The Game: Johns Hopkins (8-1, 7-1 Centennial) closes the regular season by welcoming McDaniel (3-6, 2-6 CC) to Homewood Field.

A Look Back:  Johns Hopkins made it seven straight in the win column as the Blue Jays went on the road to beat Juniata, 56-0, in the final road game of the regular season.

Poll Position:  Johns Hopkins is 16th in this week's AFCA Division III Poll.  Dating back to the start of the 2012 season, Johns Hopkins has now appeared in the top 25 of the AFCA Poll 76 times in 78 weeks.

In addition to the #18 ranking from the AFCA, Johns Hopkins is also ranked 16th in this week's D3football.com Poll.  Dating back to the start of the 2012 season, the Blue Jays have now appeared in the top 25 of the D3football.com poll 81 times in 89 weeks.

Johns Hopkins is also ranked third in the official NCAA South Region rankings this week.

Honoring Our Seniors:  This week's game against McDaniel will be the final regular season home game in the careers of the seniors on the 2018 Johns Hopkins football team. This year's senior class will go down as one of the most accomplished in program history. Below is a look at some of their collective team achievements since arriving in 2015:

• JHU has won three Centennial Conference titles and appeared in the NCAA Playoffs in each of their first three seasons.

• The Blue Jays have compiled a record of 39-5 since the current seniors arrived. The 39 wins are the fifth-most in school history by one class.

• Johns Hopkins has posted a 37-2 regular season record since the start of the 2015 season.

•  The Blue Jays have not lost a regular season home game during their career.

Seven in a Row:  Johns Hopkins ran its winning streak to seven games with last week's 56-0 win at Juniata.  This marks the ninth time since Jim Margraff took over as the head coach at Johns Hopkins (1990) that the Blue Jays have won seven games or more in a row.  Prior to Margraff's arrival, Johns Hopkins had a total of three, seven-game winning streaks in its history (1882-1989) with the last having occurred in 1959-60.

After the Bye:  Last week's game at Juniata was the third for the Blue Jays after the bye week.  Since 2011, Johns Hopkins is now 36-1 in regular season games played after its bye week.

November Reign:  Johns Hopkins enters this week's game against McDaniel having won 14 consecutive regular season games in the month of November dating back to 2012.

More November: Johns Hopkins is 19-1 in its last 20 regular season home games in the month of November. Since the start of the 2001 season, JHU's only loss at home in the regular season in November came in 2007, when F&M took a 19-11 decision.

The Race for the Boot:  The race for the Centennial Conference championship and possession of the championship "boot" enters the final week of the regular season with two teams, Johns Hopkins and Muhlenberg, in contention for at least a share of the title.  Below is a look at how things set up for both teams entering this week's games. 

Johns Hopkins (hosts McDaniel) - The Blue Jays earn at least a share of the title and will claim the Centennial's automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs with a win.

Muhlenberg (at Moravian) - The Mules earn at least a share of the title with a win.  Muhlenberg grabs the Centennial's automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs with a win and a loss by Johns Hopkins.

What's Next:  The recipient of the Centennial Conference's automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA Playoffs will learn its draw when the bracket for the 2018 tournament is announced on Sunday, November 11 (5:30 pm on ncaa.com).

Six in 132, Seven in 20:  In the first 132 seasons of Johns Hopkins football, the Blue Jays had six games of 600+ yards of total offense.  In the last 20 games, the Blue Jays have topped the 600-yard mark seven times.

Record-Breaking:  Johns Hopkins rolled up 692 yards of total offense in the 56-0 win at Juniata.  That ranks as the second-highest single-game total in school history and the Blue Jays' school-record-breaking fourth 600-yard game of the season (665 vs. Ursinus, 680 @ Moravian, 606 vs. Randolph-Macon).  The previous school record for 600-yard games was three in 2017.

Third-Best Passing Day:  Junior David Tammaro (305 yards) and sophomore Nick Leongas (190) combined to throw for 495 yards in the win at Juniata.  The 495-yard passing total ranks third in school history - surpassed only by a 545-yard effort at Gettysburg in 2011 and a 527-yard showing against Georgetown in 1991.

It's Been a While - Part I:  The shutout for the Blue Jays in last week's 56-0 win at Juniata was the first road shutout for Johns Hopkins since October 13, 2012, when JHU topped Dickinson, 49-0.

It's Been a While - Part II:  The 56-0 win at Juniata was JHU's largest shutout victory since September 19, 1997, when the Blue Jays topped Swarthmore 73-0.

Seven or Less Under Rehring:  Since Mickey Rehring took over as the Blue Jay defensive coordinator in 2013, Johns Hopkins has held the opposition to seven points or less 15 times - including the three-point performance by Moravian on September 15, the six-point effort by Ursinus a week later and the shutout last week against Juniata.

At Home at Homewood:  Johns Hopkins has parlayed its home field advantage into victories in recent years.  In fact, the Blue Jays are 47-5 (.904) in the home blacks since the start of the 2010 season.

More Homewood:  Including the 27-16 win against Muhlenberg, Johns Hopkins has now won 42 straight regular season home games.  The Blue Jays last dropped a home game in the regular season on October 2, 2010 when Muhlenberg topped JHU, 30-27.

Number Four:  Johns Hopkins boasts a 60-7 record since the start of the 2013 season.  The Blue Jays' .896 winning percentage over that time ranks fourth among Division III teams.  In order, the top five teams in the nation in winning percentage since the start of the 2013 season (with records included):

1. Mount Union (79-4) .952
2. Mary Hardin-Baylor (73-5) .936
3. Wisconsin-Whitewater (69-6) .920
4. Johns Hopkins (60-7) .896
5. St. Thomas (MN) (61-10) .859

On a Roll:  Johns Hopkins is 80-3 in its last 83 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season and 84-10 in its last 94 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success:  Since the start of the 2002 season, the Blue Jays sport a 151-38 (.799) record.  Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 157-41 (.793) since the start of the 2001 season and 162-46 (.779) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

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