Posted by Cocomelon on 3/24/2025 3:05:00 PM (view original):
McMurry vs Springfield for the belt tonight/tomorrow in Dobie. One school will be removed from the list.

McMurry 24, Springfield 17
Hate to toot my own horn, but first national championship for McMurry in any world. So, they come off the list. McMurry was ranked 228th of 228 in Dobie D3 when I took over.
This was a super fun GD project. I am thinking I will take on another school that has never won a championship and see if I can do it again.

Posted by tribewriter on 3/25/2025 9:39:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Cocomelon on 3/24/2025 3:05:00 PM (view original):
McMurry vs Springfield for the belt tonight/tomorrow in Dobie. One school will be removed from the list.

McMurry 24, Springfield 17
Hate to toot my own horn, but first national championship for McMurry in any world. So, they come off the list. McMurry was ranked 228th of 228 in Dobie D3 when I took over.
This was a super fun GD project. I am thinking I will take on another school that has never won a championship and see if I can do it again.

Great job tribewriter and good game! I'm returning a massive amount of seniors, so hopefully I can knock Springfield off the list next season.

Posted by Cocomelon on 3/29/2025 12:11:00 AM (view original):

Posted by tribewriter on 3/25/2025 9:39:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Cocomelon on 3/24/2025 3:05:00 PM (view original):
McMurry vs Springfield for the belt tonight/tomorrow in Dobie. One school will be removed from the list.

McMurry 24, Springfield 17
Hate to toot my own horn, but first national championship for McMurry in any world. So, they come off the list. McMurry was ranked 228th of 228 in Dobie D3 when I took over.
This was a super fun GD project. I am thinking I will take on another school that has never won a championship and see if I can do it again.

Great job tribewriter and good game! I'm returning a massive amount of seniors, so hopefully I can knock Springfield off the list next season.

Yes, great game. If you win it all next season with Springfield, that would be very cool.

Audited today (6/10/25) and no new champions outside of McMurry. Several on the verge of winning it all.

Just saw another school come off the list! Mount Ida took home the D3 Bryant championship today with a win over Ferrum. tbook led Mount Ida to its first national championship in any world in his 29th season there, which shows you patience pays off in a dynasty game! Congrats!

Please remove Elmhurst from the list! Took home the title in Wilk today.

Posted by GlennQuagmir on 12/30/2025 2:44:00 PM (view original):
Please remove Elmhurst from the list! Took home the title in Wilk today.

Done. Congratulations!

Carthage is now a National Champion in Leahy.

Cocomelon, I just KNEW one of your teams was going to break through. Way to go!

Posted by tribewriter on 1/5/2026 10:00:00 PM (view original):
Last Updated: 6/10/25
Division 1-A
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Akron
Alabama Birmingham
Arkansas State
Ball State
Boise State
Eastern Michigan
Fresno State
Georgia Tech
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa State
Kent State
Louisiana Tech
Marshall
Miami (OH)
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
New Mexico State
NC State
Ohio
Oklahoma State
San Jose State
Southern Mississippi
Toledo
Troy State
Tulane
Utah
Utah State
Wyoming

Division 1-AA
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None

Division 2
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Augustana
Chadron State
Minnesota State-Moorhead
Ouachita Baptist
St. Cloud State
West Alabama

Division 3
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Colby
Dubuque
Franklin
Hanover
Hartwick
Hobart
Husson
Kean
Macalester
Mass. Maritime
Norwich
Pacific Lutheran
Principia
Puget Sound
Springfield
St. John Fisher
UMass-Dartmouth
Wesley
Westminster (Pa.)

Ironic you mentioned or I've come across this post. Currently I'm trying the impossible and Win a Natty with Navy in Bryant. No way on WIS earth this is achievable on a short-term basis. Just getting past the first round of playoffs pointless. Your team is fodder for top 10 teams. Recruiting is a whole level of brutality, getting top tier talent against contenders-eats your budget, time, energy, and learned to be more strategic resourceful. I've been at for almost two years. The hardest part is conference, Power 5 against G4...anyways I do enjoy the challenge. There're times I want to jump ship for a better conference and team, but that would be like everyone else. I believe the art and patience to actually build a contender from ground up is over, for the most part.

Here is some more irony for you:

I coached Navy in Bryant to back-to-back appearances in the national championship game in Seasons 100 and 101. That was before the playoffs, when your goal was to make the top bowl game. Navy lost both times. You can verify in stats>National Champions. I was pretty convinced at that point that Navy was never going to win a championship as long as the "elite" advantages were in place, so I moved on.

There are some non-elites that are better opportunities than others. Non-elites have won 69 championships in Bryant, for instance. So it can be done, but, boy, is it hard. When you do win it all, especially if you beat an "elite," it's very satisfying.

* Addendum: Navy has won two national championships: Stagg Season 26 (brendaniol) and Leahy Season 104 (slid64er).

Totally agree brother, and thanks for the information and bit of back story. I haven’t given up yet, maybe another season or two and try to make it past the 1st round. I live the Bryant world, it’s extremely challenging and some of the old coaches will NOT relinquish their power…lol