2030 · POWER 161 WOO 2-02 MTU 2-03 BW 1-04 ONU 2-05 DEP 2-06 WIT 2-17 MAL 2-08 MAR 1-19 WAB 1-110 WAL 1-111 CWR 0-112 JCU 0-213 OTT 0-114 HEI 2-015 MUS 0-216 CMU 0-2WEEK 3
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2030 · The Power 16

From picked-last to national top-15: Wooster is the class of the MRC

Five years ago the Fighting Scots opened as a half-star afterthought tabbed to finish 16th. They are now an 85-overall wrecking crew, ranked #11 in the country, and the team the rest of the league is chasing.

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The first CFBN Power 16, back in 2026, put Wooster dead last — a half-star program with a veteran senior core and, the poll figured, not much of a future. Coach J. Johnson had other ideas. A shared conference crown in 2027, an outright title and a College Football Playoff berth in 2029, and now a 2030 team that opened the year by hanging 52 points on a ranked Kentucky and outscoring two opponents by 77. Nobody in the MRC has a roster within six overall points of them.

The chase is real but thin. Ohio Northern (75, #18 nationally) is quietly 2-0 and playing the league’s most efficient football; Mount Union and a resurgent Baldwin Wallace round out the top tier. And down in Springfield, the league’s longest rebuild is finally bearing fruit — more on that below.

Rushing title

Tyler Lenon is running away with everything

Wittenberg’s junior back has 677 yards in three games — 7 TD, 225.7/g, 14.4 avg. That is more than 400 yards clear of the next-best rusher in the conference. He returns kicks, too.

The long game

In Springfield, patience is paying off

1-11. 2-10. 4-8. 6-6. Wittenberg has improved every year of the dynasty, and now owns a top-six roster (72 overall, 4th on offense) and a 2-1 start. The last hurdle is a young quarterback learning to protect the ball.

Four champions, four years

A league with no dynasty — until now

Walsh, Wooster & Mount Union, DePauw, then Wooster again. The MRC has crowned a different look every autumn. The full record book — champions, standings and every season since 2026 — is here.