Aug 28, 2025
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| Eastern's trajectory headed into the program's third season has the Eagles flying on people's radar. Eastern athletics photo |
We've covered playoff picks, national champs, players of the year, conference winners and more, and now our panel has a handful of other thoughts about the season.
Everything else ... |
What will be the most surprising upset of the 2025 season? |
Patrick | Greg |
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| Grinnell over Ripon | Eastern over Delaware Valley | |
| Keith | Logan | Riley |
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| Eastern over King's | Christopher Newport over Susquehanna | Washington and Lee over Salisbury |
| Carlo | Kobe | |
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| Aurora over UW-Platteville | Marietta over Mount Union |
Which non-conference game are you most anticipating? |
Patrick | Greg |
| Secretaries' Cup, Merchant Marine vs. Coast Guard | Johns Hopkins at Susquehanna | |
| Keith | Logan | Riley |
| Wheaton at Mount Union | Wheaton at Mount Union | Johns Hopkins at Susquehanna |
| Carlo | Kobe | |
| Alma at UW-River Falls | Mount Union at Grove City |
Which conference game are you most anticipating? |
Patrick | Greg |
| Wheaton at North Central | Wheaton at North Central | |
| Keith | Logan | Riley |
| UMHB vs. Hardin-Simmons | UW-La Crosse at UW-Whitewater | John Carroll at DePauw |
| Carlo | Kobe | |
| Washington & Jefferson at Grove City | Hardin-Simmons vs. UMHB |
Can you give us a prediction you won't see anywhere else, but might come true? |
Patrick | Greg |
| Cortland's conference streak ends, but UW-Stevens Point's does not. | The MIAA will place two teams into the Round of 16. | |
| Keith | Logan | Riley |
| Trinity wins the NESCAC and SAA, but one year too soon to have a Trinity-Trinity playoff faceoff. Maybe we get Wittenberg-Whitworth or Mount St. Joseph-Mount Union though. | Multiple teams from Region 3 will make the quarterfinals in 2025. | The 12 teams awarded at-large bids will collectively post a winning record in the 2025 playoffs. |
| Carlo | Kobe | |
| Geneva goes 7-3 and makes a bowl game to send coach Geno DeMarco out in style. | Marietta will take down Mount Union this year, but Mount Union still goes to the national title game. |
Up next: 20 questions about the 2025 Division III football season