2026 quick facts
2025 record: 8-2 overall
2025 American Rivers Conference finish: third (6-2)
Starters returning: 6 offense, 3 defense, 6 specialty
Starters lost: 5 offense, 8 defense, 2 specialty
Letterwinners lost/returning: 40/43
Returning all-conference players: 2 (first team, Cam Schulte, WR; second team, Jase Grunder, RB)
2026 captains:
Conference championships: 32 (20 in past 42 years)
Undefeated regular seasons: 17
NCAA Division III national championships: 1 (1974)
NCAA Division III playoff berths: 22 (ranks fourth among Division III schools, 20 in past 36 years)
Last NCAA Division III playoff appearance: 2021 (L, quarterfinals)
All-time NCAA playoff record: 24-21
Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl appearances: 3 (first, 1974; second, 1984, 1988)
All-Americans: 46
All-time W-L record: 674-337-26 (.650)
Central’s record at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (opened in 1977): 213-50 (.810)
