Denison Big Red D3 College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Denison

Big Red

Outstanding

B+ Overall Grade 88

Balanced Beast

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

Consistency King

Dark Horse

Next Up:
vs Hope, Sat Sep 5

Preseason Performance Rankings: D3 (National)

Denison Big Red has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	4-6	40.0%	—
2008-09	6-4	60.0%	—
2009-10	3-7	30.0%	—
2010-11	4-6	40.0%	#175
2011-12	5-5	50.0%	#164
2012-13	4-6	40.0%	#158
2013-14	7-3	70.0%	#93
2014-15	6-4	60.0%	#106
2015-16	7-3	70.0%	#75
2016-17	8-2	80.0%	#37
2017-18	7-3	70.0%	#51
2018-19	8-3	72.7%	#51
2019-20	8-2	80.0%	#69
2020-21	2-0	100.0%	#26
2021-22	6-4	60.0%	#100
2022-23	8-2	80.0%	#86
2023-24	7-3	70.0%	#80
2024-25	6-4	60.0%	#110
2025-26	6-4	60.0%	#61

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
111	John Carroll	12	2	2
166	DePauw	10	2	2
235	Wabash	9	2	4
367	Denison	6	4	1
471	Wittenberg	4	6	1
486	Wooster	5	5	1
563	Ohio Wesleyan	3	7	1
668	Kenyon	1	9	1
719	Oberlin	0	10	3

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Sep 6	at Allegheny (4-6) Presidents	W35-24
Sat Sep 13	at #23 Alma (8-3) (#191 nationally) MIAA	L27-53
Sat Sep 27	at Wabash (9-2) NCAC	L0-36
Sat Oct 4	vs Ohio Wesleyan (3-7) NCAC	W35-20
Sat Oct 11	at Wooster (5-5) NCAC	W28-7
Sat Oct 18	at Wittenberg (4-6) NCAC	W43-40
Sat Oct 25	vs #15 DePauw (10-2) (#166 nationally) NCAC	L28-35
Sat Nov 1	vs Oberlin (0-10) NCAC	W62-9
Sat Nov 8	at Kenyon (1-9) NCAC	W33-18
Sat Nov 15	vs #8 John Carroll (12-2) (#111 nationally) NCAC	L21-48

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	476	0	0
1	Sep 2	475	0	0	1
2	Sep 7	431	1	0	44
3	Sep 14	485	1	1	54
4	Sep 21	491	1	1	6
5	Sep 28	531	1	2	40
6	Oct 5	454	2	2	77
7	Oct 12	407	3	2	47
8	Oct 19	362	4	2	45
9	Oct 26	388	4	3	26
10	Nov 2	394	5	3	6
11	Nov 9	404	6	3	10
12	Nov 16	428	6	4	24
13	Nov 23	409	6	4	19
14	Nov 30	368	6	4	41
15	Dec 7	365	6	4	3
16	Dec 14	353	6	4	12
17	Dec 21	361	6	4	8
18	Dec 28	362	6	4	1
19	Jan 4	362	6	4
20	Jan 10	366	6	4	4
21	Jan 20	367	6	4	1

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