Marietta
5-5 2025 finalMarietta is the OAC competitor placing its faith in new coach Tom Hinkle — the Pioneers went 5-5 in 2025 under Tom Kaufman, then promoted Hinkle in December 2025 to lead the next chapter.
Quiet weeks in Pioneers country.
Marietta is the OAC competitor placing its faith in new coach Tom Hinkle — the Pioneers went 5-5 in 2025 under Tom Kaufman, then promoted Hinkle in December 2025 to lead the next chapter.
Marietta went 8-3 with a 7-2 OAC record in 2024, good for third place, and hired Tom Kaufman as head coach for 2025. The Pioneers went 5-5 in 2025 (3-5 OAC). Kaufman then departed December 2025 to take the head coaching job at St.…
Offseason
69 days
until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC
The 2026 Outlook
Marietta sits 7th in the Ohio Conference and 111th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| 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 44-14 over Wilmington (OH); toughest day 0-38 against Baldwin Wallace.
The Pulse on Marietta
What moved it — offseason · last 30 days
Aspiration Ladder
Brief Part III §33.4 · Marietta
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.
Marietta · 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 · Marietta · 2018-present
Strong
70% home win rate vs 65% on the road. margin runs +10.7 better at home.
Act IIILast Season Reviewed
2025 season · tap to expand
Recent Form · last 10 games
Cooling
Two of five. Schedule has caught up.
Schedule Strength · Marietta · 2025
Balanced
Average opponent win rate 53% across 10 finalized games. Balanced slate across the conference slate.
Moment of the Year · Marietta · 2025
Won 47-31 vs Otterbein
Week 3 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.
From the Archive — Marietta
2024: Won 47-7 vs Baldwin Wallace
In 2024, the program won 47-7 vs Baldwin Wallace — a blowout home result that left the 40-point margin on the books.
Go Pioneers.