Saint Vincent2-8
Hope-Doping·Offseason

The Bearcats of Latrobe, a Benedictine college whose lone undefeated season came in 1949 and who play Division III at Chuck Noll Field in the same Pennsylvania town that gave pro football its start.

Standard GapA small Catholic college in a football-soaked town — the history of the…

Saint Vincent plays in Latrobe, the cradle of professional football, on a field named for Chuck Noll — and the Division III world treats the Bearcats like they have no story.

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Bearcats country waits.

Saint Vincent · Next-Season Outcome Band

Floor / Base / Ceiling

floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
base2-10Mid-table finish.
ceiling5-7Conference 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

Cold

One of five. The film room is busy this week.

Streak L4Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 2-8
The forecast

Opens Sep 5

vs Hilbert · at home

Game Week

11 days

until kickoff · vs Hilbert · Sat Sep 5 · 17:00 UTC

The experience

The Bearcats of Latrobe, a Benedictine college whose lone undefeated season came in 1949 and who play Division III at Chuck Noll Field in the same Pennsylvania town that gave pro football its start.

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Saint Vincent sits 9th in the Presidents' Conference and 210th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Presidents' · 2025
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Washington & Jefferson8-08-360.4
2Grove City7-18-362.1
3Westminster (PA)6-28-358.4
4Geneva6-26-550.6
5Case Western Reserve4-44-547.8
6Waynesburg4-44-644.9
7Allegheny4-44-643.8
9Saint Vincent1-72-836.4
36.4 CFB Zeitgeist#210 of 240 D347.4 strength of schedule

Win the Presidents' 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 · 2-8
W 28-7 vs Hilbert · Wk 2+21HilbertL 14-28 at Wooster · Wk 3-14WoosterL 35-55 at Geneva · Wk 4-20GenevaL 38-40 vs Hiram College · Wk 5-2Hiram CoL 14-42 vs Case Western Reserve · Wk 6-28Case WesW 57-35 at Bethany (WV) · Wk 7+22Bethany L 10-56 vs Washington & Jefferson · Wk 8-46WashingtL 14-59 at Grove City · Wk 10-45Grove CiL 24-35 at Waynesburg · Wk 11-11WaynesbuL 14-57 vs Westminster (PA) · Wk 12-43Westmins

Signature win 57-35 over Bethany (WV); toughest day 10-56 against Washington & Jefferson.

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