio Wesleyan · Next-Season Outcome Band
Ohio Wesleyan · 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
Cooling
Two of five. Schedule has caught up.
Opens Sep 3
vs Bluffton · at home
Game Week
9 days
until kickoff · vs Bluffton · Thu Sep 3 · 23:00 UTC
The Battling Bishops of Delaware, Ohio, who have played football since 1875 and now compete in the North Coast Athletic Conference — a liberal-arts program whose tradition reaches back to the sport's earliest decades.
Ohio Wesleyan sits 6th in the North Coast Conference and 171st 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 55-13 over Kenyon; toughest day 17-55 against Wittenberg.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Ohio Wesleyan
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 | — | — | — | @Otterbein | W 65–28 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #528 | #444 | — | Maryville (TN) | L 24–48 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #510 | #473 | — | Wittenberg | L 17–55 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #557 | #503 | — | @Denison | L 20–35 | 1-3 | 0-2 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #571 | #462 | — | @Wabash | L 27–44 | 1-4 | 0-3 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #569 | #583 | — | Wooster | L 20–24 | 1-5 | 0-4 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #581 | #594 | — | @Kenyon | W 55–13 | 2-5 | 1-4 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #550 | #458 | — | Depauw | L 10–40 | 2-6 | 1-5 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #571 | #453 | — | @John Carroll | L 17–55 | 2-7 | 1-5 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #575 | #646 | — | Oberlin | W 35–0 | 3-7 | 2-5 |
Home-Field Advantage · Ohio Wesleyan · 2018-present
Above-Average
45% home win rate vs 45% on the road. margin runs +5.8 better at home. Selby Stadium seats 9,100.
68°F average kickoff temp; 10% of games had measurable precipitation; 7 mph average wind.
Based on 20 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
21-53-3
since 1897 · 33 seasons · .272 win rate
Moment of the Year · Ohio Wesleyan · 2025
Moment of the Year · Ohio Wesleyan · 2025Won 65-28 at Otterbein
Week 2 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.