Tusculum Pioneers

South AtlanticGreeneville, TNPioneer Field (TN)

2026: 4–⁠4 (3–⁠3 South Atlantic). Last: beat UVA Wise 24–⁠17 at home. Next: at Newberry, Saturday, Oct 31, 6 p.m. ET.

  1. W 42–⁠7Bluefield State
  2. L 14–⁠48at East Tennessee State
  3. W 28–⁠26at Emory & Henry
  4. L 7–⁠14Anderson (SC)
  5. W 27–⁠22Catawba
  6. L 40–⁠42at Mars Hill
  7. L 14–⁠31at Wingate
  8. W 24–⁠17UVA Wise
  9. Oct 31at Newberry
  10. Nov 7at Lenoir Rhyne
  11. Nov 14Carson Newman

Tusculum has played football since at least 1915 and is 32–⁠44 in the 76 games on record. This season, they’re 4–⁠4.

Résumé

Record on file
32–⁠44 .421; 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
1064
Best season by Elo
2020 rated 1267
Seasons
16 since 1915, 76 games

2026 season 4–⁠4

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Tusculum’s Elo through 2026: 1015 going into the opener, 1064 after the latest game.1000102510501075Elo 1015 going in; beat Bluefield State 42–7Elo 1044 going in; lost to East Tennessee State 48–14Elo 1035 going in; beat Emory & Henry 28–26Elo 1056 going in; lost to Anderson (SC) 14–7Elo 1038 going in; beat Catawba 27–22Elo 1063 going in; lost to Mars Hill 42–40Elo 1059 going in; lost to Wingate 31–14Elo 1050 going in; beat UVA Wise 24–17Now: Elo 1064 after the latest game1064
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

On the 2026 team

Program strength since 1915

Best seasons ever
Tusculum end-of-season Elo from 1915 to 2026, best in 2020 at 1267.13001500170019001920194019601980200020202020 peak: Elo 1267
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesTUSC record
Mars Hill72–⁠5
Lenoir Rhyne61–⁠5
UVA Wise64–⁠2
Catawba63–⁠3
Wingate51–⁠4
Carson Newman53–⁠2
Emory & Henry52–⁠3
Every opponent (27)

Every program Tusculum has played, A to Z, with Tusculum’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
1 since 2004
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠43–⁠31064
20251–⁠90–⁠9948
20241–⁠91–⁠81007
20236–⁠56–⁠31207
20228–⁠36–⁠31236
20215–⁠63–⁠51203
20204–⁠11267
20180–⁠11183
20110–⁠11219
20101–⁠01247
20080–⁠11212
20032–⁠01254
19200–⁠11180
1919few games on file0–⁠11185
1916few games on file0–⁠11191
1915few games on file0–⁠11196

No season on file for 1917–⁠18, 1921–⁠2002, 2004–⁠07, 2009, 2012–⁠17, 2019: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 16 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

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.