Marist (0-1) hosts Presbyterian (1-0). No market line yet; the model calls it close to even.
What’s at stake
Marist
- Marist is the Hudson Valley college that won one Pioneer League title and competes year to year with realistic ambitions — the program that accepts its tier and plays within it.
Presbyterian
- Presbyterian went 10-2 in 2025 -- its first double-digit-win season since 2005 and its first undefeated home record since 1998 -- nearly two decades after the Bronze Derby, the century-old rivalry that once defined the program, went dormant.
The series
Marist leads the series 3-2
5 meetings since 2021 · Presbyterian has won the last 2
- 2025Presbyterian 29–25
- 2024Presbyterian 42–23
- 2023Marist 19–10
- 2022Marist 37–7
- 2021Marist 57–32
Face-off
What each fanbase carries into this one.
Presbyterian
The chip · vs the national mediaPresbyterian fans know their program wins without the benefit of athletic scholarships, in the Pioneer Football League, largely outside the sport's national attention -- the 2025 season was real, earned success most of the country never saw.
What this game touches
The Bronze Derby went dormant. Presbyterian and Newberry College played the Bronze Derby rivalry for 93 seasons (1913-2006), 95 games, Presbyterian leading 57-33-5. It ended in 2006 when Presbyterian moved out of Division II, leaving the program without a defining annual game for nearly two decades.
Marist
The chipFans here believe marist has no chip. The program competes in its lane — FCS non-scholarship football where .500 is the reasonable bar.
What this game touches
The permanent mid-tier ceiling. Marist football arrived at the Pioneer League in 2010 and has never breached the tier above respectability. The wound is not dramatic; it's the quiet reality that one conference title in 13 years means the program has plateaued at a predictable level.
Conditions
Marist is 37% at home, 35% on the road since 2018 (14-24 home, 14-26 away).