The Game
« Third-ranked Johns Hopkins (7-0, 4-0 CC) heads north to Allentown for the second of two straight games in Pennsylvania as the Blue Jays travel to #25/#24 Muhlenberg (6-1, 3-1 CC),
A Look Back
« Johns Hopkins moved to 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the Centennial Conference with a 59-21 win at Gettysburg last Saturday.
« Muhlenberg staged a wild fourth-quarter comeback to top Carnegie Mellon, 27-23, last Saturday at home. The Mules outscored the Tartans 20-0 in the final period to win.
The Facts
« This is the 140th season of Johns Hopkins football. JHU first fielded a team in 1882.
« Johns Hopkins enters this week's game with an all-time record of 615-492-57 (.553).
« Overall, JHU owns 17 Centennial Conference titles (all 17 won since 2002) and has qualified for the NCAA Playoffs 13 times (all 13 since 2005).
Poll Position
« Johns Hopkins is ranked #3 by the AFCA and D3football.com in this week's national polls. The Blue Jays have held the number three spot in the AFCA and D3football.com rankings in each of the nine polls issued thus far in 2025.
« The number three rankings from the AFCA and D3football.com are tied for the highest ever for Johns Hopkins. Dating back to last season's final poll, the Blue Jays have been ranked third by each organization in each of the last 10 sets of national rankings.
« Johns Hopkins is appearing in the AFCA Top-25 for the 151st time in 266 polls since the poll debuted in 1999. Additionally, the Blue Jays are in the D3football.com Top-25 for the 170th time in 280 polls since D3football launched its poll in 2003.
Blue Jays Third NPI Rankings
« Johns Hopkins ranks third in this week's NPI rankings, the index used by the NCAA for selection to the NCAA Playoffs.
« With an NPI rating of 77.03, the Blue Jays sit just behind Mount Union (78.36) and Wartburg (77.5) and slightly ahead of North Central (75.96). A team's NPI rating is affected by not just its results, but the results of its opponents. With that, there are a number of games that affect a team's rating.
« The 40-team field for the 2025 NCAA Playoffs will be announced on Sunday, November 16 with first-round games slated for Saturday, November 22.
« Johns Hopkins topped the NPI rankings for games played through October 18 before sliding into the number three spot this week.
7-0, Again
« Johns Hopkins is 7-0 for the third time in four seasons (2022, 2023, 2025) and the 11th time since 2003.
« Prior to starting the 2003 season with seven consecutive victories, Johns Hopkins hadn't started 7-0 in a season since 1892.
JHU vs. Ranked Opponents All-Time
« This week's game against #25/#24 Muhlenberg will be Johns Hopkins' 42nd against a team ranked in the top 25 by either the AFCA or D3football.com since 1999 (when the AFCA Poll debuted ... the D3football.com Poll debuted in 2003).
« Johns Hopkins is 21-20 all-time against teams ranked in the top 25 at the time of the game, including 10-6 in its last 16 games against ranked opponents.
Ninth-Toughest Schedule To-Date
«  Not including their games against Johns Hopkins, the Blue Jays' seven opponents to-date are currently a combined 29-14 (.674) on the year. That ranks as the ninth-highest opponent winning percentage in the nation through games of October 25.
« The Blue Jays' 10 regular-season opponents are currently a combined 42-22 (.656) (again, not including games played against JHU). That ranks as the ninth-highest overall opponent winning percentage counting all teams on the schedule.
November Reign
« Entering this week's game against Muhlenberg, Johns Hopkins is 49-5 in regular season games played in the month of November this century, including 30-2 since 2010.
« JHU has not lost a regular season home game in the month of November since 2007. The Blue Jays have won 19 consecutive regular season home games in November since a 19-11 loss to F&M in 2007.Â
« In this century, Johns Hopkins is 26-2 in regular season home games in the month of November.
« The Blue Jays are 17-2 in their last 19 regular season road games in the month of November dating back to 2007.
A Centennial Snapshot
« With three games remaining, it's too early to figure out all the scenarios that remain in the race for the Centennial Conference title and the league's automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA Playoffs.
« Here is a quick look at the three teams with one or fewer CC losses and their most direct path to the outright title. There are many other scenarios in play - these are the most direct for each of the three teams.
| Johns Hopkins (7-0, 4-0 CC) |
Wins the title outright with three wins |
| Franklin & Marshall (6-1, 4-0 CC) |
Wins the title outright with three wins |
| Muhlenberg (6-1, 3-1 CC) |
Gets the title outright with three wins and two losses each by Johns Hopkins and Franklin & Marshall |
The winner of this week's Carnegie Mellon-Dickinson game will still have a chance to grab a share of the league title. Neither of those teams can win the title outright.Â
Crotty Rolling
« Junior Cole Crotty continues to lead the Blue Jays in receiving with 48 catches for 912 yards and eight touchdowns after rolling up six receptions for 168 yards and two scores in the 59-21 win at Gettysburg. Â
« He ranks fourth in the nation in receiving yards per game (130.3) and is averaging a 19.0 yards per reception.
« Crotty now ranks ninth in school history in receptions (188), seventh in receiving yards (2,758), tied for eighth in touchdown receptions (22) and tied for second in 100-yard receiving games (11).
Road Warriors
« In their last 34 road games dating back to the start of the 2019 season, the Blue Jays are 29-5. All five losses have come against teams ranked in the top 20 at the time of the game (#6 Muhlenberg-2019 | #22 Muhlenberg-2021 | #4 Mount Union-2021 | #18 Susquehanna-2022 | #3 Mount Union-2024).
« Dating back to the start of the 2013 season, JHU is 58-10 on the road.
It's All Academic
« Since 2011, the Johns Hopkins football team has produced 44 CoSIDA/CSC Academic All-Americans. Only one other Division III program has produced even 30 during that time (Carnegie Mellon (31)) and only two others - MIT (23) and Rose-Hulman (23) - have even produced 20 during that time.
« Among all football-playing schools in the NCAA and NAIA, Johns Hopkins' 44 CoSIDA/CSC Academic All-Americans is also the most since 2011. Only four other programs have produced even 25 in that time.
Random, But Noteworthy
« 15 members of the Johns Hopkins football team posted a perfect 4.0 GPA in the 2025 spring semester. Of those 15, seven are back for the 2025 season.
« The Blue Jays are 44-3 in the regular season since the start of the 2021 season.
« In this decade, Johns Hopkins is 51-6 in the regular season and post-season combined. The 51 wins in that time are tied for third among all Division III programs. Only North Central (63) and Mount Union (59) have more wins than Johns Hopkins in that time. Cortland also has 51 wins since the start of the 2021 season (2020 season canceled due to COVID pandemic).
« Johns Hopkins has produced the Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year in each of the last three years: Michael Nwosu (OL/2022), Cole Crotty (WR/2023) and Brad Paxton (PK/2024).
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