Wooster · Next-Season Outcome BandWooster 64, Ohio State 0 (1890)
The Fighting Scots routed the Buckeyes in OSU's first-ever home game
Wooster5-5Hope-Doping·Offseason
The Fighting Scots of Wooster, an Ohio liberal-arts college playing since 1889 and a charter North Coast Conference member — the team that beat Ohio State 64-0 in the Buckeyes' first-ever home game.
Standard GapA selective, history-rich small college whose football identity runs on…
Wooster once beat Ohio State 64-0 and helped found its conference, and the football world treats a small Ohio college like it never had a moment worth remembering.
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The Fighting Scots hold the line.
Wooster · Next-Season Outcome Band
Floor / Base / Ceiling
Floor 3-9
Base 5-7
Ceiling 8-4
floor3-9Rebuild year. Below .500.
base5-7Mid-table finish.
ceiling8-4Conference 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
Cooling
Two of five. Schedule has caught up.
Streak L1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 5-5
The forecast
Opens Sep 3
vs Wilmington (OH) · at home
Game Week
9 days
until kickoff · vs Wilmington (OH) · Thu Sep 3 · 23:00 UTC
The experience
The Fighting Scots of Wooster, an Ohio liberal-arts college playing since 1889 and a charter North Coast Conference member — the team that beat Ohio State 64-0 in the Buckeyes' first-ever home game.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL
Wooster sits 4th in the North Coast Conference and 123rd of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
North Coast · 2025
| 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 |
49.9 CFB Zeitgeist#123 of 240 D350.4 strength of schedule
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.
Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
THE 2025 SEASON · 5-5
Signature win 49-6 over Kenyon; toughest day 7-66 against John Carroll.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Wooster
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The Fighting Scots hold the line.
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
Camp
Fall camp open — install + scrimmage cycle
ongoing
"Go Fighting Scots."
— Wooster fanbase · recurring line
10 mentions · awaiting signal
Player stats — 2025 season
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
Wooster · 2025 schedule & results5-5Soft slateAverage opponent win rate 44%.
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 6 | — | — | — | @Wilmington (OH) | L 35–59 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #567 | #613 | — | Saint Vincent | W 28–14 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #576 | #469 | — | Wabash | L 7–34 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #586 | #652 | — | @Oberlin | W 38–0 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #574 | #479 | — | Wittenberg | W 14–12 | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #566 | #507 | — | Denison | L 7–28 | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #583 | #569 | — | @Ohio Wesleyan | W 24–20 | 4-3 | 3-2 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #578 | #454 | — | @John Carroll | L 7–66 | 4-4 | 3-2 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #583 | #608 | — | Kenyon | W 49–6 | 5-4 | 4-2 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #570 | #448 | — | @Depauw | L 0–59 | 5-5 | 4-3 |
Home-Field Advantage · Wooster · 2018-present
Strong
50% home win rate vs 40% on the road. margin runs +9.5 better at home. John P. Papp Stadium seats 4,500.
Home10-10Away8-12
Venue texture
68°F average kickoff temp; 5% of games had measurable precipitation; 8 mph average wind.
Based on 20 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
18-27-1
since 1907 · 10 seasons · .391 win rate
HOME
10-10-1
AWAY
8-17
NEUTRAL
0-0
1900s
1920s
1930s
1940s
2020s
Program memory
What this program never forgets
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
Moment of the Year · Wooster · 2025
Moment of the Year · Wooster · 2025Won 28-14 vs Saint Vincent
Week 3 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.
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