Charleston Southern Buccaneers
OVCNorth Charleston, SCBuccaneer Field
2026: 3–4 (0–2 OVC). Last: lost at Clemson 37–0. Next: at Tennessee State, Saturday, Oct 24, 3:30 p.m. ET.
- L 17–20at Lindenwood
- L 0–31at Georgia Southern
- W 26–20at The Citadel
- W 65–0Point University
- L 10–12Gardner-Webb
- W 49–39South Carolina State
- L 0–37at Clemson
- Oct 24at Tennessee State
- Oct 31Western Illinois
- Nov 7UT Martin
- Nov 14Southeast Missouri State
- Nov 21at Eastern Illinois
Charleston Southern has played football since 1991 and is officially 151–228; 252 of its 379 games are in our file. They have won three Big South Conference titles (the last in 2016), counting shared titles. The most-played rival is Gardner-Webb: 23 meetings, Gardner-Webb leads 13–10. This season, they’re 3–4.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 151–228 official; 115–137 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1276
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 51 · Composite No. 69 in FCS, Oct 17; down 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 3 last in 2016
- Seasons
- 26 since 1996, 252 games
2026 season 3–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | at Lindenwood | L 17–20 | 33% |
| Sep 5 | at Georgia Southern | L 0–31 | 13% |
| Sep 12 | at The Citadel | W 26–20 | 37% |
| Sep 19 | vsPoint University | W 65–0 | 78% |
| Oct 3 | vs Gardner-Webb | L 10–12 | 52% |
| Oct 10 | vs South Carolina State | W 49–39 | 32% |
| Oct 17 | at Clemson | L 0–37 | 12% |
| Oct 24 | at Tennessee State | Preview | 55% |
| Oct 31 | vs Western Illinois | Preview | 63% |
| Nov 7 | vs UT Martin | Preview | 51% |
| Nov 14 | vs Southeast Missouri State | Preview | 53% |
| Nov 21 | at Eastern Illinois | Preview | 53% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
On the 2026 team
- Steve Zayachkowsky55 tackles, 2 sacks (leads Charleston Southern in tackles)
- Hakeem Watters415 rushing yards, 6 TD (leads Charleston Southern in rushing yards)
- Tristan Lennon39 tackles, 1 sack
- Kason Hooks23 tackles, 3 INT (leads Charleston Southern in interceptions)
- Avery Dixon28 tackles, 1 INT
- Josiah Wyatt31 tackles
Program strength since 1996
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Gardner-Webb
10–13 in 23
- 2017 W 10–9
- 2018 W 16–0
- 2019 W 30–27
- 2020 W 20–7
- 2021 W 32–24
- 2022 L 14–28
- 2023 L 10–34
- 2024 L 14–17
- 2025 L 27–30
- 2026 L 10–12
Lost the last five.
- Presbyterian
11–5 in 16
- 2009 W 46–32
- 2010 W 42–39
- 2011 L 14–45
- 2013 W 27–16
- 2014 L 3–7
- 2015 W 10–7
- 2016 W 38–3
- 2017 W 7–0
- 2018 W 41–7
- 2019 W 27–7
Won the last five.
- Coastal Carolina
6–8 in 14
- 2007 L 2–41
- 2008 W 24–0
- 2009 W 30–23
- 2010 L 3–70
- 2011 L 38–45
- 2013 W 31–26
- 2014 L 22–43
- 2015 W 33–25
- 2016 W 59–58
- 2025 L 0–13
Lost the last one.
| Opponent | Games | CHSO record |
|---|---|---|
| Gardner-Webb | 23 | 10–13 |
| Presbyterian | 16 | 11–5 |
| Coastal Carolina | 14 | 6–8 |
| The Citadel | 14 | 7–7 |
| Liberty | 14 | 5–9 |
| North Greenville | 11 | 10–1 |
| VMI | 9 | 6–3 |
| Kennesaw State | 8 | 3–5 |
Every opponent (81)
Every program Charleston Southern has played, A to Z, with Charleston Southern’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alabama 0–1
- Allen 1–0
- App State 1–0
- Bryant 1–1
- Bucknell 1–0
- Campbell 5–1
- Charleston (WV) 1–0
- Charlotte 2–0
- Clemson 0–2
- Coastal Carolina 6–8
- Colorado 0–1
- East Carolina 0–1
- East Tennessee State 1–0
- Eastern Illinois 1–1
- Eastern Kentucky 0–1
- Edward Waters 2–0
- Elon 0–2
- Florida 0–2
- Florida State 0–3
- Furman 1–2
- Gardner-Webb 10–13
- Georgetown 1–0
- Georgia 0–2
- Georgia Southern 0–1
- Hampton 3–0
- Hawai’i 0–2
- Howard 0–2
- Illinois 0–1
- Indiana 0–1
- Jacksonville 2–2
- Jacksonville State 0–1
- James Madison 0–1
- Johnson C. Smith 1–0
- Kennesaw State 3–5
- Kentucky 0–1
- Kentucky State 1–0
- Liberty 5–9
- Lindenwood 1–3
- Mars Hill 1–0
- Miami 0–1
- Miami (OH) 0–1
- Mississippi State 0–1
- Mississippi Valley State 1–0
- Monmouth 3–5
- NC State 0–1
- Newberry 1–0
- Norfolk State 1–1
- North Alabama 1–1
- North Carolina A&T 0–3
- North Dakota State 0–1
- North Greenville 10–1
- Point University 3–0
- Presbyterian 11–5
- Richmond 0–1
- Robert Morris 2–2
- Savannah State 7–1
- Shorter 1–0
- South Carolina 0–1
- South Carolina State 2–0
- South Florida 0–3
- Southeast Missouri State 1–1
- Stony Brook 0–3
- Tennessee State 2–1
- Tennessee Tech 0–2
- The Citadel 7–7
- Troy 0–1
- Tusculum 0–1
- UAB 0–1
- UCF 0–1
- UT Martin 0–3
- Vanderbilt 0–2
- Virginia Lynchburg 1–0
- VMI 6–3
- Wesley College 0–1
- West Virginia State 1–0
- West Virginia Wesleyan 1–0
- Western Carolina 0–2
- Western Illinois 1–1
- William & Mary 0–2
- Wingate 1–1
- Wofford 0–5
Conference titles
3, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1991–2001
- Big South 2002–2022
- Big South-OVC 2023–2024
- OVC-Big South 2025
- OVC since 2026
- 2026Joined the OVC from the OVC-Big South in football, announced June 18, 2026. Source
Charleston Southern’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
The school
Charleston Southern University- Enrollment
- 3,832 3,126 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1964
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $45,898 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1276 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–7 | 4–4 | 1202 | ||||
| 2024 | 1–11 | 0–8 | 1106 | ||||
| 2023 | 4–7 | 2–3 | 1202 | ||||
| 2022 | 2–8 | 2–3 | 1189 | ||||
| 2021 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1293 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–2 | 1321 | |||||
| 2019 | 6–6 | 5–2 | 1312 | ||||
| 2018 | 5–6 | 3–2 | 1300 | ||||
| 2017 | 6–5 | 3–2 | 1376 | ||||
| 2016 | 7–4 | 4–1 | 1478 | ||||
| 2015 | 10–3 | 6–0 | 1484 | ||||
| 2014 | 8–4 | 3–2 | 1386 | ||||
| 2013 | 10–3 | 3–2 | 1291 | ||||
| 2012 | 0–3 | 1108 | |||||
| 2011 | 0–10 | 0–5 | 1072 | ||||
| 2010 | 3–8 | 1–5 | 1171 | ||||
| 2009 | 5–5 | 3–2 | 1341 | ||||
| 2008 | 7–5 | 4–2 | 1346 | ||||
| 2007 | 5–6 | 1–3 | 1243 | ||||
| 2006 | 9–2 | 2–2 | 1344 | ||||
| 2005 | 7–4 | 3–1 | 1298 | ||||
| 2004 | 5–5 | 1–3 | 1190 | ||||
| 2003 | 1–11 | 0–4 | 1063 | ||||
| 2002 | 0–1 | 1271 |
Every season back to 1996 (1 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0–1 | 1269 |
Officially 151–228 since 1991 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 115–137 (252 of its 379 games are on file). Our file starts in 1996; the program began in 1991. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1997–2001: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.