I think Chapman is a very attractive football situation and will certainly conduct a nationwide search where they will have several quality candidates. The school is huge compared to the rest of the conference. The OC location is prime in terms of kids with money, quality of life, and football recruiting base. They are good academically but have always had some wiggle room with football players. Best SCIAC job and it's not really close.
No SCIAC teams recieving even a single vote in the D3 Preseason Top 25. Really a bummer the trajectory the conference has been on for the last 5 years. It felt like in 2019 the SCIAC was prime to break out and become nationally relevant. Chapman had their best ever D3 team, hosted two playoff games and beat Linfield. Redlands beat Linfield that year and made the playoffs as an at-large. Chapman led St Johns 3-0 at the end of the 1st quarter in the 2nd round. Since then:
Oxy killed the program for good
2020 season totally scrapped
Maynard cancelled
Whittier killed for a few years and revived
CLU has been nowhere to be found
Conference has largely been dominated by CMS and Pomona and has not been a factor nationally at all
Maybe APU and Whittier picking up will be the jumpstart we need!!
No SCIAC teams recieving even a single vote in the D3 Preseason Top 25. Really a bummer the trajectory the conference has been on for the last 5 years. It felt like in 2019 the SCIAC was prime to break out and become nationally relevant. Chapman had their best ever D3 team, hosted two playoff games and beat Linfield. Redlands beat Linfield that year and made the playoffs as an at-large. Chapman led St Johns 3-0 at the end of the 1st quarter in the 2nd round. Since then:
Oxy killed the program for good
2020 season totally scrapped
Maynard cancelled
Whittier killed for a few years and revived
CLU has been nowhere to be found
Conference has largely been dominated by CMS and Pomona and has not been a factor nationally at all
Maybe APU and Whittier picking up will be the jumpstart we need!!