The Johns Hopkins University football program knows its way to the NCAA tournament. The Blue Jays have won outright or shared the last eight Centennial Conference titles and will be making their sixth consecutive NCAA appearance. But the Blue Jays are hoping their latest sojourn results in an extended stay.
Johns Hopkins, which concluded its fourth straight 10-0 regular season with a 48-28 triumph against archrival McDaniel Nov. 9, will begin its quest when it hosts Old Dominion Athletic Conference champion Randolph-Macon College (9-1) in a first-round NCAA tournament game at Homewood Field at noon Nov. 19. The victor will face the Mount Union-Hobart winner Nov. 26.
The Blue Jays are used to this setting. Since the 2005 season, head coach Jim Margraff's program has earned eight NCAA bids. Johns Hopkins' best finish was a national quarterfinal appearance during the 2009 campaign. The Blue Jays also posted NCAA first-round victories in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
