DII CONFERENCE · 2026 SEASON

Mountain East

#41 overall#16 in DIIRR50 −5.0Upper strength −3.09 teamsTop 25 teams 0

The weekly grind · 2026

Shepherd's Decade

The Mountain East Conference spans West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania — the Appalachian corridor that produces some of DII's toughest, most physical football. West Virginia State, Fairmont State, and Concord all draw from the same pipeline that has produced NFL players at a rate that consistently surprises those unfamiliar with West Virginia high school football.

Division II9 teamsRace: Super RegionLeader: Frostburg State

Mountain East · 2026 season

Three things to watch

The RivalWest Virginia State's HBCU Anchor

West Virginia State University is an HBCU in Institute, West Virginia — the state capital's neighbor — and the Mountain East's cultural anchor for historically Black universities in Appalachia. Their football program draws from central West Virginia and the Charleston corridor, producing players with the physical toughness that the Mountain East's identity requires. They are Shepherd's most consistent challenger and the program with the deepest HBCU tradition in the Appalachian DII landscape.

Conference standings · Mountain East · 2026

Standings

# Team Conf Overall Pwr Last 5
1West Liberty5-17-2-4.3
2Wheeling4-25-4-4.0
3Charleston (WV)4-24-5-5.3
4Concord4-36-3-6.2
5Frostburg State3-34-5-3.0
6Fairmont State3-33-6-4.6
7West Virginia Wesleyan3-44-6-7.4
8West Virginia State2-44-5-5.1
9Glenville State0-61-8-9.9

Conference record determines Super Region seeding. Power = neutral-field pts vs. all-level average.

Projected standings · Mountain East · 2026

Win projection

Odds of winning at least N conference games from current power ratings — full slate played out, not locked to results. Avg = expected wins; W-L = most-likely record.

# Team W-L Pwr Avg ≥8≥7≥6≥5≥4≥3≥2≥1
Favorites
1Frostburg State5-3+2.54.5172551779399✓
2Wheeling4-4+1.64.3152045729198✓
Challengers
3West Liberty4-4+1.24.2151943708998✓
4Fairmont State4-4+0.94.2141742698998✓
The field
5West Virginia State4-4+0.44.141639668797✓
6Charleston (WV)4-4+0.24.041537658797✓
7Concord4-4−0.73.931232608396✓
Rebuilding
8West Virginia Wesleyan4-4−1.83.6292653799499
9Glenville State3-5−4.43.1141538668898

Conference power · Division II

Where we stand

# Conference Avg power Record Top team
1GLIAC
-2.6
0-1Ferris State
2South Atlantic
-3.0
—Carson Newman
3Mid America
-3.1
—Northwest Missouri State
4Northern Sun
-3.3
—Minnesota State
5Great Midwest Athletic
-3.4
1-4Findlay
6Rocky Mountain
-3.6
—Western Colorado
7Great American
-3.9
—Harding
8Pennsylvania State Athletic
-4.0
2-5Slippery Rock
9Lone Star
-4.1
—Central Washington
10SIAC
-4.3
—Benedict
11CIAA
-4.6
1-0Virginia State
12Great Lakes
-4.6
—Truman State
13Northeast 10
-4.8
3-0Franklin Pierce
14Mountain EastYou are here
-5.0
—Frostburg State
15Carolinas
-5.4
1-1UNC Pembroke

Round-robin power = strength of schedule-adjusted conference average, points vs. all-level average team. Record = Mountain East's record vs. that conference across all games this season.

The Mountain East Conference spans West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania — the Appalachian corridor that produces some of DII's toughest, most physical football. West Virginia State, Fairmont State, and Concord all draw from the same pipeline that has produced NFL players at a rate that consistently surprises those unfamiliar with West Virginia high school football.

Conference Snapshot

RR50−5.0
Upper Strength−3.0
Median Power−4.7
Resume Pulse39.4
Avg ATS--
Wins vs Market+0.00
Top-to-Middle Gap2.1
Combined Record38-44

`RR50`, `Upper Strength`, and `Median Power` are shown on the same public power scale as the rest of the site: points on a neutral field versus the average all-level NCAA team. Very small affiliations are gently regressed toward their subdivision baseline so a one-team outlier does not hijack the entire conference board.

Mountain East Team Board

The league stack, sorted by predictive strength. Power is shown as neutral-field points versus the all-level average team, while resume is shown on a 0-100 season score.

Rank Team Record Power Resume ATS Wins vs Market Recent Form
#336 Frostburg State 4-5 −3.0 40 -- +0.00 2-2 over the last 4 (W6 W7 L8 L9)
#349 Wheeling 5-4 −4.0 57 -- +0.00 2-2 over the last 4 (L6 L7 W8 W9)
#356 West Liberty 7-2 −4.3 65 -- +0.00 3-1 over the last 4 (W5 W7 W8 L9)
#362 Fairmont State 3-6 −4.6 29 -- +0.00 2-2 over the last 4 (W5 L6 L8 W9)
#369 West Virginia State 4-5 −5.1 35 -- +0.00 2-2 over the last 4 (L5 L6 W7 W9)
#374 Charleston (WV) 4-5 −5.3 13 -- +0.00 2-2 over the last 4 (W6 L7 W8 L9)
#387 Concord 6-3 −6.2 66 -- +0.00 3-1 over the last 4 (W6 W7 W8 L9)
#406 West Virginia Wesleyan 4-6 −7.4 33 -- +0.00 2-2 over the last 4 (W6 L7 L8 W9)
#435 Glenville State 1-8 −9.9 16 -- +0.00 0-4 over the last 4 (L6 L7 L8 L9)