Ursinus

6-0

Centennial · Patterson Field · 2,500 seats

Next game

at Franklin & Marshall

Sat Oct 24 · 1 pm ET

Shadek Stadium · series 2-2-1, last win 2024

Ursinus 42% to win · our ratings after 6 games

Last game · Sat Oct 17

W 35-14 vs Johns Hopkins

Our model gave Ursinus 85% before kickoff

The rest of the season

Three real tests left: Franklin & Marshall 42%, Carnegie Mellon 45%, Dickinson 64%

Win out 12% · expect 2.5 of 4 more wins

Ursinus's chance to win each game left, from our model: Franklin & Marshall 42%, Gettysburg 96%, Dickinson 64%, Carnegie Mellon 45%

Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetBetting line at Franklin & Marshall · our model 42% Ursinus

Updated Sat Oct 24 · through week 7

Schedule and results

Ursinus · 2026 schedule and results6-0Soft slateAverage opponent win rate 34%.Our rank entering each game: #508 to #508
WkDateOur rankOpp rankLineOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Sep 4#508#488—Delaware ValleyW 17-141-00-0
2Sep 12#511#595—@WaynesburgW 46-102-00-0
3Sep 19#507#604—MoravianW 35-193-00-0
4Bye week
5Oct 2#515#493—MuhlenbergW 17-74-01-0
6Oct 10#513#637—@McDanielW 40-145-02-0
7Oct 17#508#496—Johns HopkinsW 35-146-03-0
8Oct 24#495#470@Franklin & Marshall1 pm ET42% to win
9Oct 31#494#645@Gettysburg1 pm ET96% to win
10Nov 7Dickinson1 pm ET64% to win
11Nov 14@Carnegie Mellon12 pm ET
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Ursinus, through 6 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

Line is the closing point spread for Ursinus: a minus number means favored. A green check means the team covered it, by the number beside it. A red cross means it fell short by that much.

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Oct 24Next: Franklin & Marshallat Franklin & Marshall · on the road

Recent form · last 10 games

Ursinus has won eight straight.

9-1 over the last 10, and won the last eight.

Streak W8Last 5 · 5-0Last 10 · 9-1

Range of outcomes · Ursinus · 2026

Ursinus’ most likely regular season is 8-2. 100% of outcomes land from 7-3 to 10-0.

Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above

7 wins 12%; 8 wins 38%; 9 wins 37%; 10 wins 12%
What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor10-2Competitive but likely outside bracket contention.
Base12-0Conference title contender. Bracket bid realistic.
Ceiling12-0Deep playoff run. Program-defining year.

Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 6 games. Paler bars are the outer 10% at each end. The closed row comes from the season-path projection, which also plays out conference title games and the CFP.

More in this tab

Worth watchingGames average 45 combined points, even games

What it is like to watch them2026 · 6-0

Game feel45even gamescombined pts / game5th highest-scoring of 7 in the Centennial
Heart rate1-0some dramain one-score games (1 of 6)3rd most one-score games of 7 in the Centennial
Margin+18.7comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 7 in the Centennial

Measured from 6 games · ranks are among Centennial teams the same season

Team storyThe story of this team right now, in one line.
The weekly grind·Written June 2026

Ursinus went 25 years without making an NCAA tournament (1999–2024) until Peter Gallagher's patience finally paid off with a 9–1 breakthrough season in his 25th year as head coach.

Title DroughtSince 1999 · 27 yrs

Fans here believe the chip is the drought itself—the program was talented enough to make tournaments but couldn't quite break through for 25 years. 2024 is the proof it belonged all along.

Read the full program story ↓
Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Ursinus went 25 years without making an NCAA tournament (1999–2024) until Peter Gallagher's patience finally paid off with a 9–1 breakthrough season in his 25th year as head coach.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.

Ursinus sits 1st in the Centennial Conference and 16th of 245 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.

Centennial · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Ursinus3-06-068.2
2Dickinson2-14-262.3
3Franklin & Marshall2-15-161.5
4Muhlenberg2-14-259.0
5Johns Hopkins1-22-546.0
6Gettysburg0-32-542.6
7McDaniel0-21-538.6
68.2 CFB Zeitgeist#16 of 245 D346.0 strength of schedule2 quality wins

Win the Centennial 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 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
The 2026 season · 6-0
W 17-14 vs Delaware Valley · Wk 1+3DelawareW 46-10 at Waynesburg · Wk 2+36WaynesbuW 35-19 vs Moravian · Wk 3+16MoravianW 17-7 vs Muhlenberg · Wk 5+10MuhlenbeW 40-14 at McDaniel · Wk 6+26McDanielW 35-14 vs Johns Hopkins · Wk 7+21Johns Ho

Signature win 46-10 over Waynesburg; toughest day 17-14 against Delaware Valley.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

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

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Bears.”
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