Baldwin Wallace
8-2 2025 finalBaldwin Wallace is the OAC power trying to dethrone Mount Union — a Yellow Jackets program that finished third last season and is hungry for the championship that keeps slipping away.
Quiet weeks in Yellow Jackets country.
Baldwin Wallace is the OAC power trying to dethrone Mount Union — a Yellow Jackets program that finished third last season and is hungry for the championship that keeps slipping away.
Baldwin Wallace finished 8-2 in 2025 with a 6-2 OAC record, good for second place and a second-straight strong season. Returning quarterback Charlie Bubonics and running backs George Linberger and Tyrone Singleton are the core of…
Offseason
69 days
until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC
The 2026 Outlook
Baldwin Wallace sits 4th in the Ohio Conference and 38th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Carroll University | 1-0 | 12-2 | 74.2 |
| 2 | University of Mount Union | 8-1 | 11-1 | 74.0 |
| 3 | Ohio Northern | 7-1 | 8-3 | 60.5 |
| 4 | Baldwin Wallace | 6-2 | 8-2 | 62.2 |
| 5 | Heidelberg | 5-3 | 6-4 | 54.2 |
| 6 | Muskingum University | 4-4 | 4-6 | 47.7 |
| 7 | Marietta | 3-5 | 5-5 | 51.8 |
| 8 | Wilmington (OH) | 1-7 | 3-7 | 43.2 |
Win the Ohio 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 63-21 over Wilmington (OH); toughest day 23-42 against University of Mount Union.
The Pulse on Baldwin Wallace
What moved it — offseason · last 30 days
Aspiration Ladder
Brief Part III §33.4 · Baldwin Wallace
The baseline for a successful season.
The primary goal and national bracket path.
One of 32 national tournament entries.
The Division III national championship game.
Baldwin Wallace · Next-Season Outcome Band
Floor / Base / Ceiling
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Who We Are
Home-Field Advantage · Baldwin Wallace · 2018-present
Average
70% home win rate vs 70% on the road. margin runs -0.2 weaker at home.
Act IIILast Season Reviewed
2025 season · tap to expand
Recent Form · last 10 games
Warming
Four of five. The board favors this trend.
Schedule Strength · Baldwin Wallace · 2025
Balanced
Average opponent win rate 45% across 10 finalized games. Balanced slate across the conference slate.
Moment of the Year · Baldwin Wallace · 2025
Won 31-13 at Wittenberg
Week 2 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.
From the Archive — Baldwin Wallace
2024: Lost 7-47 at Marietta
In 2024, the program lost 7-47 at Marietta — a stinging road result, 40 points either way.
Go Yellow Jackets.