The Game
« Third-ranked Johns Hopkins (4-0, 1-0) welcomes #15/#17 Carnegie Mellon (3-1, 1-0 CC) to Homewood Field for the second of three straight home games for the Blue Jays.
A Look Back
« Johns Hopkins opened Centennial Conference play last Friday night at home with a dominating 55-10 victory against Dickinson.
« Carnegie Mellon, which is in its first season competing in the Centennial Conference as an associate member for football only, played its first-ever CC game and eased past McDaniel, 56-7.
Poll Position
« Johns Hopkins is ranked #3 by the AFCA and D3football.com in his week's national polls. The Blue Jays have held the number three spot in the AFCA and D3football.com rankings in each of the six 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 its last seven sets of national rankings.
« Johns Hopkins is appearing in the AFCA Top-25 for the 148th time in 263 polls since the poll debuted in 1999. Additionally, the Blue Jays are in the D3football.com Top-25 for the 167th time in 277 polls since D3football launched its poll in 2003.
« Carnegie Mellon brings a pair of top-20 rankings to Baltimore as the Tartans are ranked 15th in this week's AFCA Poll and 17th in the D3football.com Poll.
Another Ranked Opponent
« Johns Hopkins will play its third ranked opponent of the 2025 season this week as Carnegie Mellon comes to Homewood Field carrying national rankings of 15th (AFCA) and 17th (D3football.com).
« Dating back to last season, this week's game will be the sixth in nine games for JHU against teams ranked in the top 25 at the time of the game (Grove City, DePauw, Mount Union, John Carroll, Susquehanna, Carnegie Mellon) and two of the other three games came against Mary Hardin-Baylor and Ithaca, which were receiving votes in the AFCA and D3football.com polls at the time of the game.Â
JHU vs. Ranked Opponents All-Time
« This week's game against #15/#17 Carnegie Mellon will be Johns Hopkins' 41st 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 20-20 all-time against teams ranked in the top 25 at the time of the game, including 9-6 in its last 15 games against ranked opponents.
« Since COVID canceled the 2020 season, the Blue Jays have played 54 games; 15 of those 54 have come against teams ranked in the top 25 at the time of the game - JHU is 9-6 in those 15 games.
Second-Toughest Schedule To-Date
«  Not including their games against Johns Hopkins, the Blue Jays' four opponents to-date are currently a combined 12-2 (.857) on the year. That ranks as the second-highest opponent winning percentage in the nation through games of October 4.
Oktoberfest
«  The calendar flipped to October with last week's game against Dickinson and the month has been good to the Blue Jays of late.
« Including the 55-10 win against the Red Devils, the Blue Jays have won 46 of their last 49 games in the month of October dating back to 2010.
« The Blue Jays had been just 10-8 in their previous 18 games in the month of October before jump-starting the current 49-game run with a 49-24 win at Susquehanna (10-23-2010).
« During their October run dating back to 2010, the Jays have lost just once at home.
Under Pressure
« Johns Hopkins amassed five sacks in the 55-10 win against Dickinson to bump its total to 19 through four games.
« The Blue Jays are currently tied for first in the nation in sacks per game (4.75) and their 19 are tied for the most among teams that have played four games.
« The 19 sacks for Johns Hopkins in the first four games of the season are the most for the Blue Jays in a four-game span since early in the 2023 season, when they totaled 19 in wins against Rowan (6), Gettysburg (5), F&M (4) and Ursinus (4).
« Ten different players have been credited with at least half a sack for the Blue Jay thus far with Kellen Gibson leading the way with 4.0; Will Seibert (3.0) and Sawyer Olson (3.0) are among four other players with at least 2.0.
Game-by-Game Defensive Notes of Interest
Ithaca (W/42-14)
• Held the Bombers to 282 yards of total offense, including just 88 on the ground, and the Bombers didn't score until 2:13 remained in the third quarter. Totaled five sacks and forced three Ithaca turnovers (2 interceptions, one fumble) that the Blue Jay offense turned into 14 points.Â
John Carroll (W/27-13)
• Held the Blue Streaks to 13 points and -8 yards rushing while generating four sacks and causing one turnover. The 13 points are 18 less than JCU has scored in any other game this season.
Susquehanna (W/40-22)
• The Blue Jays allowed a touchdown on SU's opening drive of the game, then held the River Hawks off the scoreboard until less than seven minutes remained in the fourth quarter.
Dickinson (W/55-10)
• Held the Red Devils more than 35 points and nearly 300 yards below their season averages entering the game. Totaled five sacks for the third time this season.
A Game of Runs
« Johns Hopkins has used some decisive runs during its 4-0 start to the 2025 season. Below is a look at the game-deciding runs the Blue Jays have had this season:
| Ithaca (W/42-12) |
Scored first 35 points of the game |
| John Carroll (W/27-13) |
21-0 run that bridged the first and second quarters |
| Susquehanna (W/40-22) |
Outscored SU 30-0 in the second and third quarters combined |
| Dickinson (W/55-10) |
Led 42-0 at the half |
Among the Leaders
« Senior Geoff Schroeder added three more rushing touchdowns (5, 17, 4) to his 2025 resume last Friday night to boost his season rushing touchdown total to nine.
« Schroeder is currently tied for third nationally in rushing touchdowns and he became the 16th player in program history to reach 20 career rushing touchdowns with his three against Dickinson.
Crotty Rolling
« Junior Cole Crotty rang up nine receptions for a career-high 186 yards and two touchdowns last week against Dickinson to bump his season totals to 29 receptions for 501 yards and four touchdowns. Â
« He ranks 10th nationally in receiving yards per game (125.3) and his 17.3 yards per reception ranks eighth among players with 25 or more receptions.
« Crotty now ranks 11th in school history in receptions (169), 10th in receiving yards (2,347) and 13th in touchdown receptions.
« With three straight 100-yard games to his credit, he is one shy of tying the Johns Hopkins record for consecutive 100-yard receiving games (Quinn Revere (2021) / Bill Stromberg (final two games in 1980, first two in 1981).
Head Coach Dan Wodicka
« Dan Wodicka is now in his second season as the head coach at Johns Hopkins. He led the Blue Jays to a 12-2 record, the Centennial Conference title and a run to the NCAA Semifinals in his first season in 2024.
« A 2014 Johns Hopkins graduate, Wodicka spent the previous five years (2019-23) on the Blue Jay staff, including the final two of those years as the defensive coordinator.
« Wodicka launched his coaching career with a two-year stint as the Johns Hopkins' wide receivers coach (2014-15) and made stops at Northern Michigan (2016) and Williams (2017-18) before returning to Homewood in 2019 as the special teams coordinator and defensive line coach.
« During 12 seasons with the program (four as a player, six as an assistant coach and two as the head coach), Wodicka has helped Johns Hopkins to a record of 116-18 (.866), nine Centennial Conference titles and eight trips to the NCAA Playoffs.
« Wodicka graduated as Johns Hopkins' career leader in receptions with 260, which went for 3,148 yards and 16 touchdowns. He remains second in school history in receptions and is also second in receiving yards.
« Wodicka took over for Greg Chimera, who left Johns Hopkins after the 2023 season to become the offensive coordinator at Penn.
« Wodicka's ties to Johns Hopkins go beyond the football field. His father, George, is a 1982 Johns Hopkins graduate and was a classmate of Jim Margraff. In addition, Dan's sister, Maggie, played on the Blue Jay women's basketball team and graduated in 2020.
At Home at Homewood
« Including the win against Dickinson, the Blue Jays have enjoyed a dominant recent run at Homewood Field.
« Since the start of the 2014 season, the Blue Jays are 58-6 (.906) at Homewood Field; they are 74-9 (.892) at Homewood since 2010.
« JHU won a school-record 19 consecutive games at home from midway through the 2019 season until the 2023 NCAA Quarterfinal.
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