Patriot Colgate Raiders

Record5-4through 9 games
Nextat LehighSat Nov 7 · 12 pm ET

The rest of the season

One real test left: Lehigh 35%

Win out 28% · expect 2.1 of 3 more wins

Colgate Raiders's chance to win each game left, from our model: Lehigh 35%, Lafayette 87%, Bucknell 91%

Bar height is our model’s chance in each game left. Dashed line: 50%.

LeadersPassing Jake Stearney 1,623 · Rushing Daniel Shaban 529 · Receiving Matt Fogler 843 All player stats

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Updated Wed Nov 4 · through week 9

Schedule and results

Colgate Raiders · 2026 schedule and results5-4Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 47% · 0 opponents played so far are in the AP top 25 now.
WkDateOpponentResultRecordConfTop performers
1Aug 28@FordhamW 24-14Colgate won 24-14 at Fordham. Chance to win started at 63%, low 55%, high 97%.1-01-0Pass Stearney 159 · Rush Shaban 214 · Rec Fogler 45
1Sep 5Holy CrossW 35-10Colgate won 35-10 vs Holy Cross. Chance to win started at 70%, low 69%, high better than 99%.2-02-0Pass Stearney 278 · Rush Shaban 94 · Rec Fogler 153
2Sep 12@Central MichiganL 10-13 125Colgate lost 10-13 at Central Michigan. Chance to win started at 9%, low under 1%, high 60%.2-12-0Pass Stearney 124 · Rush Shaban 87 · Rec Phillips 43
3Sep 19CornellW 20-7Colgate won 20-7 vs Cornell. Chance to win started at 85%, low 84%, high better than 99%.3-12-0Pass Stearney 170 · Rush Shaban 134 · Rec Fogler 137
4Sep 26@VillanovaW 28-214-13-0Pass Stearney 158 · Rush Naumann 66 · Rec Fogler 93
5Oct 3@HarvardL 17-20Colgate lost 17-20 at Harvard. Chance to win started at 31%, low under 1%, high 94%.4-23-0Pass Stearney 188 · Rush Naumann 88 · Rec Fogler 138
6Bye week
7Oct 17GeorgetownL 17-27Colgate lost 17-27 vs Georgetown. Chance to win started at 94%, low under 1%, high 99%.4-33-1Pass Tomasso 119 · Rush Fulton 65 · Rec Fogler 64
8Oct 24@RichmondL 6-134-43-2Pass Stearney 312 · Rush Fulton 16 · Rec Fogler 180
9Oct 31William & MaryW 37-0Colgate won 37-0 vs William & Mary. Chance to win started at 84%, low 72%, high better than 99%.5-44-2Pass Stearney 234 · Rush Fulton 89 · Rec Way 141
10Nov 7@Lehigh12 pm ET35% to win
11Nov 14Lafayette1 pm ET87% to win
12Nov 21@Bucknell1 pm ET91% to win
How to read this table

Win chances are our model for Colgate Raiders, through 9 games. This week's game comes from the playoff simulation, later games from the rating model. They are estimates and move every week.

The small line beside each score is the team's win chance through the game, drawn on one scale for every game. The small number is total plays.

Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, big plays)▼
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Big plays (IsoPPP)Note
Oct 31William & MaryW 37-0———+0.22354.9%1.01Best success rate
Oct 24@RichmondL 6-13———−0.14634.7%1.43Season-low EPA/play
Oct 17GeorgetownL 17-27———−0.01841.5%0.81Defense's roughest night
Oct 3@HarvardL 17-20———+0.09237.1%1.12One-score loss
Sep 26@VillanovaW 28-21———+0.14847.0%1.14One-score win
Sep 19CornellW 20-7———+0.11742.7%1.03Best defensive stand
Sep 12@Central MichiganL 10-13219427:19−0.10737.5%0.87One-score loss
Sep 5Holy CrossW 35-10———+0.36044.8%1.73Season-high EPA/play
Aug 28@FordhamW 24-14———−0.00552.0%0.91
Season average (9 games)2194.0+0.07443.6%1.12

Ahead

The forecast

The games that decide the season

The games that decide the season

Sat Nov 7Next: Lehighat Lehigh · on the road

Recent form · last 10 games

Colgate Raiders has won two of its last five.

6-4 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 6-4

Range of outcomes · Colgate Raiders · 2026

Colgate Raiders’ most common regular-season record in our model is 7-5. Most outcomes (99%) land from 6-6 to 8-4.

Regular-season wins: chance of each total, from the game chances above

6 wins 13%; 7 wins 58%; 8 wins 28%
What a title game and a playoff run could add
Floor5-7Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base7-5Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling8-4Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

Bars are the chance of each regular-season win total, from our model's chance in each game left, through 9 games. Paler bars are the outer 10% at each end. The closed row comes from the season-path projection, which also plays out conference title games and the FCS playoff.

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Worth watchingGames average 35 combined points, rock fights

What it is like to watch them2026 · 5-4

Game feel35rock fightscombined pts / game10th highest-scoring of 10 in the Patriot
Heart rate1-3some dramain one-score games (4 of 9)5th most one-score games of 10 in the Patriot
Margin+7.7comfortableavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 10 in the Patriot
Big plays1.12grind it outexplosiveness (IsoPPP)9th most explosive of 10 in the Patriot
Home crowd3,088avg attendance7th biggest crowds of 10 in the Patriot

Measured from 9 games · ranks are among Patriot teams the same season

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